The use of concentrated heat after insect bites/stings as an alternative to reduce swelling, pain, and pruritus: an open cohort-study at German beaches and bathing-lakes

Christian Müller1 Department of Medical Science and Operations, RIEMSER Arzneimittel AG, An der Wiek 7, 17489 GreifswaldCorrespondence[email protected]

Beatrice Großjohann1 Department of Medical Science and Operations, RIEMSER Arzneimittel AG, An der Wiek 7, 17489 Greifswald

Lutz Fischer2 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, University Greifswald, Friedrich-Loeffler-Straße 23b, 17493 Greifswald, Germany

Pages 191-196 | Published online: 15 Dec 2011

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