Millipede Envenomation Clinical Presentation
- Author: Robert L Norris, MD; Chief Editor: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM more...
History
The history may indicate that a patient was handling a millipede. On occasion, the history of a patient (eg, a sleeping victim, small child) may be obscure.[6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
- Skin irritation
- Pain
- Brown staining at the site of contact
- Slight blistering
- Eye irritation and pain
Physical
- Local erythema
- Mild edema
- Vesicles
- Occasionally, cracked skin that may slough and then heal
- Conjunctivitis, which may lead to ulceration of the conjunctiva and cornea
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