Abstract

Our objective is to share the experience of a pediatric hospital, describing the clinical characteristics of scorpion sting poisoning of 1,565 children and the treatment used in the hospital according to the severity of the poisoning. 33% of the patients had severe intoxication, 34% moderate intoxication; and 31% severe intoxication, the main symptoms of intoxication are dysphagia (70.3%), sialorrhea (65.1%), irritability (58.1%), increased muscle tones (57.8%), odynophagia (55.2%) and nystagmus (43.35%). The most severe symptoms are found in children under 6 years; Treatment is based on the use of fabotherapic; too we found a correlation between the number of bottles of fabotherapic administered and the severity of intoxication; However, treatment with fabotherapic, in addition to reversing the symptoms, has made it possible to eliminate the use of antihistamines and steroids in these patients, and too has reduced the presence of complications and deaths from scorpion sting poisoning.

Keywords:Scorpion Sting; Poisoning; Treatment; Fabotherapic

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