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, Mohammadamin Gorouhi1 , Leila Shirani Bidabadi1 , Abbas Aghaei Afshar2 , Mohadese Ordouni3 , Faezeh Rohani3 , Hanane Maleki Azaraki3 , Yasaman Shafiee3
2- Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran * Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
3- Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Background: Tarantulas (Camel spiders) are order that belong to classes of arachnida and phylum of arthropoda. They can make a painful bite in human.
Case Report: This paper presents 34 and 40-year-old men with skin reactions in their left legs. After initial examinations, the symptoms were recognized as skin reaction caused by the bite of some nuisance insects. After one day, a lesion including 2 red dots appeared on the patient's leg. After a few hours, skin lesions were observed in both patient, and by washing with soap and water after 7 days, the symptoms completely disappeared and the bite improved.
Conclusion: Increasing awareness among physicians, about the symptoms of this nuisance insects can help to accelerate treatment process.
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