RESUMO
La presente revisión se realizó debido al alza creciente de las intoxicaciones accidentales por picaduras y exposiciones a animales marinos tóxicos en el mundo y en Cuba, y por la relativa escasez de bibliografía para los estudiantes y profesionales de nuestro medio, por lo que se debe divulgar su potencial toxicológico. Se efectuó una revisión bibliográfica de los principales peces ponzoñosos, equinodermos y celenterados presentes en nuestras costas y playas, así como los efectos tóxicos que pueden afectar la salud humana al exponerse a estos. Se hizo una descripción de cada grupo y se destacó la causa de la intoxicación, las especies potencialmente tóxicas, las principales manifestaciones clínicas, así como las medidas fundamentales dirigidas al tratamiento adecuado, si se presentara una intoxicación(AU)
Assuntos
Animais , Fauna Marinha/efeitos adversos , Venenos de Peixe/intoxicação , Equinodermos/patogenicidadeRESUMO
Animal toxins are not to be understood as substances of random occurrence; they are of great importance in ecology. The venom-secreting organs have developed in a wide variety of ways and serve either as an offensive weapon or for protection against enemies. Accordingly, we may distinguish between actively venemous and passively venemous animals. There are other animals that are toxic rather by chance and due to extraneous factors; these we may call poisonous animals. Research into animal toxins is important from both the chemical and the biological points of view. In addition to basic knowledge, we may hope for interesting phylogenetic results from such research.
Assuntos
Peçonhas/efeitos adversos , Animais , Anelídeos/patogenicidade , Artrópodes/patogenicidade , Fenômenos Químicos , Química , Equinodermos/patogenicidade , Humanos , Insetos/patogenicidade , Moluscos/patogenicidade , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/induzido quimicamente , Distúrbios da Fala/induzido quimicamente , Transtornos da Visão/induzido quimicamenteRESUMO
An account is given of some aspects of poisonings sustained by coming into contact with animals of the coral reefs of the Fiji Islands. Poisonings can be grouped into those in which the toxin is introduced parenterally-envenomings, and those in which it is ingested. Illustrative case histories are presented of injuries from 2 echinoderms and of envenoming from the "deadly" stonefish. A therapeutic approach to puffer-fish poisoning is mentioned and the problem of ciguatera poisoning is outlined.
