Hi all, I thought that you might be interested in the following. A friend has recently returned from a trip to Malaysia and she showed me a report from the...
I've seen some gigantic queen hornets flying around my house the last few days. I have the traps out and sprayed one yesterday. Eliminating the queens means...
mrmichaelgee
michael.d.glebe@...
May 16, 2007 8:08 pm
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Hello I wonder if anyone can tell me ... I hope to keep honey bees soon. As a child I was stung by a bumble bee I stepped on with no adverse reaction, except...
Rebecca
danbecky@...
May 16, 2007 8:34 pm
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Rebecca, There are very slight differences between the two venoms but for allergy purposes they are the same. The test you refer to has six options: Honeybee ...
Hey Rebecca, Hey Ya'll If you live in the southern USA, you can add fire ants to the list of venoms. The only test my allergy doctor gave me was the skin test....
I just wanted to say hi and give a quick intro. I live in canada and I'm in my late 30's. Spring has just sprung here and with it comes the dread....my kids...
Welcome to the Group Cate! We would I am sure all want to hear your story - funny, Canadian kids sound just like Engish kids! Best wishes David ... From:...
Hey Ya'll I belong to an organic gardening forum, and we have a recent newcomer who has been posting some 'awesome' pictures of honey bees...and his garden...
Not sure if this is the lay of the land here or not but here is my story. I live in canada so I'm insect free from sept to april ish which is GOOD. I'm in my...
... reactions to insect stings when i was a kid the doctors told my mother i would most likely outgrow the allergy!then i got stung by a paperwasp in my teens...
... all times and be very carefull and avoid being around bees and wasps or i could get immunized and go back to living my life worry free and not even need...
Hi Cate, This is a dilemna many of us had to face during our adventures with insect sting allergy. First of all your symptoms are concerning. I am afraid that...
Hi Cate, Nice to meet you! I live in the North West of England so have a similar to wasps/bees exposure to yourselves In answer to your question about multiple...
I haven't been stung very often and whilst you do need to get stung at least once to get the allergy ball rolling, the number of stings is not the only factor...
... multiple bee stings are very rare events in the general population of course unless your a beekeeper your odds of being stung more than once or twice is...
I have an appt with my family doc on friday and I'm going to request an allergists referal. I'll keep you posted. Reading about these "normal" reactions is...
"Here comes trouble" That's what the nurse said when I walked into the clinic this morning! LOL ....Doctor says, alot of his patients are having stronger than...
Wish us luck down here in sunny Sussex. My son is off to Cub Scout camp, complete with Epipens, antihistamine etc. He is looking forward to it (and why not!)...
Good for you Roz for letting go.....it must be sooo hard with a child. A very large gin and tonic I think is well deserved - and I am sure he will have a great...
Hi Roz, I think with 800 cubs the wasps will keep well away! We are down to 1 child this weekend as the eldest if off for 4 days to Scotland on a PGL weekend. ...
Well I went to the family doc today and asked for a referal to the allergist. He didn't want to give it to me saying he wasn't a big fan of shots and that if...
... daughter had a allergic reaction to a bee sting then the tables turned now hes all for it seeing his own daughter is on wasp immunotherapy!! infact last...
Hi Cate, Yes, Rich has said it all - most doctors in general practice do not know about venom immunotherapy or if they do just remember the bad old days when...
... issue seeing i used to be terrified to walk out my front door just to get to my car every day before i went on the shots! all last week i was working in my...
I told you guys I'd be full of questions ;) I had a very intersting thing happen to me on the weekend. It was SUPER STUPID on my part but I really wasn't...
Hi Cate Don't be too surprised by this response. Ant venom for immunotherapy is made mainly from crushed up body parts of the ant and this works OK - not as...
... ....while reading Cate's post, I felt like I was watching a horror movie....You know, how the girl is all alone, and the bad man is 'suppose' to be...
