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2. Pressure immobilisation technique - Wikipedia

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   The pressure immobilisation technique is a first aid treatment used as a way to treat spider bite, snakebite, bee, wasp and ant stings in allergic individuals, blue ringed octopus stings, cone shell stings, etc. [1] [2] The object of pressure immobilisation is to contain venom within a bitten limb and prevent it from moving through the lymphatic system to the vital organs.

3. Bee sting - Wikipedia

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   A bee sting is the wound and pain caused by the stinger of a female bee puncturing skin. Bee stings differ from insect bites, with the venom of stinging insects having considerable chemical variation. The reaction of a person to a bee sting may vary according to the bee species. While bee stinger venom is slightly acidic and causes only mild ...

4. Severe reaction to a bee sting as a child signals how ... - AOL

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   A 2004 study from Johns Hopkins University found that, unless they’d received allergy treatments for bee stings, a significant percentage of those who’d had severe reactions to bee stings as ...

5. Mosquitoes, bees, ticks and more: How to treat bites and ...

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   In the case of a bee sting, he recommends making sure the stinger is removed — use the back of a knife to scrape it off rather than tweezers, which can pinch the stinger and release more venom ...

6. Apitoxin - Wikipedia

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   Apitoxin or bee venom is the venom produced by the honey bee. It is a cytotoxic and hemotoxic bitter colorless liquid containing proteins , which may produce local inflammation . It may have similarities to sea nettle toxin .

7. Bees sting man 200 times, kill 2 horses in frightening ... - AOL

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   Antonio Moreno said doctors removed more than 200 stingers from his neck and arms after the attack. Bees in the late summer have fewer food resources, which may make them more aggressive.

8. Stinger - Wikipedia

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   Unlike most other stings, honey bee workers' stings are strongly barbed and lodge in the flesh of mammals upon use, tearing free from the honey bee's body, killing the bee within minutes. [2] The sting has its own ganglion, and it continues to saw into the target's flesh and release venom for several minutes. This trait is of obvious ...

9. Topical tobacco paste - Wikipedia

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   Topical tobacco paste is a home remedy sometimes recommended as a treatment for wasp, hornet, fire ant, scorpion or bee stings, [1] though there is no scientific evidence that this home remedy works to relieve pain. [2] For about 2 percent of people, allergic reactions can be life-threatening and require emergency treatment. [citation needed]