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- Title
Acute ischemic stroke and severe multiorgan dysfunction due to multiple bee stings.
- Authors
Guzel, Murat; Akar, Handan; Erenler, Ali Kemal; Baydin, Ahmet; Kayabas, Abdulcelil
- Abstract
Various manifestations after bee sting have been described. Local reactions, such as pain, wheal, flare, edema and swelling, are common and generally self-limiting. Uncommonly manifestations like vomiting, diarrhea, dyspnea, generalized edema, acute renal failure, anaphylactic shock, myocardial infarction, hypotension, collapse, pulmonary hemorrhage, acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, and atrial fibrillation may occur. We report a 59 year-old man who sustained ischemic stroke and multi-organ dysfunction following multiple bee stings.
- Subjects
BEE stings; MULTIPLE organ failure; ATRIAL fibrillation diagnosis; MYOCARDIAL infarction; CORONARY disease
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 3, p126
- ISSN
1304-7361
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.tjem.2015.02.002