Venomous and poisonous arthropods in Iran, West Asia, and the Middle East: an overview of their identification, bites, stings, behavior, biology and geographical distribution [PDF]
The Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and TechnologyArthropods belong to the invertebrate Phylum Arthropoda, which contains the most species on Earth. Venomous arthropods are among the most important animals that live in abundance in the human environment.
Rouhullah Dehghani +3 more
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Journal of Acute Medicine, 2012 BackgroundEnvironmental factors may affect the prevalence of different animal bites; however, this area has not been well studied. The aim of this study was to report in detail on the categories of animals involved in causing bites or stings, patient ...
Mei-Chueh Yang +2 more
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Efficacy of Concentrated Heat for Treatment of Insect Bites: A Real-world Study
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2023 Insect bites that cause itch, pain and swelling are very common. The use of concentrated heat for relief of these symptoms may be a promising approach; however, the scientific evidence for efficacy of hyperthermia treatment is sparse.
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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 ...
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Black ant stings caused by Pachycondyla sennaarensis : A significant health hazard
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2009 Several species of ants cause stings, but not all lead to allergic reactions. We present a series of cases of allergic reactions following insect bites or stings that presented to our emergency department and that were caused by the black samsum ant ...
Alanazi Marzouqah +2 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 +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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Part I: Insect stings and bites—Beyond the realm of bee and wasp allergies: A survey of the literature and our own cases [PDF]
, 2022 Background Insects are a very diverse group of animals and valuable members of any ecosystem. Allergies to bees and wasps (order: Hymenoptera) are well known in Europe.
Schmid-Grendelmeier, Peter; id_orcid +8 more
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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 +6 more
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A Pruritic Linear Eruption After an Arthropod Bite
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022 N/a.
Ana Sofia Pereira +2 more
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