Boy, 7, Dies From Multiple Heart Attacks After Scorpion Bite In Brazil
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The family was preparing for a camping trip on October 23 when he felt the stung while he was wearing a shoe.
A seven-year-old boy from Brazil suffered seven heart attacks after he was stung by a Brazilian yellow scorpion while he was putting on his shoes. Luiz Miguel Furtado Barbosa died on October 25 in a hospital, two days after he was bitten by the yellow Scorpion also known as Tityus Serrulatus- a species with toxic venom, reported The Independent.
The family was preparing for a camping trip on October 23 when he felt the stung while he was wearing a shoe. Boy's mom Angelita Proenca Furtado told the Brazilian newspaper O Globo."As soon as he put (the shoe) on, he screamed in pain. As we didn't find what had stung him, we kept looking. But his leg started to turn red and he said that the pain was increasing. That's when I imagined that it really was a scorpion and that I needed to find it to find out which one it was."
After five minutes, the parents were able to locate the dreaded yellow scorpion. The Tityus Serrulatus is blamed for thousands of deaths in the country.
The parents rushed their son to the University of Sao Paulo Faculty of Medicine Clinics Hospital, where his condition initially improved, reported the New York Post.
