Man with bee sting in the eye, emergency room due to pain and decreased vision
Jul 03, 2024
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According to foreign media such as The Mirror, a 55-year-old man in Philadelphia, USA, visited the hospital's emergency room after being stung in the right eye by a bee was published in the journal `New England Journal of Medicine.'
The man tried to remove the bee sting on his own, but failed, and two days after he was stung, his vision deteriorated and his pain worsened, so he went to the hospital.
As a result of the examination, my eyesight was so low that I could barely identify my fingers with my right eye. To make matters worse, the eyes were swollen and bloodshot, and blood accumulated in the base of the iris.
Ophthalmologists found a problem between the whites of the eyes and the cornea, with a patch of bee sting stuck in it.
The doctor in charge successfully removed the bee sting with a fine tweezers while looking into it with a high magnification microscope.
Subsequently, topical antibiotics and prednisolone eye drops were prescribed.
As a result of follow-up 5 months later, the vision of the right eye that had been stung by the saliva was restored to its original state.
The doctor advised "It is very rare to be stung by a bee" and "If such a situation occurs, you must seek an ophthalmologist promptly.'
Meanwhile, it is known that the man was not a beekeeper and was passing near the beehive at the time.
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