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Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 1996;7(1): 98-103. |
| SCORPION INTOXICATION
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| Kyeong Ryong Lee, Cheon Jae Yoon, Hahn Shick Lee |
| Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University School of Medicine |
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Published online: March 31, 1996. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Scorpion intoxication is not often encountered. Scorpion venom is complex and species-specific, those of the family Buthidae being most harmful to humans. The toxin consists of phospholipase, acetylcholinesterase, hyaluronidase, serotonin, and neurotoxins. A neurotoxin envenomation can produce severe systemic toxicity, especially in children. Symptoms include throat spasms, muscular fasciculations, abdominal clamps, seizures, increased or decreased blood pressure, oliguria, dysrhythmias, pulmonary edema, and respiratory collapse. We experienced a 60-year-old female patient who suffered abdominal clamp and both leg pain with multifocal PVC through to be caused by scorpion intoxication. She had hypertension for several years, but no medications. During last six months she had suffered from facial palsy. So she had received herb medication with scorpion venom After treatment for 3days she recovered well and discharged. We report this case with literature reviews. |
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Scorpion |
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