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At 04:05 PM 8/16/2010, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>On 8/16/2010 1:41 PM, K0DAN wrote:
> > If you suspect a bee sting (or snake bite, spider bite, etc.) allergy (for
> > you or your friends& loved ones) you should get your doctor to
> evaluate and
> > write a script for an "Epi-Pen",
>Many of these allergies, like mine, were not of the anaphylactic or the
>shock type. They just hurt and really swelled at the point of the bite
>or sting.
> > and have one or more along always. People
> > with extreme sting allergies (and we might not know we have them) can go
> > into shock and die rather quickly, the Epi Pen (an intra-muscular
> > ephinephrine {andrenaline} injection) can buy time and keep the victim
> > breathing while EMS can be summoned to transport to hospital.
> >
> > As we get older, our allergy threshholds get more unpredictable...caveat
> > emptor!
> >
>Yup. Things that bothered me when I was young no longer bother while
>some new things have taken their place. Some allergies have come and
>gone within the space of a few years.
>
>Due to the allergies I've taken shots for nearly 25 years. When I told
>the Allergist about the stings he is the one who told me to carry the
>packet of Adolph's Meat Tenderizer. It has an enzyme that digests the
>protein in the venom, just like it partially digests your stake to make
>it tender. Think about that for a bit, or maybe not. <:-))
>
>73
>
>Roger (K8RI)
>
> > 73
> >
> > Dan
> > K0DAN
> >
> > EPI-PEN:
> > http://www.epipen.com/
Jack Hartley
K4WSB / VP2MSB
DXCC Honor Roll
QCWA OOTC
"Celebrating 51 years in Ham Radio"
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