Hardhead Catfish Wounds Stings usually occur when handling catfish caught while fishing, usually involving the hand or foot 3barbs, one on the dorsal fin and one on each side, are serrated and can be very difficult to remove if deeply embedded Usually a doctor should remove Hardhead Catfish are not aggressive, but send thousands to the emergency room every year with painful symptoms and temporary paralysis associated with a sting from one of their poisonous barbs! Both venom and crinotoxin promote a marked localized inflammatory reaction, resulting in common findings of local erythema, throbbing pain, hemorrhage, edema, cyanosis, and lymphangitis 5 Systemic manifestations are rare, and the majority of cases resolve without longterm sequelae 6
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