MS patients have reported increased stability, along with less fatigue and muscle spasm, after trying the therapy. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis have said pain and swelling have decreased following the stings.
Bee venom therapy involves the injection of venom by a needle, insertion of the stinger, or stinging by live bees. While a licensed physician must give injections, other treatments can be done by a bee venom therapist
The most prevalent use of BVT is for immune system and inflammatory disorders.
Venom immunotherapy is the process of injecting venom to treat various conditions. The most common form of venom immunization is bee venom therapy (BVT), with honeybee venom or stingers used to treat conditions.
If there is an allergic reaction to bee venom therapy, emergency treatment should be started. Such symptoms as minor itching and swelling, however, are not causes for alarm. They are signs of the healing process.
Some physicians practice BVT, but the majority of those Seeking treatment rely on lay practitioners, bee keepers, themselves, or a partner, who is taught to use the bees.
Most stings can be treated at home. A stinger that is stuck in the skin can be scraped off with a blade, fingernail, credit card, or piece of paper (using tweezers may push more venom out of the venom sac and into the wound).
Bee venom (apitoxin) is mildly to moderately acidic, with a pH range of 4.5 to 5.5 depending on the specific species of bee.
Yes. The diseases that mosquitoes carry are far more deadly than a bee sting, which can be treated with antihistamines.
This is NOT true.
Honey does not contain bee venom. It is a saturated or super-saturated solution of sugars, mainly glucose and fructose.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has begun funding a study on apitherapy at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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