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Stingray

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  1. See Also
    1. Marine Envenomation
    2. Neurotoxin
    3. Marine Injury
  2. Pathophysiology
    1. Venom gland at spine (base of tail)
    2. Spine and/or venom gland may embed in wound site
  3. Symptoms
    1. Intense pain onset at time of sting
    2. Nausea or Vomiting
    3. Diarrhea
    4. Muscle cramps
    5. Salivation
    6. Dyspnea
    7. Headaches
    8. Arrhythmias
  4. Radiology
    1. Consider for determining forign body
  5. Management
    1. Rinse wound site with water
    2. Remove embedded foreign bodies
    3. Control bleeding
    4. Apply heat to area
      1. Heat inactivates toxin
      2. Submerse affected hand or foot in 108 to 113 mmHg
    5. Observe for signs of wound infection
    6. Antibiotics not indicated unless infection
  6. Prevention
    1. Shuffle feet while walking through shallow waters
  7. References
    1. Habif (1996) Dermatology, p. 491
    2. Perkins (2004) Am Fam Physician 69(4):885

Family dasyatidae - stingray (C0327722)

ConceptsFish (T013)
EnglishDasyatidae, Family dasyatidae - stingray, Stingray, Trygonidae
Spanishfamilia dasyatidae - raya con pua, raya vaca
Parent ConceptsDasyatoidea (C1089396), Rajiformes (C0086894)
SourcesCSP, NCBI, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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