Ramesh Ramanathan, Kanagasingam Arulmoly, Anushanth Uthayakumar, Gunasinghe Aruna, Suganthan Navaneethakrishnan
General Medicine, Teaching Hospital Batticaloa, Batticaloa, LKA.
Medicine, Teaching Hospital Batticaloa, Batticaloa, LKA.
Cureus. 2023 Aug 7;15(8):e43074. doi: 10.7759/cureus.43074. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Here, we present a case of a 55-year-old male, who was admitted with a spider bite, which caused swelling of the hand and painful muscle spasms along with palpitations. The patient made a complete recovery after the administration of intravenous calcium gluconate, followed by oral calcium supplements. Although no specific treatment exists in Sri Lanka for spider bites, calcium supplements can be beneficial for Sri Lankan ornamental tarantula (Poecilotheria fasciata) bites.
在此,我们呈现一例55岁男性病例,该患者因蜘蛛叮咬入院,叮咬导致手部肿胀、肌肉疼痛性痉挛以及心悸。患者在静脉注射葡萄糖酸钙,随后口服补钙剂后完全康复。尽管斯里兰卡没有针对蜘蛛叮咬的特效治疗方法,但补钙剂对斯里兰卡观赏狼蛛(条纹锯螯蛛)叮咬可能有益。