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Anaphylaxis from insect stings. Myths, controversy, and reality
1Department of Medicine, Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island.
Postgraduate Medicine
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
Some myths and controversies regarding allergy to insect stings have been resolved through research, and venom immunotherapy now has an important place in the prevention of life-threatening reactions to stings. Both children and adults who had cardiovascular and/or respiratory reactions to their most recent sting are candidates for this treatment, which should be discontinued at the end of 5 years (or sooner, if venom skin tests or radioallergosorbent tests are negative).