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General Considerations

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The skin is one of man’s first lines of defense against invasion or external stimuli. It can react in a variety of ways against all kinds of stimuli, whether physical or chemical, including arthropods and their products. From the patient’s point of view these result in one or more lesions on the skin accompanied by local or general symptoms. The effects may be relatively trivial, or may cause great inconvenience or even be fatal. In severe, non-fatal reactions the victim’s subsequent way of life may be greatly altered.

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  1. University of Glasgow, UK

    John O’Donel Alexander MB, ChB, FRCP (Glasgow) (Emeritus Consultant Dermatologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Lately Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Dermatology)

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O’Donel Alexander, J. (1984). General Considerations. In: Arthropods and Human Skin. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1356-0_2

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