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Scorpion Stings
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Linked signs and symptoms
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- Behaviour: Restlessness
- Blood Pressure Below Normal (Hypotension)
- Blood Pressure High (Hypertension)
- Breathing Rapid Hyperventilation (Tachypnea)
- Eyes Pupils Dilated
- Eyes Uncontrollable Constant Movement (Nystagmus)
- Fever (Raised Body Temperature)
- Heart or Pulse Rate Raised (Tachycardia)
- Heart Rate Decrease Or Abnormally Low (Bradycardia)
- Heart Rate Irregular (Arrhythmia)
- Mind: Confusion
- Mind: Delirium
- Mind: Restlessness
- Movement: Muscle Coordination Loss (Ataxia)
- Muscle Spasm (Twitching)
- Nausea
- Salivation
- Seizures
- Skin Itching
- Skin Lesions
- Skin Painful Burning
- Skin Rash
- Skin Redness (Erythema, Rubor)
- Skin Tenderness Or Pain
- Skin Tingling Or Numbness (Paresthesias)
- Swallowing Difficulty (Dysphagia)
- Swelling (Oedema, Edema)
- Vomiting
Linked drugs / medications
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Treatments, therapies and supportive options
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Lifestyle changes
1Behavioural changes
2Alternative and complementary therapies
1Alternative medicine
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
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Biological markers/agents
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Introduction / full article
Scorpion Stings
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
St John's Wort (Goatweed, tipton weed, Hypericum Perforatum) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: No recommendation (Available evidence does not support claims that St Johns Wort can help to treat scorpion stings)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/st-johns-wort
3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-stjohnswort.html
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18843608
5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11939866
6. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/stjohnswort/ataglance.htm
7. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/stjohnswort/sjw-and-depression.htm
8. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression/how-is-depression-detected-and-treated.shtml
9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11939872
10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12132963
11. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16423519
12. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/22/2633
13. Bosnak M, Levent Yilmaz H, Ece A, et al. Severe scorpion envenomation in children: Management in pediatric intensive care unit. Human and Experimental Toxicology. 2009;28:721