Insect stings belonging to Hymenoptera defined as wasps, yellow jackets, bees, or hornets by human usually result in unserious clinical pictures that go with pain. Rhabdomyolysis following a bee sting is a rare condition. This paper emphasizes "rhabdomyolysis" as a rare complication of this frequently observed envenomation. Rare but severe clinical results may occur due to multiple bee stings, ...

Methods Observation made in diferent subsets of population who had insect and sting allergy (bees, wasps, scorpions, mosquitos parasites etc). 1) Immunocompetent population in the developing world engaged in farming and related activities regularly exposed to all gradient of allergens like dust molds, dander, pets, etc and when they are exposed to insect and mosquito bites, bees and wasps sting...

BACKGROUND Reported prevalence of the insect stings and rates of allergic reactions vary among studies. The aim of the present study was to carry out the first epidemiological study on the prevalence of Hymenoptera allergy among school children in Izmir, Turkey. METHODS We planned to reach 6100 children, assuming the frequency of allergic reactions to Hymenoptera stings as 20%. Thirty-seven a...

BACKGROUND Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that affects both children and adults in the United States. However, data regarding the incidence and prevalence of anaphylaxis and the number of deaths caused by it are limited. OBJECTIVE To provide a better understanding of the magnitude of the problem of anaphylaxis in the United States. METHODS A thorough review of t...

Y Hayashi,1* H Hirata,1* M Watanabe,1 N Yoshida,1 T Yokoyama,1 T Kakuta,1 Y Murayama,1 K Sugiyama,1 M Arima,1,2 Y Fukushima,1 T Fukuda,1 Y Ishii1 1Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan 2Department of Developmental Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan *Dr. Hayashi and Dr. Hirata contributed equally to t...

Background: In our 1976 controlled venom immunotherapy trial, 33% of 182 patients with a history of systemic reactions to insect stings were excluded because of negative venom skin test responses. There have been reports of patients with negative skin test responses who have had severe reactions to subsequent stings. Objective: Our aim is to increase awareness about the patient with a negative ...

wasp or insect stings in the past (which would have hypothetically favored a hypersensitivity reaction). In this case, the proximity of the sting (on the eyelid) to the CNS may have been a factor in causing the elevated CSF pressures as a result of intracranial inflammation due to the potentially neurotoxic wasp venom. No other cause for the elevated CSF pressures could be found (our patient wa...

BACKGROUND In the few studies available, the risk of developing systemic reactions (SR) to hymenoptera stings in patients with previous large local reactions (LLRs) to stings ranges from 0 to 7 %. We evaluated both retrospectively and prospectively the risk of SRs in patients with LLRs to stings. METHODS An overall number of 477 patients, 396 with an SR as the first manifestation of allergy a...