Objective: This study investigated the effectiveness of bee venom acupuncture for a diabetic neuropathy patient.Methods: A patient received twenty-one treatments total 99 days. The Neuropathy Pain Scale (NPS) was used to evaluate weekly peak pain during treatment period.Results: After treatments, NPS scores improved, and frequencies decreased.Conclusions: clinical case indicates that combined w...

The manifestations caused by Africanized bee stings depend on the sensitivity of the victim and the toxicity of the venom. Previous studies in our laboratory have demonstrated cardiac changes and acute tubular necrosis (ATN) in the kidney of rats inoculated with Africanized bee venom (ABV). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (...

Cancer represents the disease of the millennium, a major problem in public health. The proliferation of tumor cells, angiogenesis, and the relationship between the cancer cells and the components of the extracellular matrix are important in the events of carcinogenesis, and these pathways are being used as targets for new anticancer treatments. Various venoms and their toxins have shown possibl...

BACKGROUND Bee pollen has been proposed as a food supplement, but it can be a dangerous food for people with allergy. We study an allergic reaction after ingestion of bee pollen in a 4-year-old boy who had developed rhinitis in the last spring and autumn. METHODS We performed a prick-by-prick test with bee pollen and skin prick tests with the most important local pollens, house dust mites, co...

An elderly beekeeper presented with nephrotic syndrome due to secondary amyloidosis. He developed progressive renal impairment and ultimately required dialysis. The patient had received multiple bee stings per day over seven decades without any allergic reactions. Here, we report secondary amyloidosis associated with recurrent bee venom exposure. KeyworDs Bee sting, kidney, nephrotic, secondary...

Bee stings can cause severe reactions and have caused many victims in the last years. Allergic reactions can be triggered by a single sting and the greater the number of stings, the worse the prognosis. The poisoning effects can be systemic and can eventually cause death. The poison components are melitin, apamin, peptide 401, phospholipase A2, hyaluronidase, histamine, dopamine, and norepineph...

⋅Received:16 February 2015 ⋅Revised:16 June 2015 ⋅Accepted:22 June 2015 ⋅Correspondence to:Su Hee Jang Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Nasaret Korean Medical Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea Inchoen Namdonggu Gansuk 2dong 207-1 Tel:+82-32-435-5111, Fax:+82-32-435-5115, E-mail:[email protected] Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of pharmacopuncture in the treatmen...

Carbohydrates have been suggested to account for some IgE cross-reactions between various plant, insect, and mollusk extracts, while some IgG antibodies have been successfully raised against plant glycoproteins. A rat monoclonal antibody raised against elderberry abscission tissue (YZ1/2.23) and rabbit polyclonal antiserum against horseradish peroxidase were screened for reactivity in enzyme-li...

Venomous animals use venom, a complex biofluid composed of unique mixtures of proteins and peptides, to act on vital systems of the prey or predator. In bees, venom is solely used for defense against predators. However, the venom composition of bumble bees (Bombus sp.) is largely unknown. The Thoracobombus subgenus of Bombus sp. is a diverse subgenus represented by 14 members across Turkey. In ...

As in Iranian traditional medicine, bee venom (BV) is a promising treatment for the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) which is considered as a problematic human chronic inflammatory disease in the present time. Smoking is considered to be a major risk factor in RA onset and severity. The main aim of this study is to investigate the effects of BV on cigarette smoke-induced inflammatory response in fibro...