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THE PREVALENCE OF BEE STING ALLERGY IN AN ALLERGIC POPULATION
Author(s) -
CHAFEE FRANCIS H.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1970.tb01265.x
Subject(s) - sting , citation , population , medicine , history , computer science , library science , engineering , environmental health , aerospace engineering
The present interest in and understanding of the anaphylactic nature of reactions to insect stings began in this eentury with JValcrhouse (3) in 1914. Since that time, although there has been considerable interest in the reactions to the stings of hymenoptera ( i , 2) there apparently has been no study of the prevalence of this allergie reaction in an allergic population. The records of 3,705 private patients of a full-time allergist practicing in New England have been reviewed. All of these cases had a definite diagnosis of asthma or seasonal or non-seasonal allergie rhinitis. There were 1,621 males and 2,084 females. Of these patients fourteen or 0.38 per cent (6 males and 8 females), had a history of having had a severe systemie reaction to the sting of hymenoptera. One or more of the following symptoms were manifested in each instance: generalized urtiearia, angioedema at a site other than that of the sting, wheezing, a sense of impentling doom, or a loss of con-