Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

Severe hemoglobinuria due to Hemiscorpius enischnochela (Scorpiones: Hemiscorpiidae) envenomation from South of Iran

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Mehran Shahi 1
Seyed Hamid Moosavy 2
Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh 3

1 Department of Medical Entomology & Vector Control, School of Public Health, Infectious & Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran

2 Department of Internal Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Science, Bandar Abbas, Iran

3 Emergency Room, Division of Medical Toxicology, Hazrat Ali-Asghar Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2020.22
Abstract
Objective: Scorpion stings are common in tropical regions of Iran. Hemiscorpius enischnochela are distributed in southern part of Iran. The venom of this scorpion causes severe hemolysis, hemoglobinuria, and occasionally death.
Case Presentation: This report describes the clinical manifestations of envenomation by H. enischnochela in a 3-year-old boy from Ruydar city in south of Iran.
Conclusion: Special attention should be paid to the painless stings of yellow scorpions and more studies are needed to set out a protocol for the management of these cases in areas with this envenomation to be a common one.

Keywords

Hemiscorpius
Scorpion Sting
Hemoglobinuria
Iran
Subjects
Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 6, Issue 2
July 2020
Pages 121-125

  • Receive Date 01 June 2020
  • Revise Date 13 June 2020
  • Accept Date 20 June 2020

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