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1999, Number 4

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Alerg Asma Inmunol Pediatr 1999; 8 (4)

Scorpionism

Granja BVM, Martínez ZR, Chico AP

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 109-112
PDF size: 274.59 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The scorpionism constitutes a woldwide problem of public health mainly in tropical and subtropical areas. It is considered that in our country, the rate of scorpion’s sting has increased in last years, so it is an important cause of medical attendance in 12 states of Mexico: Aguascalientes, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, and Zacatecas. It has been notified since 1995, 82,800 new cases, with global prevalence of 90.1 for 100,000 habitants. HWO report between 700 and 1,400 deaths for scorpion’s sting in Mexico mainly in children less than 10 years. This situation has particular interest in the regions of our country, where the scorpions live in the proximities of housings, given the current tendency of our people of invade the ecological niche of this specie. The heterogeneity in the medical handling of the problem and the frequent use of therapies of doubtful effectiveness, increase the cost of attention in health institutions with prolonged time of recovery putting in risk the life.


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