PERFIL DOS ACIDENTES CAUSADOS POR ANIMAIS PEÇONHENTOS REGISTRADOS EM UBERLÂNDIA, MINAS GERAIS (2014 - 2018)

• Autor(a) principal: Nogueira, Cláudio Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Alves , Louryel Henrique Nogueira, Nunes, Débora Cristina de Oliveira Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hygeia (Uberlândia)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/hygeia/article/view/57641
• topic: Abelha; Aranha; Epidemiologia; Escorpião; Serpente

Accident involving venomous animals is a problem with compulsory notification. Due to the large number of cases in the Minas Gerais State and the lack of information about the disease in Uberlândia, the study aimed to describe the epidemiological profile of accidents by venomous animals in municipality (2014-2018). This was an observational, descriptive, retrospective research, based on secondary data extracted from the Compulsory Notification forms. Of the 1676 cases analyzed, 1605 referred to accidents involving venomous animals. Accidents occurred mainly in urban areas, in women for all venomous animals, except snakes, and the most affected age group was 18-60 years. Scorpions were the main aggressors, followed by snakes, spiders and bees. The victims sought medical attention quickly, most cases were mild and did not receive serotherapy. Almost all cases evolved to cure and few deaths were recorded. Accidents caused by scorpions/snakes occurred more in the rainy months of the year and, for spiders/bees, the cases were constant over the months. The anatomical regions most affected were the head, followed by upper limbs and trunk for bees, and lower and upper limbs for spiders, scorpions and snakes. The main local manifestation was pain, systemic manifestations were less common and rare complications.