Nisahan Balasingam, Selvaratnam Gowri, Kumanan Thirunavukarasu
Registrar in Medicine, University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Consultant chest physician, University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Trop Doct. 2014 Oct;44(4):233-4. doi: 10.1177/0049475514525606. Epub 2014 Feb 25.
Envenomation by the honey bee can cause multi-organ dysfunction as a result of toxic effects and may cause a severe anaphylactic reaction. Acute myocardial ischemia is an extremely rare complication of bee envenomation. We report a case of a 58-year-old woman with acute myocardial injury following massive bee envenomation.
蜜蜂蜇伤可因毒性作用导致多器官功能障碍,并可能引发严重的过敏反应。急性心肌缺血是蜜蜂蜇伤极为罕见的并发症。我们报告一例58岁女性在大量蜜蜂蜇伤后发生急性心肌损伤的病例。