background and purpose: scorpion sting is one of the major health problems of undeveloped countries, which causes severe complications and sometimes death.this study aimed toassessment knowledge of scorpion sting patients who admitted to ahvaz razi hospital about pre-hospital care. materials and methods: this is a descriptive study, which its participants were sampled by a pilot method, and the...

Anticancer therapy is one of the biggest challenges in medicine. Therefore, searching for highly efficient antitumor drugs remains a hot area of research. Plants and plant-based products are gaining importance against variety of diseases due to their non-toxic and no / less side effects. Hence, we have been continuously working on the identification and characterization of medicinal plants (Kha...

These opportunistic fungi gain entry through injuries or wounds caused by trauma, with most cases involving major trauma, such as traffic accidents, farming accidents (wound contamination) and surgery. There have, however, also been descriptions of infections by Mucorales fungi following minor trauma, including bites and stings. There have been reports of S vasiformis infection in a patient pec...

Scorpion stings on humans are medically relevant because they may contain toxins that specifically target ion channels. During antivenom production, pharmaceutical companies must use a large number of experimental animals to ensure the antivenom's efficacy according to pharmacopeia methods. Here we present an electrophysiological alternative for the evaluation of horse antivenoms produced again...

ISBN 978 92 4 156348 2 The aim of this Consultative Meeting was to discuss strategies for improving the quality and quantity of therapeutic antisera, essential drugs for the effective treatment of suspected rabid dog bites and envenoming by snake bites and scorpion stings. Inadequacies in the effi cacy, safety and production of these antisera have created a major global public health crisis, es...

The pathophysiology of the scorpion envenoming syndrome is described with emphasis on the body systems commonly affected. Concepts of the mechanisms underlying venom action, as can be explained by the recently discovered effects on ionic channels, are discussed. A protocol for the treatment of scorpion stings based mainly on antivenom therapy was applied nationwide in Saudi Arabia. A list of dr...

In this issue of International Immunopharmacology, Hilda Vásquez and her colleagues present the pharmacokinetics of an F(ab′)2 scorpion antivenom administered intramuscularly in human volunteers. Although to some readers' eyes this topic may appear frightfully esoteric, it in fact addresses a controversy that has plagued clinical toxinologists for decades, one that affects the life and health o...

Abstract All species of scorpions can inject venom, some them even with the possibility killing a human. Therefore, early detection and identification are essential to minimize scorpion stings. In this paper, we propose novel automatic system for recognition using computer vision machine learning (ML) approaches. Two complementary image-processing techniques were used proposed method accurately...

These opportunistic fungi gain entry through injuries or wounds caused by trauma, with most cases involving major trauma, such as traffic accidents, farming accidents (wound contamination) and surgery. There have, however, also been descriptions of infections by Mucorales fungi following minor trauma, including bites and stings. There have been reports of S vasiformis infection in a patient pec...