Article: Low Uptake of Treatment Options for Insect Venom Allergies.

Article: Immunoblotting Helps Diagnose Insect Venom Allergy.
Immunotherapy Weekly;  October 18, 1999 ;     368 words ......Immunoblotting is a useful tool for diagnosing insect venom allergy and helping pinpoint specific...Role of Immunoblotting for Diagnosis of Insect Venom Allergy, Allergologie, 1999;22:421-427...for determination of specific IgE to insect venom allergens (DPC Biermann GmbH, Bad ...

Article: AAAAI offers advice on avoiding stinging insect allergies.
Health & Medicine Week;  June 30, 2003 ;     456 words ......reaction. People who are allergic to insect venom should carry injectable epinephrine...People who have a severe allergy to insect venom should consider immunotherapy, as it...During immunotherapy, injections of insect venom are administered to help desensitize...

Article: Interactions
The Washington Post;  June 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ......subsequent stings. Allergists are able to identify the type of insect venom that caused the severe reaction by allergy skin tests. A...stinging insect. The allergist can then use the specific insect venom to desensitize an allergic individual by giving small amounts...

Article: ALLERGIES CAN BE IDENTIFIED, CONQUERED, ACCORDING TO ONE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE NURSING INSTRUCTOR
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 5, 2007 ;     465 words ......to determine pollen, mold, pet dander, dust mites, foods, insect venom and penicillin allergies. * Intradermal Test: Purified allergen...arm. The test is usually performed to identify reactions to insect venom or penicillin. * Patch Test: A patch containing an allergen...

Article: Curbing allergy to insect venom: therapy stops reactions to stings years later.
Science News;  August 14, 2004 ;     502 words ......less likely than adults to receive allergy shots against insect venom--in part because many parents and doctors believe that children...series of sting-allergy shots. The treatment provides purified insect venom that dampens subsequent reactions to stings. Researchers...

Article: Avoiding The Buzz: Bee Prepared For Summer; The AAAAI Offers Advice on Avoiding Stinging Insect Allergies.
PR Newswire;  June 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......pattern. People who are allergic to insect venom should carry injectable epinephrine...People who have a severe allergy to insect venom should consider immunotherapy, as it...During immunotherapy, injections of insect venom are administered to help desensitize...

Article: When your immune system panics. (anaphylaxis, severe allergic reaction)
Saturday Evening Post;  October 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ......SYSTEM PANICS An unexpected overreaction to drugs, foods, or insect venom can hurl an otherwise healthy person into shock. It seems...specialist at New York Hospital. Large skin-test studies with insect venom suggest that 15 percent of the population may be predisposed...

Article: VIEWPOINT: MY SHOUT.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  January 3, 2008 ;     480 words ......disorder. In theory, anything can be an allergen - pollens, diesel fumes, nuts, strawberries, latex, food additives, shellfish, insect venom, medicines - yet the biggest puzzle, and what makes allergies so lethally unpredictable, is why some people are affected...

Article: Anti-Sting Operation: How to deal with one of the sukkah's few
The Jewish Week;  October 2, 1998 ;     691 words ......the stories we've heard of severe allergic reactions to the insect venom. In actual fact, however, fewer than 1 percent of the population...than a 2 percent chance of developing a severe reaction to insect venom, compared to 30 to 60 percent of those with allergies who...

Article: N ... Nettle rash.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  March 27, 2002 ;     124 words ......and leakage of fluid from the circulation into the tissues. It can be triggered by allergic food reactions, sensitivity to insect venom or to drugs, as well as by stress or exposure to heat, cold or sunlight. Treatment is with calamine lotion to relieve itching...

Article: HEALTH WATCH: Briefly . . .(Features)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  August 17, 2004 ;     264 words ......activity. There's no escape and those itchy and scratchy bumps caused by their injected venom can take days to subside. Some insect venom is thought to contain over 100 types of chemicals, which can trigger rapid inflammation and pain. The most frequently used...

Article: If you're allergic to insect stings -. (interview with Howard Schwartz)
U.S. News & World Report;  May 14, 1984 ;     700+ words ......What are the symptoms of just a minor reaction? A Because insect venom contains a whole variety of enzymes, anybody who is stung...A Yes. Patients can undergo a series of injections with insect venom to build up an immunity against the sting. Desensitization...

Article: Developing Immunity to Bees
The Washington Post;  January 17, 1989 ;     168 words ......15-year period. Rather than having to face expensive injections forever, the researchers now believe, people sensitive to insect venom may find that five years of treatment are sufficient to develop their own immunity. "In hay fever immunotherapy, if you stop...

Article: Allergen immunotherapy (desensitisation) for allergic diseases
Clinical Medicine;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......E-dependent disease and is particularly effective in patients with insect venom anaphylaxis and in those with severe seasonal allergic rhinitis...are given in Table 1, with levels of evidence in Table 2. Insect venom allergy Allergy to wasp and bee stings represents a spectrum...