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Picaduras de medusa - Síntomas

Síntomas:

Carabela portuguesa:

  • Dolor abdominal
  • Cambios en el pulso
  • Dolor en el pecho
  • Dolor de cabeza
  • Dolores y espasmos musculares
  • Entumecimiento y debilidad
  • Dolor en brazos y piernas
  • Mancha roja y elevada donde ocurrió la picadura
  • Rinorrea y ojos llorosos
  • Dificultad para deglutir
  • Sudoración

Avispa de mar:

  • Dificultad para respirar
  • Náuseas y vómitos
  • Hinchazón y dolor severos
  • Latidos cardíacos lentos
  • Muerte del tejido cutáneo

Melena de león:

  • Dificultad respiratoria
  • Calambres musculares
  • Ardor y formación de ampollas en la piel (severo)

Ortiga de mar:

  • Erupción cutánea leve (con picaduras leves)
  • Calambres musculares y dificultad respiratoria (con contacto extenso)
  • Fecha de revisión: 10/24/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Stephen C. Acosta, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Marx J. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2006.

Noble J. Textbook of Primary Care Medicine. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2001.

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