An allergic reaction to a bee sting, what to do

An allergy to a bee sting appears as a reaction to insect venom. An allergic reaction is characterized by edema in place biteredness, pain, burning. If the immune system is strong, symptoms disappear in a few days without special treatment. In people prone to allergies, a severe reaction can occur, which is not limited to typical redness, swelling.

Risk of occurrence

An allergy to a bee sting occurs under certain circumstances:

• The body is weakened after chronic, serious illnesses. The immune system is not able to counteract the poison.
• The amount of bee venom exceeds 2 mg. This situation occurs when several bees bite, after the swarm attack. From one insect, 0.3 mg enters the human body.
• Bees bit several times with a small time interval. Allergy occurs as a response to a foreign toxic substance.
• In the presence of atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, it is problematic to predict the reaction of the body, the likelihood of an allergic reaction increases significantly.

Could there be an allergy in a healthy person - yes, if the above circumstances contributed to this.

ICD code 10 W57 bite or sting by non-toxic insects, other arthropods. An allergy to bees from a normal reaction to insect bites is characterized by a complexity of symptoms, a slow rate of recovery.

Identification of an unusual reaction of the body before the bite

Find out if wasp allergy or bees, it is possible in special laboratories, clinics. Antibodies to bee venom, special immunoglobulins are produced in humans after two or three bee stings, but not all. Antibodies are completely absent in infants, individuals who have never been bitten by striped insects.

How the body responds to the attack depends on individual characteristics, the strength of the immune system. The detection algorithm includes several stages:

• Getting information, a thorough history taking. The patient tells how unpleasant symptoms appear, how the body reacted to bee stings, wasps of blood relatives. A genetic predisposition is emerging.
• Conduct special tests for blood analysis, with the detection of antibodies to bee venom. When allergies to bees are identified, all bee products - honey, wax, are also at risk.
• Additionally, tests are carried out for the presence of helminths, viral diseases, fungal infections.

Skin tests with an allergen involve contact or internal administration of an allergen under the skin in order to provoke an allergy. A minimum dose of poison is introduced, which is not dangerous to humans. But, if an allergic reaction to a bee sting is present, external symptoms will appear - itching, redness, rash, burning sensation.

On a note!

The analysis takes about 10 days, the cost is within 680 rubles.

Symptomatology

Any person has certain symptoms after an attack with an insect:

• burning pain;
• edema;
• redness;
• burning;
• swelling;
• fever in a sore spot;
• after a few hours, the pain gives way to itching.

Discomfort is felt for the first few hours.With first aid, the symptoms are smoothed out. The very next day, a person feels better. Even without special treatment, the skin is completely restored in a week.

In the presence of an allergic reaction, the symptoms are much more complicated, unpleasant, dangerous.

Edema is observed not only at the site of the bite, but throughout the body where the bee stung. Swollen arm, leg, neck, face, forearm.

• severe pain, burning, additional rash occurs;
• body temperature rises;
• vomiting
• nausea;
• dizziness;
• headache;
• diarrhea;
• cramps
• weakness;
• loss of consciousness;
• lowering blood pressure;
• difficulty breathing
• general malaise;
• stomachache;
• impaired coordination of movements;
• edema spreads within 48 hours, painful symptoms disappear after 10 days or more.

As a result of anaphylactic shock, an allergic person may die with untimely medical care.

On a note!

Complications after a bite develop within 20 minutes. If nothing serious has happened, the immune system can cope with the poison itself. To accelerate the restoration of the skin, use folk remedies, topical preparations.

First aid

Treatment for a bee sting allergy begins with emergency care. The algorithm of actions is the same for all cases.

• The insect leaves a sting in the human body, which independently compresses the muscles, sends poison into the blood. The first step is to extract it. To do this, use tweezers, pull out slowly.
• The wound should be disinfected. Experts recommend medical, ammonia alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, any alcohol tincture. If these drugs are not there, they prepare slurry from baking soda, salt, slightly diluted with water. It is allowed to wash the wound with laundry soap.
• To relieve swelling, reduce pain, apply a cold compress, ice cubes wrapped in gauze, pour cold water over the affected area.

After providing first aid to accelerate wound healing, it is allowed to use folk remedies in the form of decoctions of medicinal herbs, vegetable juices. Or they use special pharmaceutical preparations - Zvezdochka balm, Fenistil gel, Beinval, Bepanten,

Allergic Therapy

Immediately after an insect attack, you need to drink an antihistamine. Use tablets of Diazolin, L-ceta, Eden, drops of Fenistil. With complications of breathing, swelling of the larynx should call an ambulance. An antihistamine is administered intravenously or intramuscularly. In case of anaphylactic shock, the patient is injected with 2 ml of Cordiamine in the arm, 2 ml of Tavegil or Suprastin in the buttock, intramuscularly 1 ml of Dexazone, 2 ml of Prenisolone. All of these drugs are administered one after another, separately typing into a syringe, you can not mix. Additionally, 0.1 ml of adrenaline is administered.

If the situation is not so critical, the victim should drink 2 tablets of Diphenhydramine, the same amount of Activated Carbon. Relieves muscle spasm, improves breathing, soothing tinctures - Valerian, Motherwort, Glod. 10 drops are mixed. It should be taken three times a day until the normalization of health.

The victim should be covered, put in a bed warmers. Provide a plentiful drink. Further treatment for bee allergy is symptomatic. From headaches give painkillers, for diarrhea - Smecta, to remove toxins - activated charcoal or Enterol, after severe vomiting Regidron.

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