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Stung By Bee, Having Nausea, Fatigue, Sore Throat, Dizziness, Headaches, Taking Prednisone. Reacting To Bees Venom?
Hello , I was stung buy 8 to 10 yellow jackets. At the time I was taking prednisone for a rash I devolved a week before due to yard work. When I was stung I had immediate pain for hours. The itching came on 12hours later. Five day after the bee stings I felt very I'll nausea, fatigue, sore throat, dizziness ,headache. I thought this was the build up of prednisone, but with further research I'm beginning to think I was reacting to the bees venom. I stop taking the prednisone and I felt worse for 2 days . Are my thoughts correct? And do I have a greater chance of going into anaphylactic shock next time.
Mon, 29 Jul 2013
Hello,'Welcome to Healthcaremagic.
From your query i found you are confused with both side effects of prednisolone and symptoms of bee sting.
Both have the similar feature.
You must know one thing Steroid withdrawal also cause the simal symptoms.
So you should not steroids abruptly.
You need tapering of dose of prednisolone.
I think you had enough steroids to control your allergic reactions.
You do not have any difficulty in breathing and chest pain or laryngospasm.
Now you need proper dose tapering for steroids to avoid withdrawal syndrome.
yes, You have great chance for anphylactic reaction for next time.Because you are sensitised now.
Consult your family doctor for further management.
If any doubt, Please reply.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
From your query i found you are confused with both side effects of prednisolone and symptoms of bee sting.
Both have the similar feature.
You must know one thing Steroid withdrawal also cause the simal symptoms.
So you should not steroids abruptly.
You need tapering of dose of prednisolone.
I think you had enough steroids to control your allergic reactions.
You do not have any difficulty in breathing and chest pain or laryngospasm.
Now you need proper dose tapering for steroids to avoid withdrawal syndrome.
yes, You have great chance for anphylactic reaction for next time.Because you are sensitised now.
Consult your family doctor for further management.
If any doubt, Please reply.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
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