A series of rabies shots can prevent the spread of rabies to humans. The shots should begin soon after a bite from an infected animal. Antivenom can be given for poisonous snake bites at emergency medical facilities. It should be given within 4 hours of the bite. Note: Give first aid as needed.
For a Stingray Bite. Make sure the water is not hot enough to burn the skin. For Stings from Jellyfish or Sea Nettles, etc. If you can, put vinegar or rubbing alcohol on the area several times for 30 or more minutes until the pain is relieved.
You can mix one part ammonia with 3 parts salt water and apply this to the sting area. Use a towel to wipe the stingers or the tentacles off. Use tweezers to lift large tentacles. For Stings. These can occur beyond the sting site. Self-care treats mild reactions to stings. A severe allergic reaction needs immediate care. I was ready to call it a life and be done with it. Ellie was in California for three days before her attack. I knew that I was going to die in the next three months or four months.
Just laying there in bed all crumpled up… It was kind of depressing. At this point, Ellie was struggling to stand on her own. She had a caregiver on hand to help her shuffle along the rural roads by her place in Wildomar, the place where she had chosen to die. Her caregiver ran. I thought: wow, this is it.
She nearly died. She stopped breathing and had to be revived by defibrillation. Her mother drilled a fear of bees into her to ensure she never ended up in the same dire situation again. Bees — and some other species in the order Hymenoptera, such as ants and wasps — are armed with a potent sting. Perhaps the most important is a tiny amino-acid peptide called melittins, which is responsible for the feeling of burning.
When we experience high temperatures, our cells release inflammatory compounds that activate a special kind of channel, TRPV1, in sensory neurons. Melittin subversively makes TRPV1 channels open by activating other enzymes that act just like those inflammatory compounds. When the bees finally dissipated, her caregiver tried to take her to the hospital, but Ellie refused to go. We tested everything. Credit: Victoria Jenkins.
The idea that the same venom toxins that cause harm may also be used to heal is not new. Bee venom has been used as a treatment in East Asia for centuries. In Chinese traditional medicine, scorpion venom is recognised as a powerful medicine, used to treat everything from eczema to epilepsy. Mithradates VI of Pontus, a formidable enemy of Rome and also an infamous toxinologist , was said to have been saved from a potentially fatal wound on the battlefield by using steppe viper venom to stop the bleeding.
Despite the wealth of history, the practical application of venoms in modern therapeutics has been minimal. That is, until the past 10 years or so, according to Glenn King at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. In , when Ellie was bouncing around from doctor to doctor, King was teasing apart the components of the venom from the Australian funnel-web, a deadly spider.
Clearly hundreds and hundreds of different peptides. Have nearby ant, bee or wasp nests removed by professionals. ASCIA resources are based on published literature and expert review, however, they are not intended to replace medical advice.
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Although stinging insects belong to order of hymenoptera which means membranous winged insects , their venoms are very different. Allergy to one type of stinging insect does not usually increase the risk of an allergic reaction to another.
The honeybee is the most common cause of allergic reactions to insects in Australia. Paper Wasps and European Wasps can sting multiple times. Although the Paper Wasp is responsible for the majority of serious stings, the European Wasp is becoming an increasing problem in Australia. The major cause of anaphylaxis from ant stings is the Australian Jack Jumper ant Myrmecia pilosula , a medium sized black bull ant most prevalent down the eastern side of Australia and Tasmania. It can be recognised by its characteristic hopping motion when it walks.
It is a very aggressive ant and its sting can cause severe local pain. Allergen immunotherapy can reduce the severity of allergy Allergen immunotherapy AIT is also known as desensitisation and can help to switch off allergy over time and this is effective treatment for allergies to bee and wasp stings.
The duration of treatment is usually years. Painful to think about, huh? Unlike alarm pheromones, bee venom is odorless with a pH of 4. Because of this acidity, some home remedies advise using a baking soda paste on stings to neutralize the stings. Most scientists doubt the effectiveness of such topical treatments. Melittin causes red blood cells at the sting site to burst and the blood vessels to expand. This blood vessel expansion is why some people have a dangerous drop in blood pressure after bee stings.
Phospholipase A 2 is another protein that works with melittin to destroy cell membranes at the sting site. Histamine causes your tiny capillaries to leak fluid. This is why bee stings cause itchy red spots.
Histamine also contributes to some of the pain of the sting. Not all the proteins in bee venom cause pain. Finally, some good news, right?
Some ingredients help to strengthen the toxicity of the venom. Bees also have an excellent dispersal mechanism — their stings. The structure of this modified ovipositor allows the sting to act like a self-guided missile. When a bee stings, venom is released into a space on the sting between the barbs and the stylet. Once they sting, they die. The venom sac and sting of the bee are torn from the abdomen and left behind. Amazingly, even when the sting is no longer a part of the bee, it can keep pumping venom into a victim.
When a bee stings, an alarm pheromone is released by its Koschevnikov gland. When worker bees detect this alarm pheromone blend, they fly faster and buzz more. It signals the defenders aka stingers to seek and sting threats. The alarm pheromones of honey bees contain about 20 compounds. Of these, isopentyl acetate is the key compound. Bees begin to produce this IAA also known as isoamyl acetate , at about day IAA has a very familiar smell, because it has the exact same chemical composition as banana oil.
Fortunately, smoke tends to mask the smell of this pheromone. This loss of signal results in just a few angry bees rather than a swarm of stingers ready to defend the colony.
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