Insects Allergy
Primarily responsible for allergenic bites: Hymenoptera, which are represented in our latitudes by bees, wasps, hornets and bumblebees. Sometimes serious, these reactions can be immediate or delayed (at the 2e bite). From prevention to treatment, just to get out of this hornet's nest!
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Like many people, you do not like to see wasps and hornets you turn around. Rightly, you fear their painful stings. But if you're not allergic, you should come out with a button that will disappear quickly. If conversely, you are sensitive to allergens in their venom, you have every reason to worry about and display utmost care, the consequences can be severe.
Lethal injections
Fewer than one in 100 is allergic to wasp venom, that is to say, wasps, bees, or drones to the Hornets. Yet each year, these insect bites resulting in twenty deaths.
In cases of bites, we can observe two types of reaction:
-Local reactions, with pain, redness and induration at the injection;
-Systemic reactions, with rash, edema in the face, difficulty breathing with wheezing or discomfort with the voltage drop.
These general reactions may be serious and sometimes fatal. They occur mainly in people who have already presented a generalized reaction to a wasp sting. While it takes hundreds of stings to kill a non-allergic, one sting is enough for a person sensitized to venom.
Some tips to protect
People with allergies should limit the risks. Thus, they advise:
-To avoid walking or picnicking near a zone of beekeeping;
-Never walk barefoot in the grass;
-Avoid use of perfumes or colognes because they attract insects;
-Wear clothing covering the body and well-colored (dark colors attract biting insects);
-To serve the rapidly table for meals outside. Meat, but also melons and all sweet substances, readily attract these uninvited guests;
-In the presence of a swarm of bees or a nest of wasps near a dwelling, do destroy a pest control company, or, in emergencies, by firefighters.
If insects were to turn around, do not make grand gestures to remove them and stay calm.
How to react to sting?
Local reactions require removal fastest possible stinger, when he became stuck in the skin, taking care not to squeeze the venom gland, and the local application of a disinfectant solution.
If signs of systemic reaction occurs, where bite on the face or mouth, and in case of multiple stings, he should immediately call the Center 15. The medical UAS tell what to do until help arrives.
People who previously experienced an accident allergic to Hymenoptera venom always have at hand an adrenaline injection kit ready for use, prescribed by a physician and used by the patient himself or his entourage.
