--- "W. Allen Dick" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Three > >weeks ago, I was stung on the thumb. At first, it > appeared to be nothing. > >The following day my thumb began to swell. By that > evening my thumb had > >ballooned. By the next morning, it was purple and > ITCHY! > A couple of years ago I had a similar reaction. I was stung three times, including twice on the inside elbow of my arm. One of the stings hurt much more than usual, but felt fine within a few minutes and did not swell. About 8-10 hours later, I noticed it swelling and itching, till my whole forearm was quite swollen. (I hadn't been stung by my bees in awhile, but three days prior I'd been stung on the ankle by a yellowjacket, whose venom maybe was still having an effect.) I called an "ask-a-nurse" line and the nurse said I was possibly developing an allergy, and that I should watch very carefully the next time I was stung. This worried me, as two members of my immediate family have sting allergies. However, I've been stung numerous times since, some with swelling and some without, but none like this incident. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/