Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting
Hymenoptera stings can lead to a different range of local and systemic reactions. However, rare and unexpected reactions can develop and may be life threatening. In this paper, we present a 29-year-old female who developed anaphylactic shock followed by paraparesis and paraesthesia after a black ant...
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| author | Norah Alobaid Majed Alanazi Sultan Aleshaiwi Abdulrahman Alhassan |
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| description | Hymenoptera stings can lead to a different range of local and systemic reactions. However, rare and unexpected reactions can develop and may be life threatening. In this paper, we present a 29-year-old female who developed anaphylactic shock followed by paraparesis and paraesthesia after a black ant sting. Her symptoms completely resolved after treatment with plasma exchange. Several studies have linked these neurological complications to delayed immunological reactions that are triggered by insect antigen. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3fdd949f43944de6b1e89d564296ba972025-02-04T13:37:20ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942025-01-0110.12890/2025_0051254660Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant stingNorah Alobaid0Majed Alanazi1Sultan Aleshaiwi2Abdulrahman Alhassan3College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medicine, Ministry of National Guard – Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medicine, Ministry of National Guard – Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medicine, Ministry of National Guard – Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaHymenoptera stings can lead to a different range of local and systemic reactions. However, rare and unexpected reactions can develop and may be life threatening. In this paper, we present a 29-year-old female who developed anaphylactic shock followed by paraparesis and paraesthesia after a black ant sting. Her symptoms completely resolved after treatment with plasma exchange. Several studies have linked these neurological complications to delayed immunological reactions that are triggered by insect antigen.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/5125 black ant stinganaphylaxisparaparesis and paraesthesia |
| spellingShingle | Norah Alobaid Majed Alanazi Sultan Aleshaiwi Abdulrahman Alhassan Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine black ant sting anaphylaxis paraparesis and paraesthesia |
| title | Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting |
| title_full | Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting |
| title_fullStr | Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting |
| title_short | Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting |
| title_sort | paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting |
| topic | black ant sting anaphylaxis paraparesis and paraesthesia |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/5125 |
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