| Publication Type: | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Authors: | S. Kar, Yadav, N., Bonde, P., Verma, V. |
| Book Title: | Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology |
| Pagination: | 251-265 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| ISBN Number: | 9783319451343, 9783319451343 |
| Keywords: | Ant, arthropod, Bed bug, Bee, Beetle, body louse, Bug, cimex lectularius, Clothing louse, Coleopteran, Crab Louse, Cutaneous disease, Demodex, Diptera, flea, Head louse, Hemipteran, Hymenoptera, louse, myiasis, Norwegian scabies, Noxious anima, Pediculus capitis, pediculus corporis, Phthiriasis pubis, Pubic louse, Sarcoptes scabiei, Scabies, Scorpion, Siphonaptera, Tick, Wasp |
| Abstract: | This chapter discusses the cutaneous manifestations caused by arthropods which includes insects, ticks, mites, spiders, and scorpions. Infestations by arthropods as well as their developing stages lead to various cutaneous and sometimes systemic symptoms These cutaneous manifestations are varied and nonspecific. It may cause lesions like petechiae, purpura, ulcer, nodule, and atrophic, and hyper-pigmented lesions. Most lesions develop because of immune reactions to the potential allergen |
| URL: | https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-53805-1_77 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-45134-3_77-1 |
| Reprint Edition: | First online Oct 2021 |