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Bites - human


Symptoms

Bites may produce symptoms ranging from mild to severe:

  • Skin breaks or major cuts with or without bleeding
  • Puncture wounds
  • Bruising
  • Crushing injuries


Review Date: 01/13/2010
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).




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