Catalog

Scorpion sting

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Link to WHO Definition

Scorpion sting – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1998644421

Envenomation resulting from a sting by any one of the many known species of scorpion. Clinical manifestations are usually localised pain and swelling but a bite by the North American bark scorpion, Centruroides sculpturatus, may cause systemic illness with tachypnoea, tachycardia, hypertension, weakness and muscle spasms.