Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting

Abstract The most frequent jellyfish in Southern Brazil causes mainly local pain and skin plaques. A 3-year-old female bather presented an erythematous, irregular plaque on the left forearm after contact with a jellyfish and intense facial angioedema with facial flushing. The lungs had vesicular mur...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: João Claudio Campos Pereira, David Szpilman, Vidal Haddad Junior
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0044-2017
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e82197328d514c168353a1ca7c51150d 2023-05-15T15:00:16+02:00 Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting João Claudio Campos Pereira David Szpilman Vidal Haddad Junior https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0044-2017 https://doaj.org/article/e82197328d514c168353a1ca7c51150d EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000100115&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0044-2017 https://doaj.org/article/e82197328d514c168353a1ca7c51150d Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 51, Iss 1, Pp 115-117 Jellyfish Anaphylactic reaction Allergy Bites and stings Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0044-2017 2022-12-30T23:24:11Z Abstract The most frequent jellyfish in Southern Brazil causes mainly local pain and skin plaques. A 3-year-old female bather presented an erythematous, irregular plaque on the left forearm after contact with a jellyfish and intense facial angioedema with facial flushing. The lungs had vesicular murmur, wheezes, and snorts, and pink and spumous secretion in the airways with intercostal retraction. She was administered subcutaneous adrenaline (0.1mg/kg) and hydrocortisone intravenous (10mg/kg) with total recovery in a few minutes. The manifestations of anaphylactic reactions are distinct from those of envenomations, and prompt and adequate care is fundamental in these situations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 51 1 115 117
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topic Jellyfish
Anaphylactic reaction
Allergy
Bites and stings
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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Anaphylactic reaction
Allergy
Bites and stings
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
João Claudio Campos Pereira
David Szpilman
Vidal Haddad Junior
Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting
topic_facet Jellyfish
Anaphylactic reaction
Allergy
Bites and stings
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description Abstract The most frequent jellyfish in Southern Brazil causes mainly local pain and skin plaques. A 3-year-old female bather presented an erythematous, irregular plaque on the left forearm after contact with a jellyfish and intense facial angioedema with facial flushing. The lungs had vesicular murmur, wheezes, and snorts, and pink and spumous secretion in the airways with intercostal retraction. She was administered subcutaneous adrenaline (0.1mg/kg) and hydrocortisone intravenous (10mg/kg) with total recovery in a few minutes. The manifestations of anaphylactic reactions are distinct from those of envenomations, and prompt and adequate care is fundamental in these situations.
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David Szpilman
Vidal Haddad Junior
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Vidal Haddad Junior
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title Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting
title_short Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting
title_full Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting
title_fullStr Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting
title_full_unstemmed Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting
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