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A woman recovering from knee surgery suffered a persistent infection of the knee with Pasteurella after her dog licked a small wound on her toe. [62] [63] A dog lick to an Australian woman's minor burn caused sepsis and necrosis due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection, resulting in the loss of all her toes, fingers and a leg. [64] [65]
Many arthropods bite or sting in order to immobilize their prey or deter potential predators as a defense mechanism. Stings containing venom are more likely to be painful. Less frequently, venomous spider bites are also associated with morbidity and mortality in humans. Most arthropod stings involve Hymenoptera (ants, wasps, and bees). While ...
Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large numbers), alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Florida). They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera. [1]
Toe cramps, which happen when the muscles that flex and bend your toes involuntarily contract, are fairly common and can happen any time, even in the middle of the night, waking you up from an ...
A centipede bite is an injury resulting from the action of a centipede's forcipules, stinger-like appendages that pierce the skin and inject venom into the wound. Such a wound is not strictly speaking a bite, as the forcipules are a modified first pair of legs rather than true mouthparts.
Yellowjacket sting in its sheath in the scanning electron microscope. Among arthropods, a sting or stinger is a sharp organ, often connected with a venom gland and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing, as with the caudal sting of a scorpion. Stings are usually located at the rear of the animal.
A large number of warts on the big toe: Specialty: Dermatology: Symptoms: skin growth usually occurring on the hands, feet, or genitals [1] [3] Duration: Months to years [1] Causes: Human papillomavirus [1] Risk factors: Public showers and pools, eczema [3] Differential diagnosis: Callus, seborrheic keratosis, squamous cell carcinoma [4] Prevention
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