--- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, "David Glaser" <david@...>
wrote:
>Hi David ya it seems a bit crazy i know another person that
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 season that was two summers ago since then he has
gone on immunotherapy and continued collecting wasps and been stung
since then with no problems!!!!i spoke to another beekeeper who
almost died twice from stings but did not want to give up
beekeeping!!she does apitherapy she read up on how to desensitize
herself with live bees she said it was scary to do but it worked!!
she would take a live honeybee with a pair of tweezers and let the
bee start to sting her and each day a little more until the stinger
lodged in her skin then she would scrape the stinger out in one
second then 2 seconds until she could leave the stinger in for 15
minutes she said now she gets stung at least once a week to keep the
venom in her system and in the winter she will sting herself once a
month its been almost 5 years since with no reactions!!!!!!And as
far as stings in beetween shots over here in the U.S. they will
continue giving the shots!!!David Golden said even if he gives a
live bee or wasp sting challenge in his clinic he will still give
the maintenence dose that same day he said hes done this in hundreds
of his patients over the years and never had a problem so far!!!he
also stated the maintenence dose should not be replaced by a live
sting since it is immunogecoly its only half of a bee maintenence
dose or less than one tenth of a wasp maitenence shot!!!!! Rich
> Hi Rich,
>
> Most allergists in the UK will not give a venom shot if a person
has
> been stung since the last shot. Somebody that is continually
exposed
> to bee venom like this guy does not really need the extra venom
that a
> shot gives him!
>
> I suppose in the winter he would need his immunotherapy like the
rest
> of us however.
>
> I have been in correspondence with a number of bee keepers over
the
> years and it amazes me how very few of them give up their hobby.
The
> thought of deliberately exposing myself to a hobby which I knew
would
> mean I got stung.....would I want to go in for wasp farming?
>
> No thanks!
>
> David
>
>
> --- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, "buddysneade" <buddysneade@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I went to get my shot today and theres a guy getting a shot for
> > honeybee allergy in the clinic and he starts passing out jars of
> fresh
> > honey so i ask him your a bee keeper and he said ya i didnt want
to
> > give it up when i went into shock from a single bee sting a few
years
> > ago!! so he went on immunotherapy and continued keeping up his
hives
> he
> > said hes been on the shots for almost 4 years and gets stung all
the
> > time he said even when your wearing a bee suit a bee or two
always
> seem
> > to find there way in resulting in a sting and sometimes they can
> sting
> > right through the suit he said one day the bees were irritated
and
> > stung his suit over 200 times he got 14 lite stings through the
> > suit!!!!! Rich
> >
>