Geng XY, Wang MK, Chen JH, Xiao L, Yang JS. Marine biological injuries and their medical management: A narrative review. World J Biol Chem 2023; 14(1): 1-12 [PMID: 36741876 DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v14.i1.1]
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Ji-Shun Yang, MD, PhD, Director, Naval Medical Center of PLA, Naval Medical University, No. 338 Huaihai West Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200052, China. jasunyang@foxmail.com
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Medicine, General & Internal
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World J Biol Chem. Jan 27, 2023; 14(1): 1-12 Published online Jan 27, 2023. doi: 10.4331/wjbc.v14.i1.1
Marine biological injuries and their medical management: A narrative review
Xiao-Yu Geng, Ming-Ke Wang, Jin-Hong Chen, Liang Xiao, Ji-Shun Yang
Xiao-Yu Geng, Ming-Ke Wang, Jin-Hong Chen, Ji-Shun Yang, Naval Medical Center of PLA, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200052, China
Liang Xiao, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
Author contributions: Wang MK, Xiao L, and Yang JS conceptualized the article, revised the manuscript, and contributed equally to this work; Geng XY wrote the draft; Chen JH collected the literature; All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported byScientific Research Project of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, No. 202140061.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts ofinterest to declare.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Ji-Shun Yang, MD, PhD, Director, Naval Medical Center of PLA, Naval Medical University, No. 338 Huaihai West Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200052, China. jasunyang@foxmail.com
Received: June 27, 2022 Peer-review started: June 27, 2022 First decision: September 22, 2022 Revised: October 29, 2022 Accepted: December 13, 2022 Article in press: December 13, 2022 Published online: January 27, 2023 Processing time: 206 Days and 21.9 Hours
Abstract
The marine environment can be extremely dangerous, and the harm caused by marine organisms when they contact the human body can be especially harmful, even deadly. Contact includes stings, bites, wounds, and consumption as food. In this article, the characteristics of the common marine biological injuries are summarized, the major marine organisms causing damage in China’s marine waters are described, and injury prevention and treatment methods are discussed.
Core Tip: With the changes occurring in the marine environment caused by the climate change and the continuous development of marine resources, marine biological injuries are increasing. This article classifies marine biological injuries such as stabs and bites, describes the characteristics of infections by marine microorganisms, and summarizes the prevention and treatment of major marine biological injuries in China’s sea areas.
