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Ouch...That
Stings!
We're talking about hornets, bees, wasps,
yellow jackets and fire ants…among others.
 To
some people they can be killers. If you are allergic to insect stings,
it's a good idea to carry a card with this information in your wallet
and wear a MedicAlert tag or bracelet. An allergic person can go
into anaphylactic shock and die in minutes. It's important to get
to a doctor or hospital as quickly as possible.
The Pennsylvania Allergy and Asthma Association
reports that
Dr. Stephen D. Lockey, III, Dr. Clark R. Kaufman, and Dr. Mark
J. Titi of Allergy & Asthma Center, with offices in Lancaster,
York and Lebanon Counties, strongly encourage people with allergies
to insect stings to carry epinephrine, avoid bees and see their
allergist for skin tests. An insect sting in an allergic individual
is a potentially life threatening situation that can be prevented.
If skin tests for bee allergies are positive, studies have shown
venom immunotherapy to be at least 98% effective in preventing severe
reactions in allergic patients.
.It's also important to keep an insect-sting
kit on hand to deal with these emergencies temporarily. It should
include a preloaded syringe of adrenalin and an antihistamine. You
can get these kits with a prescription from your doctor.
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