This is a photo I snapped a few years ago of a hornet that stung me while I was driving down the road. He must have come in a window & got lodged between the drivers seat & my back. |
Another week pass by and this time I pulling weeds in the garden and lo & behold, there was another nest of in ground bees. Sure enough I got stung on the calf of my right leg. Well, just as before this was burning and itching and seemed more intense than the earlier stings.
Maybe less than 2 weeks go by and I am sitting peacefully in a chair when out of nowhere I feel a sting in my right shoulder, close to the arm pit. Well, my reaction to that sting was far more severe. My arm became inflamed from the shoulder to the wrist, red and hot. The next day it began to itch intensely and blisters formed on the skin. So I went urgent care. They prescribed some prednisone and after 3 days the itch was almost all gone. It turns out that the effects of bee stings is cumulative, each successive sting build upon the previous stings thereby manifesting in more intense reaction. I am now guarding against any more bee encounters for this season. I would hate to see how I react to one more!
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