Wayne Turner wrote:

> One day my 15 yr old daughter was stung on the cheek about 1 1/2 inches
> below her eye, but no swelling occurred.

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> The next day after that, her face finally swelled up (left eye shut, unable
> to see, glasses wouldn't fit the bridge of her nose) and stayed that way for
> about a day and a half. We took her to the dr. just to get her looked at, he
> gave us an epi-pen for future use, but she was fine otherwise.

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> a persistent bee dive bombed my head until it got me just above
> the right eyebrow. I grabbed it off fairly quickly, so I probably didn't get
> a lot of venom. I immediately took a dose of antihistamines and took another
> one later that evening,

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>
> > I've never heard of a systemic reaction that had such a delayed onset.
> > Anyone?
> > allen

I do not see any systemic reactions being described, but only local reactions.
Did I miss something??
I also find it rather bizarre that an MD would give someone an Epipen for
swelling after a beesting, as I thought these were reserved for
allergic/anaphyllactic/systemic reactions. My belief is that many MDs or even
allergists are not fully experienced in beesting allergy treatments.
Many types of snakebites would necessitate a quick response because of tissue or
nerve damage, but we're talking about bees here.
   - John
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John F. Edwards
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
Tucson, Arizona 85719
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