“…The elapsed time between the sting and early medical treatment is a crucial factor that greatly influences the prognosis of scorpion accidents 7 , as our study revealed that approximately 75% of all the patients received medical treatment up to 3 hours after the accident, in accordance with other previous studies [22][23][24]26,29 . In addition, in pediatric patients, a known risk group for scorpionism 9,37 , it was shown that prompt medical care may result in a better prognosis and therefore in mild cases 38 .…”