Stung by a yellow jacket

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Gibsons
Most people won't show allergic symptoms to the first sting. The allergies develop following that. So, he might be allergic now.

He's in his mid-30's now and hasn't developed any bee-sting allergies, so I think he's safe...

I wasn't allergic as a kid until at about age 4 or 5, we were visiting some friends of my parents on a farm in western Mass, and us kids were playing around some old junk cars they had parked on the place. Somehow, we managed to stir up a big nest of red wasps (of some kind...you Mass. people may know what they are) and I was stung over 400 times. Almost killed me. At the hospital, they told my folks I probably wouldn't make it...but I think I pulled through.
I developed severe bee-sting allergies as a result. I carried an epi-pen and benadryl for years. It seem that I've finally outgrown the allergy though. I've been stung a couple of times over the past 15 years and other than the usual red and swollen, no problems. (I still have a epi-pen kit that I keep up to date just in case)

 

[eplebnista]

Ouch! :shocked:

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Scionix

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
I broke my neck back around 1990 and have never mentioned it here. I think a broken neck is a helluva lot more serious than a couple of stings. IOW, nobody cares.

People can die from bee stings.

Yeah! What if I suddenly asphyxiate?

It's the anaphylactic shock that usually kills you. Carrying an Epipen is something I keep forgetting to do.