Perfil epidemiológico dos acidentes por abelhas no Estado do Ceará.

Abstract

Bee sting represent a public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries due to its high incidence and morbidity cases. This is a retrospective study of the epidemiological characteristics of cases of bee sting, registered in the health system of the state of Ceará, in the period 2007 to 2013 data were collected from the database of the Center for Information and Analysis in Health Secretary of Health of the State of Ceará. A total of 1307 cases of of cases of bee sting was retrospectively analyzed. Our results show that accidents have occurred in all months of the year, with the highest incidence between the months from July to October. Accidents were more frequent in urban areas, affecting mainly male individuals aged between 20 and 29 years. The victims were not performing work activities at the time of the accident and the anatomical region most affected by bee stings was the head. Most of the victims received medical care between 1 and 3 hours after the accident. The cases were mostly classified as mild and healing predominated in clinical outcome, however, four deaths were recorded. The main clinical manifestations were local pain, swelling and itching. The systemic manifestations were vagal, miolíticas and neurological manifestations. Thus, it is concluded that accidents were more frequent in the warmer months of the year and affected mainly the upper limbs of adult men. Most of the victims received care until three hours after the accident. A lot of these cases occurred in occasional situation. There were not many severe cases, however, there was a record of four deaths. Thus, these results provide data relevant to the development of educational and preventive campaigns against this type of accident.