Let the bee burn every day, out of fear of allergies

Beekeepers can be stung by dozens of bees at the same time without any pain.Photo: Science Daily

Beekeepers who are bee stung everyday when they come in contact with bees have helped researchers understand why they never had a fatal allergy that many people suffer.

High-dose bee venom caused by bee stings from the beginning of the crop is an effective antihistamine for all the rest of the year, Dr. Mubecelle Akdis, an immunologist of Zurich University, Switzerland. , leader of the research program.

His team has been monitoring a group of beekeepers for many years, to determine how their immune systems have worked after the sting. Those are people who work year round with bees without wearing protective masks or gloves.

Inject bee venom into the body

Last April, starting in Switzerland's beekeeping, beekeepers showed clear traces of bee stings on the skin such as swelling and inflammation. After one week the immune system lost sight of it and throughout the year, although they were stung many times by the bee, this phenomenon did not occur until the start of the next crop of next year.

After about 13 times of bee stings, beekeepers have no feeling when being stung by a bee. Many times, they were provided with a sufficient amount of venom by bees, which are essentially a protein called phospholipase A. This stimulates the formation of a family of cells, called T-regulated cells ( regulatory T-cell), neutralizing immune attack.

The first burning of a bee causes the body to produce histamine, a chemical that causes allergies (sharp pain, itching). But when the bee stings further, T cells form an immune response against bee venom, instead of the previous feeling caused by histamine. From this burning time, only the beekeeper's stamina will be strengthened.

Deadly shot

Akdis' team of researchers has discovered that T-cells can survive in the body throughout the year, preventing further histamine production.

The number of people due to the hypersensitivity of the body to be stung by bee is not small. They have been able to form T cells against bee venom by injecting a handful of refined bee venom into them. Understanding how beekeepers have coped with bee stings helps doctors determine the dose and duration of this treatment.

Thomas Eiweger, a heterosexual expert at Zurich University, who is not involved in the research, said beekeepers are the ideal subjects to learn about allergen and prevention and prevention methods. against allergies.

He said: 'What is the difference between allergy sufferers and allergy sufferers? That's the annual repetitive mechanism of beekeepers'.