Animal bites continue to pose major public health challenges, and the clinical sequelae of bite injuries can extend far beyond simple wound management. Identification of people bitten by animals remains incomplete, and inconsistencies in data collection preclude meaningful conclusions about bite circumstances and predisposition of specific breeds of dogs to bite or inflict severe bites.

gIR _i shall be obliged, if you will kindly insert the following in your esteemed Journal, if you think it will interest your readers. I was called to see a case of serpent bite to a village about 14 miles away. I reached the place at 2 p.m., and on inquiry I learnt that the man was bitten by a snake in the early morning of the previous day at 5 a.m., i-s,, thiity-three hours before I first saw...

abstract 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. the aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical status of patients with scorpion sting in the emergency department of sina hospital in 2014. methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, all patien...

BACKGROUND There are limited reports of definite bites by centipedes with expert identification, which are required for attribution of particular clinical effects to different species. OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical effects of centipede bites in Australia. METHODS Prospective study of calls regarding centipede exposures to a state poison information center, from December 2000 to March 2...

Data mining approaches have been increasingly applied to the electronic health record and have led to the discovery of numerous clinical associations. Recent data mining studies have suggested a potential association between cat bites and human depression. To explore this possible association in more detail we first used administrative diagnosis codes to identify patients with either depression...

BACKGROUND Snakebites in snake handlers are an important clinical problem that may differ to bites in the general population. AIM To investigate the epidemiology and clinical presentation of bites in snake handlers. DESIGN Prospective observational study. METHODS Bites in snake handlers recruited as part of the Australian Snakebite Project (ASP) from 2004 to 2011 were included in the stud...

The present study expresses the Age Old Traditional Treatments for Snake Bites in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Tribal people of this area have authentic information about antidotes for poisonous bites. They have been using different plant parts like leaves, fruits, flowers, seeds, stem bark, tubers and roots as antidotes in the form of paste, powder, juice, infusion, decoction, and in c...

b a ckground: using special lotions and repellent sprays on skin is one of the effective methods to prevent arthropods biting which was verified in this study. m e t hods: essential oils of four plants ( satureja khuzestanica, salvia sclarea , lavendula officinalis and myrtus communis ) were separately extracted by clevenger used hydro distillation method. then separated solutions with 10%, 20%...

Associated with the increased popularity of cats as pets in American households has been an increase in the number of cat bites reported to health departments. Bite reports from Dallas, TX, for 1985 were analyzed for different aspects of the cat bite event, including characteristics of the cats, the people bitten, the wounds, and the attack events. Cat bites and scratches constituted 25 percent...