ACIDENTES POR PICADA DE ESCORPIÃO EM CRATO-CE DE 2013 A 2017

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.18720270818

• Palavras-chave: Animais peçonhentos. Aracnídeos. Ocorrência.

• Keywords: Venomous animals. Arachnids. Occurrence.

• Abstract:

  Introduction: Scorpions are representatives of the class of arachnids and occur more frequently in warmer and humid months. There are about 30 species in Brazil and the most dangerous are: yellow, brown, scorpion from the northeast and black from the Amazon. Symptoms at the site of the bite are: pain, redness, heat and swelling that lasts from a few hours to two days. The patient may also manifest more severe symptoms such as: dizziness, headache, muscle spasms, sweating, lividity, drowsiness or agitation, hypotension or hypertension, bradycardia or tachycardia, dyspnoea, nausea or vomiting. Treatment for mild symptoms includes compresses of warm water and use of painkillers or anti-inflammatories to relieve pain and local inflammation. In the most severe cases, the use of antiscorpionic serum is necessary to neutralize the effect of the poison. Fluid therapy with intravenous serum and observation for a few hours is essential. Both treatments require prescription and medical advice. . Objective: To analyze the profile of patients affected by scorpion bites from 2013 to 2017 notified in the city of Crato-CE. Methodology: This is a descriptive and quantitative epidemiological study, in which the population profile of patients involved in accidents due to scorpion bites reported in Crato, Ceará, were retrieved on the website of the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS), having as a search period for notified cases: January 2013 to December 2017. Venomous animal accidents are mandatory notification and this information is in the public domain and can be obtained through access to the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN ). The variables studied were: year, sex and age group. The data are secondary, so it was not necessary to submit the study to the Research Ethics Committee or Local Scientific Commission, according to Resolution No. 510 of 2016 of the National Health Council. Results: In the studied period, 109 accidents were reported by scorpion sting in Crato-CE, 34% in 2013; 18% in 2014; 20% in 2015; 13% in 2016 and 15% in 2017. According to gender, 39% of cases occurred in males and 61% in females, it was possible to observe that 38% of notifications occurred in 2013; 12% in 2014; 18% in 2015; 15% in 2016 and 17% in 2017 and in the case of reported accidents, 28% occurred in 2013; 28% in 2014; 23% in 2015; 9% in 2016 and 12% in 2017. According to the age group, it was possible to verify that the disease in question occurred in all of them, being that in: 2% it was in children under one year old; 2% from one to four years; 4% from five to nine years; 14% from 10 to 14 years; 10% from 15 to 19 years old; 35% from 20 to 39 years old; 20% from 40 to 59 years old; 9% from 60 to 69 years old; 4% from 70 to over 80 years old. Accidents by venomous animals are associated in most cases with the occupation of individuals and the most susceptible are homeowners and those who work with civil construction, with agriculture, among other activities in which they may have rubble or tree bark, as they become favorable places for the installation of these venomous animals. Conclusions: After preparing this work, we obtained more information and knowledge about the effects caused by the scorpion bite and the forms of treatment for such a disease. In addition, the performance of the quantitative analysis proved to be important, because it revealed that in the municipality of Crato-CE there is a higher prevalence of cases in females. In addition, it was also possible to conclude that the young adult population, from 20 to 39 years of age, has the highest number of cases acoording to the data offered, by age group, between the years 2013 to 2017.

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