Acknowledgement
This work was supported by Eulji University in 2012 (EJRG-12-018-042G21).
Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease
- Volume 3 Issue 2
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- Pages.151-154
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- 2015
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- 2288-0402(pISSN)
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- 2288-0410(eISSN)
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Acute lung injury after bee sting acupuncture
자가 벌침주사 후 발생한 급성 폐손상 1예
- Chae, Won Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji General Hospital) ;
- Kim, Sang-Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji General Hospital) ;
- Lee, Yung-Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji General Hospital) ;
- Lee, Byoung-Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji General Hospital) ;
- Lee, Jae-Hyung (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji General Hospital) ;
- Woo, Jeong Joo (Department of Radiology, Eulji University School of Medicine)
- 채원영 (을지병원 내과) ;
- 김상훈 (을지병원 내과) ;
- 이용희 (을지병원 내과) ;
- 이병훈 (을지병원 내과) ;
- 이재형 (을지병원 내과) ;
- 우정주 (을지대학교 의과대학 영상의학과교실)
- Published : 20150000
Abstract
Bee stings can cause severe adverse reactions. There have been no cases of acute lung injury induced by bee sting acupuncture. We report a case of a 52-year-old male who required high flow oxygen therapy because of acute lung injury by bee sting acupuncture. The patient had been treated with live bee sting acupuncture by himself for knee pain. After self-injections of live bee sting, he immediately presented with generalized urticaria that remitted within 3 hours after taking an oral antihistamine. Ten days later, he visited our emergency department due to dyspnea and dizziness. He was diagnosed with acute lung injury by bee sting acupuncture based upon a history of symptom onset after exposure to the allergen and clinical test results. This case emphasizes that practitioners should consider potential risks of delayed-onset adverse reactions induced by bee sting acupuncture.