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OCR: WILL REPEATED BITES FROM VENOMOUS SNAKES CAUSE IMMUNITY? IN SOME CASES, REPEATED BITES CAN CREATE A BUILDUP OF ANTIBODIES (THE PROTEIN WHICH FIGHTS FOREIGN SUBSTANCES SUCH AS SNAKE VENOM). HOWEVER, IT CAN ALSO LEAD TO SERUM SICKNESS AND INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO BITES. SERUM SICKNESS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT ELIMINATES THE OPTION OF USING ANTIVENOM FOR FUTURE BITES.