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What could result from being stung by an average sized desert scorpion?
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Depends : This depends on the species involved. The only medically significant scorpion species in the us is the desert bark scorpion, centruroides exilicauda which can cause severe pain in adults, and a host of severe symptoms in children due to the neurotoxin in the sting.
Answered 3/17/2017
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