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Defensive Venoms: Is Pain Sufficient for Predator Deterrence?

open access: yesToxins, 2020
Pain, though unpleasant, is adaptive in calling an animal’s attention to potential tissue damage. A long list of animals representing diverse taxa possess venom-mediated, pain-inducing bites or stings that work by co-opting the pain-sensing pathways of ...
Crystal N. Niermann   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An overview of platelet indices for evaluating platelet function in children with scorpion envenomation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between platelet indices and scorpion envenomations (SE). Medical records of 76 children who were hospitalised for scorpion stings in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) between February 2013 and ...
Colak, Pinar   +4 more
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The house is coming from inside the call

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 1, Page 208-219, March 2025.
Abstract You are reading the first sentence of this essay. In fact, outside of this abstract and a brief introduction, there are only first sentences in this essay, all collected from anthropology monographs and articles. Anthropology is a promiscuous discipline, but there are only about half a dozen ways to begin an anthropology essay.
Lachlan Summers
wiley   +1 more source

Venomous Animals; Are They Important in Iran? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many reports have indicated the medical importance of animal poisons in Iran. The significance numbers of Iranians are injured from high endemic to sporadic, by venomous snakes, scorpions, wasps, bees, fire and velvet ants, spiders and backswimmer bugs ...
Dehghani, R.
core   +1 more source

Exploring the neuroprotective benefits of phytochemicals extracted from indigenous edible fruits in Bangladesh

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 239-265, February 2025.
This review showed the therapeutic potential of Bangladeshi medicinal fruit plants in neurological diseases. We focused on traditional uses of medicinal fruit plants. We discussed the phytochemicals present in the fruit plants. The toxicological profile of these plants is also highlighted. Abstract The increasing incidence of neurodegenerative diseases
Sumon Roy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scorpion bite induced myocardial damage and pulmonary edema

open access: yesHeart Views, 2012
A patient with electrocardiographic abnormalities after scorpion sting, simulating early myocardial infarction, is reported here. Pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure accompanied these electrocardiographic changes.
Monika Maheshwari, C P Tanwar
doaj   +1 more source

Scorpion control in military units: A review study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The scorpion sting has long been a medical problem for people, especially those in the military forces. At the time of the Iran-Iraq war, it was one of the main health problems of Iranian soldiers, especially in the southern fronts and headquarters in ...
Dehghani, R., Khoobdel, M., Sobati, H.
core   +1 more source

Scorpion bite, a sting to the heart!

open access: yesIndian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016
Sir, We read the article “Scorpion bite, a sting to heart” by Agrawal et al.[1] with great interest. The author reported a case of 14-year-old male patient with scorpion bite on the right toe. We want to highlight certain issues regarding diagnosis and management of this patient. Cardiotoxic effects due to scorpion bite are not rare complications
Atul Jindal, Gajanan Yelme
openaire   +3 more sources

Intra Cerebral Hemorrhage Following Scorpion Sting

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2005
Central nervous system manifestations following scorpion sting have been infrequently reported in literature. To emphasise the fact that this form of clinical presentation is not unusual we are reporting a case of scorpion sting associated with intra ...
Mathur P C, Trikha Sushma, Kohli Ritesh
doaj  

Epidemiological Characteristics of Scorpionism in West Azerbaijan Province, Northwest of Iran

open access: yesJournal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2020
Background: There are four medically important scorpion species (Mesobuthus eupeus, Mesobuthus caucasicus, An­droctonus crassicauda and Hottentotta saulcyi) in the West Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran.
Samira Firooziyan   +4 more
doaj  

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