Wasps!

yes - you can have allergies tests done with blood samples - and for ones that you suspect shock may be a symptom, it would be the ONLY way I would have this tested! It is more expensive than the traditional scratch and sub-Q tests, and some insurance may not want to pay for it, but I’d still go that route.
Until you can get the testing done, ask about getting an Epi-pen. This is ephinephrine that you carry with you in case you have another attack. It’s sorta a “Star Trek” like injection (compressed air).
Allergy “shots” work great for some, and not so well for others. They’ve done wonders for my youngest (he’s been on them since age 3, he’s 14 now and gets shots every 3 weeks). My older (started at age 5, stopped at age 18) still has some seasonal problems that he needs to take antihistimines for.

I doubt they are getting aggressive. The end of summer is coming and the hives sense it. It is normal among many types of bees/wasps/hornets for males/drones to be kicked out of the hive at this time. They wander around aimlessly, seeming to get into everything, and then die. Its nature’s special plan for them.

djm

In honeybees the drones have no ability to sting, it’s the workers that do that. An they don’t get kicked out.

I will definitely get on to that right away. I don’t understand why my doctor didn’t mention it as a alternative to the Specialist who is booking 8 months out.

I got one of these (actually three of them) right away after the sting. I carry it everywhere with me. I still can’t figure out how I’m going to be able to jab the little wasp with it though… :smiley: Seriously I hope I never have to use it but I fell better for having it.

Regardless of what else you do, carry an Epi-pen and learn how to use it. Instruct your family on how to use it. I have one in my car and none of us even have anyphalaxtic reactions. It’s in case someone else does.
I think they should be standard items for any home first aid kit.

They cost 70 euro each however and usually pass their use by date in six or seven months. (We have one at home and the school keeps one). That could be a bit of a burden to people who don’t have a family member affected and keeping an outdated one is probably as risky than having none.

They are attracted by scents. In a major kind of way.

If you are going to be outdoors, especially if you are running, when you’ll be perspiring anyway, do not use any products which have perfumes in them. No perfume, no cologne, no aftershave, no scented hairspray or other hair products. No scented detergent. Especially if it’s a floral or fruit scent.

Everything needs to be unscented.

Actually I don’t wear scents at all - except on the odd special occasion going out with my wife etc. During the day - nothing (except my UAD of course :wink: ). However, wasps, and other flying insects (mosquitoes for example) seem to be attracted to me. We could be sitting out at night and I will get bitten all over by mosquitoes and they don’t touch my wife (and she often has scent on of some sort). Are they attracted to certain people?

Yikes. I better check my expiration date.