Acute myocardial injury after scorpion (Hottentotta tamulus) sting

Acute renal insufficiency after scorpion sting.

She was admitted to hospital on the second day with localized pain, oedema, abdominal pain and anuria. Chest pain and neurological symptoms were absent. She was febrile and blood pressure was 180/100mmHg. The total white cell count was 23x103μl with neutrophil leukocytosis, platelet count 88x103/μl, C reactive protein 232mg/dl (normal <0.6mg/dl) and serum creatinine 468 μmol/l, and blood pictur...

NEL, Biomarkers for Myocardial Injury in Scorpion Sting

OBJECTIVES: (1) To investigate the significance of assessment of serum levels of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) beside other biomarkers of myocardial injury in scorpion envenomed children. (2) To find the correlation between these biochemical indices with clinical status, prognosis and outcome of these cases. METHODS: Forty-one children in Upper Egypt were admitted to Pediat...

Acute pulmonary edema after Tityus serrulatus scorpion sting in children.

[Acute myocardial infarction after wasp sting].

Myocardial infarction after wasp sting is a rare event and this complication has been described in only a few previous occasions. We report the case of a 77-year-old patient admitted to our hospital because of an anaphylactic shock after he was stung by a wasp on the fifth finger of the left hand. Within about half an hour he sustained an acute myocardial infarction. Possible pathogenetic mecha...

scrotum injury by scorpion sting

androctonus crassicauda is the second most frequent causes of scorpion sting in south-west iran. its venom can cause sever pain, autonomic, central nervous system (cns), muscle function disturbances, and death. appropriate medi­cal and nursing cares can lead to complete recovery with no sequel .the majority of scorpion stings are oligosympto­matic, occurring mainly on the hands and feet (about ...