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Allergy to insect stings: long term outcomes
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Children get stung by insects and some of them (possibly around 1%) have a systemic allergic reaction. Venom immunotherapy (VIT) reduces the risk of subsequent systemic reactions but its disadvantages include cost, inconvenience, local and systemic reactions, and the need for prolonged treatment. Researchers in Baltimore, USA have previously concluded that VIT is not necessary for children who have had a mild (purely cutaneous) systemic reaction to an insect sting. They have now reported (OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science