Multiple Wasp Stings on a Child’s Supraglottis

Hymenoptera stings are notorious for producing severe anaphylaxis; localized effects (edema, erythema) are far more common, especially in children. However, even an innocent focused lesion may be life-threatening when the sting is directed to the airway. We present the case of a child enduring conse...

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Autores principales: Kourelis, Konstantinos, Goulioumis, Anastasios, Tsiakou, Magdalene, Avgeri, Aikaterini, Kourelis, Theodoros
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9794183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36582583
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31939
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author Kourelis, Konstantinos
Goulioumis, Anastasios
Tsiakou, Magdalene
Avgeri, Aikaterini
Kourelis, Theodoros
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description Hymenoptera stings are notorious for producing severe anaphylaxis; localized effects (edema, erythema) are far more common, especially in children. However, even an innocent focused lesion may be life-threatening when the sting is directed to the airway. We present the case of a child enduring consecutive wasp stings on the supraglottis.
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spelling pubmed-97941832022-12-28 Multiple Wasp Stings on a Child’s Supraglottis Kourelis, Konstantinos Goulioumis, Anastasios Tsiakou, Magdalene Avgeri, Aikaterini Kourelis, Theodoros Cureus Emergency Medicine Hymenoptera stings are notorious for producing severe anaphylaxis; localized effects (edema, erythema) are far more common, especially in children. However, even an innocent focused lesion may be life-threatening when the sting is directed to the airway. We present the case of a child enduring consecutive wasp stings on the supraglottis. Cureus 2022-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9794183/ /pubmed/36582583 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31939 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kourelis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kourelis, Konstantinos
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9794183/
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