Spider bites in France: Epidaemiology of cases occurring in 10 years in metropolitan France

Management of spíder bítes

Air Medical Journal ◽

10.1016/j.amj.2004.04.004 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 24-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tom C Frundle

Keyword(s):

Spider Bites

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Arterial Thrombosis and Gangrene Secondary to Arachnidism

Vascular ◽

10.2310/6670.2009.00022 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 239-242

Author(s):

Jan M. Eckermann ◽

Theodore H. Teruya ◽

Christian Bianchi ◽

Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Lower Extremity ◽

Vascular Disease ◽

Tissue Damage ◽

Arterial Thrombosis ◽

Progressive Necrosis ◽

Life Threatening ◽

History Of ◽

Spider Bites ◽

Spider Bite

Spider bites can cause local tissue damage as well as life-threatening complications. This is a case report of a female with no history of lower extremity vascular disease who presented with a spider bite on the dorsum of her foot. She developed progressive necrosis and eventually suffered limb loss despite attempts at revascularization.

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A two year study of verified spider bites in Switzerland and a review of the European spider bite literature

Toxicon ◽

10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.07.010 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 73 ◽

pp. 104-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Wolfgang Nentwig ◽

Markus Gnädinger ◽

Joan Fuchs ◽

Alessandro Ceschi

Keyword(s):

Spider Bites ◽

Spider Bite

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Spider Bites

Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1201/9781315380841-123 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 448-448

Keyword(s):

Spider Bites

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Animais Venenosos em Território Português: Abordagem Clínica de Picadas e Mordeduras

Acta Médica Portuguesa ◽

10.20344/amp.15589 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 34 (11) ◽

pp. 784

Author(s):

Sofia R. Valdoleiros ◽

Inês Correia Gonçalves ◽

Carolina Silva ◽

Diogo Guerra ◽

Lino André Silva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Native Species ◽

Severe Disease ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Specific Treatment ◽

Hospital Setting ◽

Marine Species ◽

Symptomatic Treatment ◽

Thaumetopoea Pityocampa ◽

Hermodice Carunculata ◽

Spider Bites

There are many native species of animals with the potential to cause severe disease in Portugal. Of the four clinically relevant snake species, the vipers (Vipera latastei and Vipera seoanei) are the most concerning. They can cause severe disease and require in-hospital management, monitoring and specific treatment, including the administration of anti-snake venom serum. The Malpolon monspessulanus and Macroprotodon brevis snakes cause mostly localized clinical manifestations, which do not require specific treatment. Only a minority of the spider species in Portugal possess chelicerae (mouthparts of the Chelicerata, shaped as either articulated fangs or pincers, which may contain venom or be connected to the venom glands and are used for predation or capture of food) long enough to perforate the human skin. Nevertheless, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus and Loxosceles rufescens spider bites may require specialized treatment in a hospital setting, as well as careful active symptom surveillance. Diversely, the treatment for Scolopendra cingulata and Scolopendra oraniensis centipedes’ bites is merely symptomatic. The only existing scorpion species in Portugal is the Buthus ibericus; its sting typically causes local symptoms with intense pain, and its treatment consists essentially of analgesia. The insects of the Hymenoptera order, such as bees and wasps, have the ability to inject venom into the skin. Most people present only with local or regional inflammatory response, and symptomatic treatment is usually effective. Even so, individuals with hypersensitivity to bee venom may develop anaphylaxis. Several marine species in the Portuguese coast are venomous to humans, including weeverfish (Trachinidae family), stingrays (Dasyatis pastinaca, Taeniura grabata, Myliobatis aquila), red scorpion fish (Scorpaena scrofa), cnidaria (Pelagia noctiluca, Chrysaora hysoscella, Physalia physalis) and bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata); treatment is symptomatic. Contact with the larvae or bristles (chitinous structures with locomotor or tactile functions) of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (pine processionary) can cause cutaneous, ocular and, rarely, respiratory reactions; its management is also symptomatic.

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