Citation

Hon KL, Leung AKC. Wounds 2017; 29(9): E70-E72.

Affiliation

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Health Management Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

29125829

Abstract

While jogging in a local park in Hong Kong, a 55-year-old, previously healthy man was stung on the ventral aspect of his right wrist. The tiny stinger was gently removed with nail cutters and examined under a microscope at 80x magni cation; plucking the stinger is ill- advised as this may inject more venom into the wounded site. Two days after stinging, the microscopic appearance of the stinger con rmed the diagnosis to be from a bee instead of a wasp or other insect. A simple method of con rming the nature of insect stings and an overview of Hymenoptera stings and their management are provided herein.

Language: en