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Article: Insect Venom Shots Work for Severe 'Local' Sting Reactions, Too; Study Encourages Use Beyond Treatment for Life-Threatening Stings.(Clinical report)
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- June 29, 2009
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Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
BALTIMORE, June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The same bee and other insect venom shots that doctors use to prevent deadly systemic reactions to insect stings can also tone down large local allergic reactions that, while not dangerous, can be painful and inconvenient, a Johns Hopkins study shows. Results of the study are published in the June 2009 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Venom therapy, in which small periodic injections of venom from bees, wasps and other stinging insects build up immunity among those susceptible to potentially lethal anaphylactic shock from stings, has had widespread use since it ...