Acidentes por animais peçonhentos na região de abrangência da 12º coordenadoria regional da saúde do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Abstract

In this study, epidemiological data were analyzed, provided by the 12th Regional Health Coordination of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and the Secretariats of Health and Sanitary Surveillance of the municipalities of Cerro Largo and Guarani das Missões- Rs, registered in the SINAN system Of Notification of Invalidity), on the occurrence of accidents by venomous animals in the Mission Region. It was concluded that this data system presents a large amount of information, but that in general are not analyzed together to account for the real dimension of the accidents occurred. In the present analysis it was verified that the animals that have caused the most accidents in the cities of Cerro Largo, Guarani das Missões and Sete de Setembro are the snakes attributed to the genus Bothrops, being the months of highest incidence the summer period that includes the end of the month From December until the month of March. Accidents reported in the Mission Region predominated in male patients and predominantly in rural areas, being in most cases classified as of moderate severity. It is also worth mentioning the beginning of the occurrence of accidents by scorpions registered since 2014, which are probably related to the introduction of the species Tityus serrulatus in the Mission Region.