Hematological parameters of children with bee sting envenomation in Yola Northeastern Nigeria

Bee sting envenomation results in alteration of hematological parameters but in Yola, information regarding effect of bee sting envenomation on hematological parameters of children is not well documented. This study therefore aims to examine the effect of bee sting envenomation on children in Yola. 133 subjects participated in this study, comprising of 64(female = 21, male = 43) children with mean age of 48±3.8months having bee sting envenomation and 69(female = 31, male 38) apparently healthy children without bee stings with mean age of 47±6.1months. Hematological parameters of all subjects were determined using Sysmex XN550 hematology analyzer. Mean red cell count of subject was 4.39±0.3 X106/µl while red cell count of control group was 4.31±0.3 X106/µl at P<0.05. Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) of subject group was 8.5±0.4fl while PDW of control group was 11.5 ± 1.2fl. Moreover, Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) of subject and control group was 9.2±0.6fl and 9.4 ± 1.4fl respectively while subjects had Platelet Large Cell Ratio (P-LCR) of 17.9±1.0% while the control group had P-LCR of 23.4 ± 2.1%. Furthermore, mean total white cell count of subjects and control group were 28.9±1.4 X103/µl and 8.9±1.6 X103/µl respectively and neutrophil counts of children with bee sting envenomation was 23.9±2.7 X103/µl while neutrophil count of control group was 3.5±2.9 X103/µl. Neutrophil count and total white cell count showed a significant value increase while P-LCR and MPV had a lower value in subject when compare to the control group in this locality.