background animal bites, especially dog bites, are common health problems which are rarely addressed. it is estimated that 15 million people are bitten by animals worldwide annually. diseases caused by animal bites are problematic matters in the world as well as in iran. the main disease caused by animal bites is rabies. rabies is a fatal acute viral disease causing inclusive symptoms in the ce...

French Guiana, by its geographical situation, its climate and its biodiversity, is often called “the green hell”. Indeed, this French department of America shelters a wildlife rich, abundant among which many species of arthropods, some of which are responsible for envenomations. These accidents consist of scorpion’s or hymenoptera’s stings or spider’s bites. The associated clinical aspect is va...

BACKGROUND Latrodectism, a syndrome caused by Latrodectus genus, is one of the clinical problems that occur predominantly in north east of Iran. Nowadays antivenom therapy has become the most useful treatment for animal bites; however there is still a controversy about route and time of antivenom administration in spider bite. The aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of specif...

Introduction: Scorpion bite is one of the major health problems in most countries. Lordegan is one of the areas where several reports of Scorpion bite occur. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological and demographic characteristics of selected scorpions for preventive measures. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to collect information about all th...

Practice BLOCKINrecommendation z Family physicians can feel comfortable that most patients whom they treat with skin disorders improve (B). T he bite of a brown recluse spider is dangerous, leading to necrosis and possibly death, right? That supposition is widely held and backed by studies. In fact, conventional wisdom says if a person is bitten by a brown recluse spider, serious complications ...

OBJECTIVES Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse) spider bites can produce severe skin lesions that may necessitate extensive surgical repair. This study delineated the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on these lesions by performing a prospective controlled animal study. METHODS After approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 41 New Zealand white rabbits received 64 i...

Introduction: Rabies is one of the most important infectious diseases and animal bites are increasing in Iran. Due to the significance of the subject, the current study was designed and conducted with the aim of determining Animal bite status and its contributors in Aq-Qala district, Golestan province, Iran. Materials and methods: This is a data-based study with descriptive approach carrie...

background: despite the progress made, animal bites and rabies are one of the important health problems in the country. the purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of animal bites and rabies during 2004–2014 in lorestan province to prevent them in population of the province for the future prospective aspects. materials and methods: in a descriptive cross‑sectional study, all t...