Blister Beetle (redirected from blister fly)

Blister Beetle

An arthropod—Cantharis vesicatoria or Lytta vesicatoria, Family Meloidae—from which ‘Spanish fly’ originates; when applied to mucocutaneous surfaces, it causes erythema, urticaria, and vesiculation; orally, it causes gastrointestinal irritation, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramping, collapse; 60 mg of this nephrotoxic agent may be fatal
Management Ammonia may ameliorate the pruritus induced by blister fluid; corticosteroids may relieve pain

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blister

1. a vesicle, especially a bulla, a lesion of the skin.

2. a paste containing an irritant such as cantharides used to plaster onto a horse's leg to produce counterirritation and encourage healing of a strained tendon or ligament.

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blister beetle

see epicauta vittata.

blood blister

a vesicle having bloody contents, as may be caused by a pinch or bruise.

blister fly

see cantharis vesicatoria.

internal blister

see sclerosing agents.