Severe symptoms are more likely in infants and children than adults.Rare symptoms include breathing difficulties, muscle twitching, drooling, sweating, nausea, vomiting, an increased heart rate, restlessness, and excitability.Intense pain, tingling, numbness, and swelling occur around the sting.Many species with variable levels of toxicity can be found all over the world.Scorpions are eight-legged arachnids with large pincers and long, segmented, stinger-tipped tails carried in a forward curve over their backs.
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