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- Title
Aquatic Antagonists: Scorpionfish Envenomation.
- Authors
Afvari, Shawn; Elston, Dirk M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the growing threat of scorpionfish envenomation due to water sports and invasive species. It reports that victims experience significant pain and may require extended recovery periods, and it highlights socioeconomic costs. It emphasizes that marine biologists struggle to study scorpionfish venom due to a lack of ducts. It provides clinical symptoms and treatment guidance for physicians, and it emphasizes wound irrigation, foreign body removal, and antibiotic therapy.
- Subjects
SNAKEBITES; PTEROIS volitans; MONOCYTE chemotactic factor; MARINE biology; INFLAMMATORY mediators
- Publication
Cutis, 2024, Vol 113, Issue 3, p133
- ISSN
0011-4162
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12788/cutis.0973