Coping with bites and stings. (Lancane Itch Information Center's advice on adverse reactions caused by insect bites and how to treat them)

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: April 1, 1998 | Copyright information

It's springtime and there's a buzz in the air -- the buzz of bees, wasps, and mosquitoes. Along with the buzz often comes a painful sting or itch-producing bite.

According to the Lanacane Itch Information Center, White Plains. N.Y., when a bee or wasp stings, it injects a venomous fluid under the skin. "Only honey bees leave the actual stinger in the skin, and it is attached to a venom sac," says toxicologist Stephen Pennisi. Wasps, yellowjackets, and hornets can sting repeatedly since the stinger does not come off. "The best advice is to brush off the bee and leave the ...

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