Wednesday June 30, 1999 - Question 5

Which of the following statements regarding the clinical effects of Hymenoptera stings is correct?

A. Hypersensitivity reactions to Hymenoptera venoms are dose dependent.

B. Patients with extensive local effects to a Hymenoptera sting will often exhibit significant systemic symptoms.

C. Erythema, wheal formation, and edema from a Hymenoptera sting are due to an allergic or hypersensitivity reaction.

D. Most anaphylactic reactions occur within 15-30 minutes of a Hymenoptera sting.

E. Cardiac arrhythmias and myocardial infarction are related to a toxic dose of hymenoptera venom and observed in patients with multiple stings (>50).
 

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