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Bites and Stings: Exotic Causes of Stroke in Asia [PDF]

Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra
Background: Many unusual and fascinating causes of stroke are seen in Asia. Although rarely encountered in the Western world, such cases are seen not so infrequently by neurologists, physicians, and other healthcare workers in Asian countries.
Udaya K. Ranawaka
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TRADITIONAL USES OF THREATENED ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA (G.FORST.) HOFFM. (MARATTIACEAE) AS AN ANTIDOTE TO SNAKE BITES AND INSECT STINGS BY THE TANGSA TRIBE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA [PDF]

Exploratory Animal and Medical Research, 2023
Angiopteris evecta (G.Forst) Hoffm. (Marattiaceae), an endangered fern, utilized medicinally by several traditional societies across the world. Its use as food is rarely reported in literature.
Pyonim Lungphi, Purnima Laishram, Pinki Gogoi, A. P. Das, Victor Singh Ayam   +4 more
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The use of concentrated heat after insect bites/stings as an alternative to reduce swelling, pain, and pruritus: an open cohort-study at German beaches and bathing-lakes

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2011
Christian Müller1,*, Beatrice Großjohann1,*, Lutz Fischer2,*1Department of Medical Science and Operations, RIEMSER Arzneimittel AG, An der Wiek 7, 17489 Greifswald, 2Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, University ...
Müller C, Grossjohann B, Fischer L   +2 more
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Patients with Arthropod Bites and Stings Presenting to the Emergency Department: Clinical Features and Burden on the Emergency Department

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Background: There are few studies analyzing the epidemiological characteristics and clinical features of arthropod bites and stings, emergency department (ED) admission rate and cost burden.
Çağrı Safa Buyurgan, Ataman Köse, Seyran Bozkurt Babuş, Akif Yarkaç, Halil Oktay Usluer, Gülhan Orekici Temel   +5 more
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Centipede envenomation (Chilopoda): Case report [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2022
Centipedes are venomous arthropods that have an elongated body, divided into many segments, presenting a pair of legs in each segment, adapted pairs of paws that simulate fangs and inject venom causing intense pain, with local erythema and edema, and ...
Vidal Haddad Junior, Paulo Cezar Haddad de Amorim, Carolina Rassi da Cruz, Antônio Lucas Sforcin Amaral   +3 more
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Scrotal dog bite and mismatch between the skin and testis injury: a case report and review of literature [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022
Dog bite injury to the genitalia is a rare condition, regarding which most of the studies have focused on prevention of infection and management of severe cases; and small, superficial lacerations have not been taken into consideration. We present a case
Masoud Bahoosh, Hamed Akhavizadegan
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Multiple lesions by vampire bat bites in a patient in Niterói, Brazil - Case report [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014
Over the last few centuries, the expansion of urbanization brought bats closer to urbanized areas, increasing the risk of accidents by bat bites. The morphology of bat bites can be varied, usually having an elliptical shape, about 0.5 cm along its ...
Fred Bernardes Filho, Gustavo Martins, Gustavo Sabaini Luchi, Bernard Kawa Kac, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Luna Azulay-Abulafia, David Rubem Azulay   +6 more
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A Pruritic Linear Eruption After an Arthropod Bite

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022
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Ana Sofia Pereira, Rebeca Calado, José Carlos Cardoso   +2 more
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Epidemiological and clinical status of patients with scorpion sting: emergency department of Sina hospital in Tabriz-Iran [PDF]

Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma, 2017
Objective: Scorpion is one of the world’s most venomous arthropods and every year many people are bitten by it. In Iran, scorpion sting is a common health issue.
kavous Shahsavarinia, Ali Taghizadieh, Amir Ghaffarzad, Amin Shariati, Farzad Rahmani   +4 more
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Acute myocardial infarction following a hornet sting [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2009
Background. The occurrence of an acute myocardial infarction following a hornet sting has been very rarely reported in the previous literature. Pathogenetic mechanisms include direct action of the venom components on the coronary endothelium and allergic
Cvetković-Matić Danica, Ašanin Milika, Matić Dragan, Ivanović Branislava, Simić Dragan, Kalezić Nevena, Stojanov Vesna   +6 more
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