What Causes Rhabdomyolysis?

Venom From Bites

The venom from an insect or snake bite can cause rhabdomyolysis to develop. There have been many documented cases where snakebites caused localized necrosis of the soft tissues around the bite. It's less common for victims to have more extensive muscle damage, but it's not unheard of. When venom leads to muscular damage and necrosis, the dead fibers release toxic chemicals into the blood. The skeletal muscles in mammals appear to respond to myotoxic venom with damage and possibly cell death. Researchers have done studies to try to ascertain exactly how the muscle damage occurs and what parts of the muscle are damaged. The subcellular parts of the muscle fibers seem to be more sensitive to venom, while other parts of the tissue's structure might be untouched entirely.