Allergy & Immunology

Stinging Insect Allergy

Questions discussed in this category

Would you test/treat a middle aged adult male who was stung in his 30s and developed immediate lip swelling that resolved with antihistamines in 15 minutes?

Low risk for future stings, other than yearly camping trips.

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Are you using any molecular allergen diagnostics for predicting the long-term outcomes of venom-specific immunotherapy and as guidance to stop VIT?

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Do you perform a bone marrow biopsy in all patients with grade 5 anaphylaxis to stinging insects and negative workup for HAT, MCAS, c-KIT?

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In a patient with anaphylaxis and loss of consciousness from stinging insect, suspected to be yellow jacket, the sIgE was significantly positive to all vespids, but honeybee and paper wasp were only 0.44, would you evaluate further with skin testing to wasp and decide on including wasp in treatment based on skin testing being positive or include it with just the low IgE level?

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What VIT would you recommend in a patient who had grade 5 anaphylaxis to a stinging insect but negative IDT and serum IgE?

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Is there a role for omalizumab in a patient who is on VIT but still experiences anaphylaxis to stinging insects?

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Papers discussed in this category

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2010-09

Successful use of omalizumab for prevention of fire ant anaphylaxis.

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 2010 Jun

Omalizumab monotherapy for bee sting and unprovoked "anaphylaxis" in a patient with systemic mastocytosis and undetectable specific IgE.

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