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All bees sting. Honey bees can sting their victim repeatedly. Bee stings are always dangerous. Fatal bee stings are common.
Wasps are bees. People who are allergic to wasp stings are also allergic to bee stings. Bee stings can be used to treat arthritis symptoms. All bees produce honey. Most bees live in hives. After the first summer, both groups received venom therapy for up to four years.
Following two or more years of injections, both groups had 60 percent smaller swellings on average than initial treatments. The sting area begins to itch and swell and as symptoms progress, the patient begins to sneeze and wheeze, and develop hives that itch.
These symptoms may be warning signs of a dangerous condition called anaphylaxis. Symptoms include sudden anxiety and weakness, difficulty breathing, tightness in the chest, very low blood pressure, loss of consciousness, and shock. Anaphylactic shock can occur within minutes and result in death. A patient in anaphylactic shock needs immediate medical treatment. To minimize the risk of being stung, don't use flowery colognes, soaps, or lotions, or wear brightly colored clothing, which attract bees.
If a bee is near you, move away. Do not swat at the bee, which may aggravate it. Isolated nerves may become inflamed, and seizures may occur in people who have had a very large number of stings. A bee may leave its stinger in the skin. The stinger should be removed as quickly as possible by scraping with a thin dull edge for example, the edge of a credit card or a thin table knife.
An ice cube wrapped in plastic and a thin cloth and placed over the sting reduces the pain, along with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs and antihistamines taken by mouth. A cream or ointment containing an antihistamine, an anesthetic, a corticosteroid, or a combination of them is often useful.
Severe allergic reactions are treated in the hospital with epinephrine , intravenous fluids, and other drugs. People who are allergic to stings should always carry a preloaded syringe of epinephrine available by prescription , which helps reverse anaphylactic or allergic reactions. Other stings are treated similarly to bee stings.
People who have a history of anaphylactic reactions or a known allergy to insect bites should wear identification, such as a medical alert bracelet. People who have had a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting sometimes undergo desensitization allergen immunotherapy Allergen immunotherapy desensitization Allergic reactions hypersensitivity reactions are inappropriate responses of the immune system to a normally harmless substance.
Usually, allergies make people sneeze; the eyes water and itch Merck and Co. It's also best to avoid trying to man-handle them - including the cuddly looking bumble bees, however, a sting from a bumble bee is unfortunate rather than common.
Bumble bees and solitary bees are usually very docile, and stinging is rare for most species. A swarm of honey bees could sting if aggravated. Contact a beekeeper via your local beekeeping association if you need assistance to move a swarm. If you are concerned generally, there are actions you can take to prevent bee stings. Meanwhile, in the year , the World Health Organisation reported that in the USA there were only 54 deaths attributable to bee stings — from a population of million people - Census data.
Bee stings can be a little painful, but they are not as painful as stings from some other creatures, and some bee stings hurt more than others. A nobel prize winning entomologist called Justin O. Schmidt developed the 'Schmidt Sting Pain Index' , which compares the impacts of stinging insects including bees, wasps, ants and hornets on humans. Schmidt used himself as a gauge by allowing them to sting him! On the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, most small bees are categorized into pain level 1 and the pain lasts 5 minutes or less, with the sting of the western honey bee being categorized at pain level 2 and lasting 5 to 10 minutes.
The sting from a tarantula hawk wasp only lasts about 5 minutes, but according to Schmidt is "blindingly fierce" and "shockingly electric". Not surprisingly, it's at pain level 4! The pain from some insect stings can also last quite a long time, such as the warrior wasp which has a very painful sting lasting up to 2 hours.
So perhaps bee stings are not too bad as far as pain is concerned! It is correct that honey bee worker females will die if they sting you. This is because honey bee workers have barbed stings, causing the stinger to get lodged in the skin of mammals including humans.
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