
In addition, the relapse rate of bee-venom group was obviously lower than that of medication group (P<0.05 12% vs 32%).Ĭombined application of bee-venom therapy and medication is superior to simple use of medication in relieving RA, and when bee-sting therapy used, the commonly-taken doses of western medicines may be reduced, and the relapse rate gets lower. Comparison between two groups showed that after the therapy, scores of joint swelling, pain and pressing pain, joint-swelling number and morning stiff duration, and the doses of the administered MTX and Mobic in bee-venom group were all significantly lower than those in medication group (P<0.05, 0.01) whereas the grasp force in been-venom group was markedly higher than that in medication group (P<0.05).
Bee sting treatment skin#
It's one of the best home remedies during the first couple days of treating the sting. If stung by a bee, immediately brush, pluck or scrape the barb off the skin to stop any more venom being injected.

The more venom in your body, the more the body will react to it.' Ice is very effective at reducing pain and inflammation. The treatment was given once every other day and all the treatments lasted for 3 months.Ĭompared with pre-treatment, scores of joint swelling degree, joint activity, pain, and pressing pain, joint-swelling number, grasp force, 15 m-walking duration, morning stiff duration in bee-venom group and medication group were improved significantly (P<0.05, 0.01). Remove it fast to reduce further injection of the venom into the skin. Ashi-points were selected according to the position of RA and used as the main acupoints, supplemented with other acupoints according to syndrome differentiation. Most of the time, the pain from a bee sting will start to improve within a few hours after treating it in this way. After washing the site of the sting, cover it with a cold compress or an ice pack wrapped in a towel. d.) and those of bee-venom group treated with Bee-sting of Ashi-points and the above-mentioned Western medicines. Try not to massage or itch the area as doing so can make the inflammation worse. Patients of control group were treated with oral administration of Methotrexate (MTX, 7.5 mg/w), Sulfasalazine (0.5 g,t. After a bee sting, some children just develop hives all. This severe reaction to bee stings happens in 4 out of a 1,000 children. The main symptoms are hives with trouble breathing and swallowing.

One hundred RA patients were randomly divided into medication (control) group and bee-venom group, with 50 cases in each. A severe life-threatening allergic reaction is called anaphylaxis. To observe the clinical effect of bee-sting (venom) therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
