Article: Allergic reactions to insect stings and bites.(Featured CME Topic: Allergy)

Article: Epidemiological Review of Insect Sting Allergy in ...
Military Medicine;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... of individuals with insect sting allergies from 1985 ... individual with a history of insect sting allergies is physically ... Background Each year in the United States, 40 to 50 individuals ... anaphylaxis caused by insect sting allergies.3 The culprits ...

Article: Insect Sting Allergy
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ...Insect sting allergy Definition ... stings in the United States are from wasps ... throughout the United States. Fire ants are ... as a result of insect sting-induced anaphylaxis ... deaths in the United States than any other ...

Article: Insect sting anaphylaxis appears related to ...
Blood Weekly;  September 4, 2003 ;     595 words ... ... recent research from the United States, "Anaphylaxis associated ... deaths/yr in the United States. Immunotherapy with ... anaphylaxis after an insect sting; in addition, these ... Proceedings (Anaphylaxis to insect sting associated with urticaria ...

Article: INSECT STING HOSPITALIZES ORCHARD EMPLOYEE
Post-Tribune (IN);  September 15, 1992 ;     485 words ... ... admitted to the hospital and was in stable condition Monday evening. He was lucky. Every year 50 to 100 people die in the United States after suffering an acute allergic reaction after being stung by a bee or a wasp. One year ago this week, Denise Hernstrom ...

Article: How to treat an insect sting
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  September 8, 2008 ;     495 words ... ... the person to the emergency room. "Don't wait for symptoms to appear in such cases," she said. "Forty deaths in the United States each year are attributed to anaphylaxis." To treat a more common local reaction, Tucker advises: nFirst, remove the ...

Article: Children with serious insect-sting allergies should ...
Immunotherapy Weekly;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... children who have had a serious systemic allergic reaction to an insect sting. Systemic allergic reactions go beyond the expected swelling ... The common belief has been that children typically outgrow insect sting allergies and for this reason, venom immunotherapy may not ...

Article: INSECT STING KILLS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR TEEN WAS ...
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  October 2, 2001 ;     577 words ...KENOSHA (AP) -- A high school senior died after an insect stung her while she was decorating her class float for this weekend's homecoming ceremonies. Crystal Marie Faith Cote, 17, died Saturday afternoon at Midwest Regional Hospital in Zion, Ill., where she was taken after being stung in Pleasant