Tarantula Bite in Iran, a Letter to the Editor
<p>I read with great interest the case report titled “Periumbilical pain with radiation to both legs following tarantula bite; a case report” published in Emergency journal. Tarantula spiders are not medically important except for some very limited species, which do not exist in Iran. Solifuga...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Emergency |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/emergency/article/view/10339 |
| Summary: | <p>I read with great interest the case report titled “Periumbilical pain with radiation to both legs following tarantula bite; a case report” published in Emergency journal. Tarantula spiders are not medically important except for some very limited species, which do not exist in Iran. Solifugae -or <em>rotails</em> as they are called in Iran- are in fact another group of animals also called camel spiders (Figure 2). They are also venom-free and generally cause secondary infections in the site of their bites. Thus, it seems that the patient's signs and symptoms cannot be due to the rotail or tarantula bites.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2345-4563 2345-4571 |