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How does bee venom immunotherapy work?
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Immune tolerance: The purpose of venom immunotherapy is to elicit immunological mechanisms to suppress the allergic reaction. The treatment involves administering progressively increasing amounts of bee venom without triggering a systemic allergic reaction. The role of the allergist is to control the speed of these increasing doses, and avoid inducing the reaction that is treated.
Answered 4/23/2016
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Makes you immune: After seeing an allergist and being tested...They will make a vaccine from the specif bee causing the allergy( yellow jacket was p etc).Each time you get a shot your immune system begins to develop new cells that make you "resistant" to future stings...You develop immunity..Just like after you get a tetanus shot.
Answered 6/20/2012
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