Allergy to bee or wasp venom can develop very quickly after a sting however a death from stings is extremely rare, and affects mainly older people. Stings by a bee or wasp are common, especially in the months with warm temperatures. In these months people are spending long hours outside.
Allergy to bee or wasp venom can be uncomfortable but most people recover fast and without complications from it. Anyone can become allergic to wasp and bee stings, but bee keepers are most likely to become allergic along with those who work in gardens. It is uncommon to be allergic to both insects at the same time.
After being stung by a bee, moderate swelling and pain develop. This is a normal reaction to the venom in the bee’s stinger. However, if swelling is intense and other symptoms occur such as breaking out in a sweat, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, shock (low blood pressure, high pulse) or even fainting and cardiac arrest, then it becomes a case of anaphylactic shock and needs to be treated immediately.
If you suspect an allergy to bee venom, your doctor can perform a skin test for allergies. If the allergy is confirmed, it is highly recommended that you carry an emergency kit with medication at all times, so that you can suppress an allergic reaction.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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