Skip to main content

Table 4 Clinical symptoms of bee sting victims in Campina Grande, Paraíba state, between 2007 and 2012 (n = 459)

From: Epidemiology of bee stings in Campina Grande, Paraíba state, Northeastern Brazil

Clinical symptoms

Local symptoms

n

%

Systemic symptoms

n

%

Pain

410

55.2%

Vagal manifestations

20

66.7%

Edema

295

39.8%

Neurological manifestations

6

20%

Itching

14

1.9%

Myolytic manifestations

2

6.7%

Paresthesia

7

1%

Pain

1

3.3%

Ecchymosis

7

1%

Arterial hypotension

1

3.3%

Erythema

7

1%

   

Headache

1

0.1%

   

Necrosis

1

0.1%