Bee stings

BEE STINGS
Bee stings are very common & are serious for those who are allergic to them.

Bee Stings
The danger of bee stings:
The two greatest risks from most insect stings are allergic reaction (which occasionally could be fatal in some individuals) and infection (more common and less serious).

For Bee Stings, Remove the Stinger
Being stung by a bee or a wasp can be an overwhelming experience. Stings can cause pain and allergic reactions, but you can minimize the effects if you act fast. When a bee stings, it leaves its stinger behind.

Bee stings are one of the unfortunate side effects of beautiful, warm weather and flowering greenery. For most people, bee stings are merely annoying, but for others, bee stings may be potentially fatal.

Bee stings can occur any time and place that bees are active. In general, bees are active when the temperature is above freezing. Bees are most often found in wooded areas in the spring, summer, and fall but may also live in more settled areas.

Bee stings can cause allergic shock (anaphylaxis). This happens when mast cells are activated and two IgE antibodies bound by two neighboring IgE receptors are cross-linked (chemically connected) by an antigen, such as bee venom protein.

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When a bee stings, it loses the entire injection apparatus (stinger) and actually dies in the process. A wasp can inflict multiple stings because it does not lose its injection apparatus after it stings.

Prevent bee stings (also hornet, wasp, and yellow jacket stings).
Prevent spider bites.
Prevent flea bites.
Prevent bedbug and kissing bug bites.

Note: Each year, bee stings cause more deaths in America than snake bites.
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Common substances which can cause as severe allergic reaction include bee stings, insect bites, peanuts, eggs, drugs given to the body, etc.

Sam, 29 (dust, cats, bee stings)
My wife and I are both "allergic" people. I've known about my allergies most of my life; she discovered hers when she married me. Rather, she began to understand what was making her sick all the time.

Remove bee stings immediately, as all the venom is injected within 30 seconds of a sting.
Bees leave a sting, wasps do not. Use a fingernail or the blunt edge of a knife in a flicking motion to remove the sting. Do not squeeze or dig into the skin.

An infusion may also be used as an external wash helpful in treating bee stings, eye inflammations, boils and abscesses, varicose veins, eczema, acne, and as a gargle for mouth sores or a rinse to relieve toothache.

I have what must be a mild allergy to bee stings. I've been stung three or four times over the past decade, and I always swell up quite a bit-my whole arm or leg or wherever the sting is-and break out in hives around the sting, too.

Pure Aloe gel can be purchased to use on sunburns, spider bites, bee stings, nettle stings, grass rashes, poison ivy and oak, blisters, small cuts, scrapes, and lesions.

If the allergic reaction is from bee stings, scrape the stinger off the skin with something firm (such as a fingernail or plastic credit card). Do not use tweezers -- squeezing the stinger will release more venom.

In rare cases (some hereditary, others caused by bee stings or drug allergy), urticaria and angioedema are accompanied by a striking decrease in blood pressure (shock) and difficulty breathing. This is called anaphylaxis.

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Inherited forms (genetic): hereditary angioedema or HEA
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Some common allergens which trigger this reaction are dust, pollen, pet hair, bee stings, and certain foods.

Tips for Avoiding Bees and Preventing Bee Stings
The best way to avoid bee stings is prevention. Effective prevention means not attracting bees and not frightening them if they are present. Click here for Dr. Greene's tips on avoiding bees.

Following are some of the common triggers:
bee stings
foods such as peanuts and shrimp, which can trigger a food allergy
medicines
metals
mold
pets with feathers or fur
pollens or plants
synthetic materials
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Some of the most common include bee stings, fish and shellfish, penicillin, latex, certain vaccines, nuts and seeds, and certain food additives.

there's no hypersensitivity reactions and no problems with wasp and bee stings in past history
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A major defense mounted by the body's immune system against normally harmless substances, or allergens, such as chemicals in pollen, food, bee stings, animal dander, or dust.

insect stings; particularly wasp and bee stings
nuts; particualry peanuts
other types of foodstuffs such as milk and shellfish
certain medications such as some types of antibiotics ...

Injected - Insect stings or bites, especially bee stings, or injected medication
Ingested - Foods (tree nuts; fish and shellfish; dairy products; legumes, especially peanuts), food additives, medications such as penicillin or aspirin ...

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Some people have hypersensitive immune systems that overreact to otherwise harmless things such as bee stings, foods, medications, and latex.

Medications, bug bites, bee stings, exposure to substances in lotions, soaps and detergents, and foods are all common culprits of causing hives.

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Substances that don't bother most people (such as venom from bee stings and certain foods, medications, and pollens) can trigger allergic reactions in certain people.

Persons who are stung several times or who are allergic to bee stings should seek immediate medical attention. Sting victims should be monitored by a doctor for several days following apparent recovery.

In more severe reactions, often as seen in nut allergies, other food allergies or bee stings, the swelling can occur in the area of the face, mouth or throat and can cause obstruction of the air passages with resulting difficulty in breathing.

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Common allergies include those to dust, pollen, mold spores, animal dander, bee stings, and cockroach or dust mite droppings.

If you have a known severe allergy, such as to bee stings or to a food such as peanuts, ask your provider about carrying EpiPen. EpiPen is a single-dose injection kit of epinephrine.

In rare cases, severe reaction to bee stings has led to optic neuritis. The condition may occur as an adverse reaction to vaccinations against smallpox, tetanus, diptheria, swine influenza, influenza, rabies, and hepatitis B.

Use insect repellant to protect against bug bites or bee stings.
Avoid sunburn by using sunscreen with SPF of at least 15. Reapply sunscreen after swimming and as directed on the sunscreen label.

or mould spores (in the bathroom and other damp areas)
Medication (penicillin, aspirin, anaesthetics)
Nickel, rubber, preservatives and hair dyes (skin contact allergens)
Pet skin flakes or dander (cat, dog, horse or hamster)
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Anaphylaxis occurs immediately or at most within 2 hours of exposure to the allergen. Treatment is an epinephrine injection, which usually stops the reaction. Those who are allergic to bee stings or certain foods should carry a dose of epinephrine ...

Environmental allergies (to dust mites, for example), seasonal allergies (such as hay fever), drug allergies (reactions to specific medications or drugs), food allergies (such as to nuts), and allergies to toxins (bee stings, for example) are the ...

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