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The aim is to assess how hot and cold applications affect pain and medication needs in scorpion envenomation while incorporating traditional knowledge.

March 26, 2026Meandros Medical And Dental Journal0 citationsOpen Access

Integrating Traditional Knowledge in Emergency Medicine: The Role of Heat Application in Scorpion Stings

GKGülçim Kocairi ÖKÖmer Faruk Karakoyun EAEthem Acar

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The aim is to assess how hot and cold applications affect pain and medication needs in scorpion envenomation while incorporating traditional knowledge.
Retrospective descriptive design involving 229 adult patients with scorpion stings.
Patients were divided into three groups based on the applied pre-hospital intervention: hot, cold, and no application.
Pain intensity, analgesic use, and clinical stage were compared among the groups.
97.8% of the patients were classified as stage 1 envenomation.
The hot application group had a significantly lower need for NSAIDs (19.3%) and opioids (1.5%).

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Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effects of pre-hospital hot and cold applications on analgesic requirements and symptom severity in scorpion envenomation, with the broader goal of integrating traditional practices into modern emergency care.Methods: This retrospective descriptive study included 229 adult patients who presented to Muğla Training and Research Hospital with scorpion stings between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2022. Patients were categorized into three groups based on pre-hospital interventions: hot application (n=46), cold application (n=100), and no intervention (n=83). Clinical stage, pain intensity (VAS), analgesic use, and demographic characteristics were compared.Results: Most patients (97.8%) were classified as stage 1 envenomation. The need for NSAIDs (19.3%) and opioids (1.5%) was significantly lower in the hot application group (p

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