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Araña viuda negra - Symptom

Síntomas:

El primer síntoma generalmente es un dolor similar a una punción con un alfiler y la sensación se experimenta cuando realmente se ha efectuado la picadura de la araña. Sin embargo, es posible que algunas personas no lo sientan. Puede haber hinchazón y enrojecimiento leve y una lesión en forma de diana.

De 15 minutos a una hora más tarde, un dolor muscular sordo se irradia desde el área de la picadura a todo el cuerpo.

  • Si la picadura es en la parte superior del cuerpo, usted por lo general sentirá la mayor parte del dolor en el pecho.
  • Si la picadura es en la parte inferior del cuerpo, usted por lo general sentirá la mayor parte del dolor en el abdomen.

También se pueden presentar los siguientes síntomas:

Las mujeres embarazadas pueden tener contracciones y parto prematuro.

  • Reviewed last on: 10/4/2009
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Collier BR, Riordan WP Jr, Nagy RJ, Morris JA Jr. Wilderness trauma, surgical emergencies, and wound management. In: Auerbach PS, ed. Wilderness Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 20.

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