Epidemiology of stung by scorpion in Birjand County, 2018-2019

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¹Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand Health Network, Birjand, Iran,

²The City health Center of Birjand, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran,

³The City health Center of Birjand, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

⁴School of Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

⁵Birjand Health System, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

⁶Birjand University of Medical Sciences, South Khorasan Province Health Center, Birjand, Iran

Stung by scorpion is one of the important problems of human health in all societies, especially in tropical and semi-tropical areas in Iran and the world. Identification of factors effective on epidemiology of stung by scorpion helps prevent and reduce the burden of this health problem in the society. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate on the epidemiology of stung by scorpion in Birjand County during 2018-2019. A retrospective cross - sectional was taken up as the methodology. Therefore, all patients stung by scorpion and referred to the health centers from March, 21, 2018 to March, 20, 2019 in the Birjand County were included as the research cases. Then, the epidemiology and demographic data were collected through a questionnaire and data was analyzed in SPSS V.20. A total of 166 cases stung by scorpion were studied of which 87 cases were male (52.4%) and 79 cases were female (47.6%). The highest and the lowest rates were found in people aged 25-44 (35%) and rare cases were ≥ 65 (4%), respectively. Among the patients 20% were below 10 years old. Legs were the most (49.4%) and head and face were the lowest (4.2%) rates of sting sites, respectively. Most cases of stung by scorpion were occurred in the first 6 months of the year and the peak of incidence (30%) was observed in September. Of total cases, 52% were residing in urban areas and 48% were in rural areas. Only 4% of injured people needed to inject anti-scorpion serum, and others were treated without serum injections. In 53% of cases, stung by scorpion happened from 6 pm in the evening to 6 am in the morning. Fortunately, all cases had been treated and there was not report of death due of stung by scorpion in the year of the study in Birjand city. Because 96% of cases stung by scorpion had been treated without anti-serum injections and no report of death, it is concluded that most species of scorpion in Birjand may be of low risk. The highest rate of stung by scorpion cases were reported in urban areas, therefore, training programs should be considered as preventive measures in urban communities.

Scorpion؛ stung by scorpion؛ Epidemiology؛ Birjand