BOSTON (WHDH) - A 40-year-old woman reported she was stung by a scorpion at Boston’s Logan International Airport Sunday evening, police said.
At around 7:30 p.m., the woman told troopers she was getting her luggage in the customs section of Terminal E when she was stung, according to the Massachusetts State Police.
Police said she was taken to a local hospital for treatment. No additional information was immediately available.
Many at the airport Monday were not pleased to hear about the reported scorpion sting.
“It’s too much scary. My body now is shaking,” said Marta Begolli, who was at Logan to pick up a relative.
Keith Bartlett, who was picking up his girlfriend at the airport, said it’s not something he expected to happen in Boston.
Dr. Michael Simpson, a toxicologist with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said scorpion bites are rarely seen in the region — but rather in the southern and southwestern United States.
“For most adults, it’s severe, immediate pain. It’s been described as feeling like something like a bee sting,” Simpson said. “If the patient is having severe pain, you give them pain medicine. If they’re having unusual muscle movements or spasms, you can give them medicines to help relax their muscles.”
In the worst cases, patients can suffer convulsions, slurred speech, and trouble breathing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“If you just get pain, it usually lasts a few hours. If you get more on the sicker end of the spectrum, it may be one to two, maybe three days,” Simpson said.
The condition of the woman is unknown.
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