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Can you be allergic to a wasp sting?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Yes. To most people a wasp sting is just a painful annoyance, but a small number of people are hypersensitive to the venom and have a stronger reaction, ranging from just feeling unwell, or dizzy, or difficulty breathing, right up to full-blown anaphylactic shock.

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