RE: bee allergy

Wilson, Dale (WILSONDO@phibred.com)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:30:11 -0500

Jane,

I think you are right. One shouldn't downplay the danger of bee and
wasp stings. I knew a guy who got stung on neck by a bald-face hornet
while camping, and rapidly died. This was apparently not an
anaphalactic reaction, but a local reaction.

According to my allergist, severe local reactions are not a good
predictor of impending susceptibility to deadly systemic shock
(anaphalactic) reaction.

Dale

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