Launched in September 2003, this group is concerned with reactions to insect stings from mild irritation to life threatening allergic reactions.
The Group is associated with the website http://www.insectstings.co.uk which is run and mediated by me, David Glaser, and I am very allergic to stinging insects - or was until I started my course of venom immunotherapy. Please let us know your experiences on this board - but if you prefer you can still write to me privately on david@insectstings.co.uk .
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Hello all, Our 6 yr old son is 11 weeks into therapy. I was wrong a month or so ago when I guessed we were up to 1/100th or 1/50 of a maintenance dose back
That is a very good point - the dose from a genuine real insect is not enough to give the full immunotherapy dose at maintenance. I shall have to question this
Well, let the games begin. I saw my first really doozey yellow jacket yesterday. It was on my front porch and I nearly sat on it. Thankfully it was really
... collects wasps for ALK-Abello for immunotherapy he got stung by a yellowjacket and had a massive allergic reaction!!!he had to stop collecting for the