17-Month-Old Girl’s ‘Scorpion Sting’ Actually Meth Consumption: Why Were Doctors Fooled?

Methamphetamine was attributed to 103,000 emergency department visits in 2011, making it the fourth most mentioned illicit drug in emergency rooms behind cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. A report published in the journal Case Reports in Emergency Medicine focuses on the case of a 17-month-old girl who was admitted to a hospital in Tucson, Ariz., to receive treatment for symptoms consistent with a venomous scorpion sting, which turned out to be the result of methamphetamine consumption.

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