Bites and Stings
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snake bites = SNAKE BITES; spider bites = ARACHNIDISM; tick bites = TICKS (IM) + BITES AND STINGS (IM) (not TICK TOXICOSES unless paralysis or toxicosis results); coord IM with biter (IM); INSECT BITES AND STINGS is also available; DF: BITES |
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Bites,Stings |
Bites and Stings Categories.
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Arachnidism - The effects, both local and systemic, caused by the bite of venomous SPIDERS. |
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Insect Bites and Stings - Bites and stings inflicted by insects. |
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Snake Bites - Bites by snakes. The condition of having been bitten by a venomous snake, characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous) |
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Tick Toxicoses - Toxicoses caused by toxic substances secreted by the salivary glands of ticks; include tick paralysis (neurotropic toxin), sweating sickness (dermotropic toxin), and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus toxicosis (leukotropic toxin). |
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