Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Clinical research, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Clinical research, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; Department of clinical medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
Injury. 2022 Apr;53(4):1319-1328. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.01.036. Epub 2022 Jan 25.
Animal-related injuries are a substantial but under-reported, emerging public health problem contributing considerably to worldwide morbidity and death. Understanding the behavior of big animals may help in injury prevention. Camels are large long-neck ungulates of the genus Camelus that have been domesticated for millennia as a mode of transportation, race, and food source. Camel-related injuries are not well studied when compared with other animals' injuries. Camels can occasionally be very hostile to humans, inflicting serious injuries. These injuries can be caused by camel bites, falls from their backs, kicks, or collisions with motor vehicles. The relative magnitude of each mechanism has never been extensively studied in the literature. Furthermore, the incidence of camel-related injuries is not well reported worldwide. Camels remain a potential cause of serious injuries and a public health problem for some countries in the Middle East. There are gaps in the incidence, risk factors and mechanism, distribution of camel-related injuries. We aimed to summarize the data and draw conclusions pertaining not just to the most common mechanism of injury but to demographics, incidence, severity, and appropriate methods of prevention of camel-related injuries. This scoping review findings will help for better understanding of the nature and consequences of camel-related injuries, and to improve the existing preventive and management strategies.
动物相关伤害是一个严重但未被充分报告的新兴公共卫生问题，对全球发病率和死亡率有重大影响。了解大型动物的行为可能有助于预防伤害。骆驼是骆驼属的大型长颈有蹄类动物，已经被人类驯化了几千年，用于运输、竞赛和作为食物来源。与其他动物的伤害相比，骆驼相关伤害的研究还不够充分。骆驼偶尔会对人类非常敌对，造成严重伤害。这些伤害可能是由骆驼咬伤、从背上摔下、踢打或与机动车辆碰撞造成的。每种机制的相对严重程度从未在文献中得到广泛研究。此外，全球范围内骆驼相关伤害的发生率也没有得到很好的报告。骆驼仍然是一些中东国家严重伤害和公共卫生问题的潜在原因。在骆驼相关伤害的发生率、风险因素和机制、分布方面存在差距。我们旨在总结相关数据，并得出结论，不仅涉及最常见的伤害机制，还涉及人口统计学、发生率、严重程度以及预防骆驼相关伤害的适当方法。这项范围综述的结果将有助于更好地了解骆驼相关伤害的性质和后果，并改进现有的预防和管理策略。
