Centipede envenomation (Chilopoda): Case report

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 rarely, blisters and skin necrosis. We present th...

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Autores principales: Haddad, Vidal, de Amorim, Paulo Cezar Haddad, da Cruz, Carolina Rassi, Amaral, Antônio Lucas Sforcin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9176727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35674561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0601-2021
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author Haddad, Vidal
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Amaral, Antônio Lucas Sforcin
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description 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 rarely, blisters and skin necrosis. We present the case of a young woman pricked on her upper lip with intense swelling and local pain and discuss the real danger of envenomation and the therapeutic measures that should be taken.
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spelling pubmed-91767272022-06-17 Centipede envenomation (Chilopoda): Case report Haddad, Vidal de Amorim, Paulo Cezar Haddad da Cruz, Carolina Rassi Amaral, Antônio Lucas Sforcin Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Case Report 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 rarely, blisters and skin necrosis. We present the case of a young woman pricked on her upper lip with intense swelling and local pain and discuss the real danger of envenomation and the therapeutic measures that should be taken. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2022-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9176727/ /pubmed/35674561 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0601-2021 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9176727/
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