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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?

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Allergy & Immunology · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

This is not a description of anaphylaxis and therefore does not require testing or VIT according to published Practice Parameters. Resolution was rapid and spontaneous (antihistamines don't work in under 15 minutes), also suggesting a very mild reaction. This was either a normal local reaction (if h...

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