Catalog

Octopus bite

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Octopus bite – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1754416575

Envenomation by certain species of octopus, especially the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa), the bite of which may be fatal: locally there is a painful puncture wound with ischaemia, cyanosis and numbness. Injection of salivary toxins can cause severe systemic toxicity culminating in death, usually from respiratory failure.