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A 2013 study of anaphylaxis fatalities in Australia found, unlike food allergies, reactions to bee stings were not increasing.
However, despite immunotherapy for bee sting allergies being available for about four decades, Canberra clinical immunology and allergy specialist Dr Raymond Mullins, who co-authored the study, said too few receive appropriate treatment.
Immunotherapy works by introducing small amounts of the allergen to the body over a period of time, eventually reducing the bodyâs response when exposed.
Researchers found, between 1997 and 2013, half of the people who died from bee stings were known to be allergic.
Bees are responsible for the highest number of venomous hospitalisations and deaths in Australia.
Jack jumper ants send more people to hospital in Tasmania than in rest of Australia
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Four-year-old Marley Dowde was playing cricket in her northern Tasmanian backyard in January 2016 when she was stung twice in quick succession by a jack jumper ant.
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Tasmanians were hospitalised at the highest rate for ant, tick and caterpillar stings in 2017-18
Experts blame this on the prevalence of jack jumper ants, a highly aggressive species, in Tasmania
The Jack Jumper Allergy Program helps desensitise people to jack jumper venom
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Australia is home to the 11 most venomous snakes in the world, the deadliest spider in the world, and some of the most venomous marine life. And yet according to a study released on Wednesday, Australians are twice as likely end up in hospital because of a bee or wasp sting than an encounter with any other venomous creature.
The study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare examined hospital records from 2017-2018 for reports of people being admitted to hospital – not just treated in the emergency department – after contact with a venomous creature.
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