Insect stings and bites

The most common insect stings are bee stings, wasp stings, and scorpion stings. The most common bites are mosquito bites and centipede bites.

Bee, wasp, hornet, and scorpion stings: These mostly occur on exposed parts of the face, hands, or feet. They give rise to redness, swelling, burning pain, numbness, bleeding. Rarely, they can cause static blood and tissue necrosis. There may be generalized signs from severe scorpion stings or from multiple bee or hornet stings.

Centipede bites can cause local redness, swelling, burning sensation, or acute pain. They can also cause lymphangiitis or lymphadenitis. They can also cause purpura. In severe cases, there may be dizziness, headache, nausea and vomiting, fever, coma, or anaphylactic shock.