Treatment of cardiovascular manifestations of human scorpion envenoming: is serotherapy essential?
Death due to sting by the red scorpion is not uncommon in parts of India. Extensive clinical study has shown that fatality is due to cardiovascular involvement as a result of autonomic storm. Prazosin and nifedipine helped to counter the physiological actions of scorpion venom on the sympathetic nervous system. Scorpion antivenom remains unobtainable for human scorpionism in India.
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Prabhat Colony, Mahad, Raigad, Maharashtra, India.
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D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011224:Prazosin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012605:Scorpions; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects
D000997:Antivenins; D009543:Nifedipine; D011224:Prazosin