European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sting time the stars and stripes Page 1 40 of 50 americans stung by bees and wasps die each year now is fhe time of be careful Bryan to Degraff with the insects Ling treatment photo by Synovic Byda Synovec Nurnberg Bureau chid Nurnberg Sis when Spring a people think of outdoor cooking and while the warmer weather brings people it also is the time for pollen and a variety of stinging Ever year thousands of people Are stung by said Bryan chief of the Nurnberg Hospi tals dermatology often with severe and sometimes fatal in More people die yearly from insect stings than from Snake an estimated one million americans have potentially life threatening allergies to the stings of incs or wasps and a person who is slightly allergic May go into Shock and die within moments of being according to medical Between 40 and 50 deaths a year in the arc attributed to insect Aller but some experts claim the True number is probably a lot with Many insect caused fatalities incorrectly attributed to heart attack or some other natural cause top Mcgraff said that severe or fatal con sequences from insect stings have been re curved since but that these reactions were not recognized As allergic until 40 years there has been a growing awareness of the importance of allergic reactions caused by insect stings and the necessity for doctors to be aware of stinging insect people who have Bee sting allergies receive first priority Lor appointments in our explained the reason for this is deaths due to allergy Tor the group of insects known As Hymen Plera and yellow Jack to a Large could be avoided clubs skit roasts Erma Bombeck Byg Korge Obrien staff writer Germany Sunc of the women got together at the offi cers club Here for an Karma Bombick luncheon Karma would have loved Shes the writer of a column called at wits and which is carried in the stars and stripes and the bestselling the trass is always Greener Over the septic tank Karma would have been right at Home amid the women dressed in properly ragged frayed hair curlers and slippers with holes in the there was also enough cold Cream smeared on the faces in the crowd to remove the makeup from a theater full of actors the affair begun with Many being fashionably As one woman put it takes a Long Lime to look this after refreshments to put everyone in the right of course und the women got Down to Tow first order of business was the door followed by a series of comedy skits satirizing a Day in the life of an army participants in the skits made up in enthusiasm what they May have lacked in professional experience one at the hits of the Day was a group called the slip shod moving what they didst manage to break while packing was taken care of when the Box was the movers were played by Luth Carol is runs and Joann Lodis the unfortunate soul being moved was Sharon Clowell a Well known banking some retail outlets and a few army institutions also came in for some Good natured ribbing As the women danced and quipped their Way through the the skits were produced by directed by Caralyn Knopp and and written by Ann Dawn me Donough and Gloria costumes were the spirit of the Day the Best dressed at the Erma bom blk luncheon from urst Prue Winner Cheryl Arnold with baby John Gloria second place Mary and Dann by Obrien with the proper recognition of the allergy and proper anyone who is stung will have local that Doest concern us from the standpoint of a threat to the real con Cern comes with people who Manifest such reactions As Short Ness of or a general swelling in the Updegraff these Are signs of allergic reactions to the insects there arc a significant number of people who do not realize the seriousness of their own allergy to insect Updegraff added that people who May be allergic to the sting of a Honey May not be allergic o the venom of other sting ing and he warned that while the Honey Bee will Only sting a person leaving the barbed stinger in the persons the yellow Hornet and can sting we Teel that if a person is to the venom of a we should treat him for an allergy to the other stinging he lie said insects arc attracted to brightly dark and rough but not us much to White clothing with a hard decs arc attracted to especially highly scented Simian lotions and Updegraff warned thai people should not go outdoors some of the in such As yellow jackets and build their nests on the Updegraff said bees arc attracted to garbage and May be found around Large trash containers in military housing if you arc stung by a remove the barbed stinger immediately because the venom sack is left on the stinger and the venom will continue to enter the skin for several patients allergic to Bee stings arc Given a special Bee sting kit containing drugs to combat their allergic reaction to the the kit also contains a people coming to the hospitals dermatology clinic with n history of reaction to insect stings arc Given a skin test to deter mine the extent of their updo Graff the skin test shows the severity of their allergy and also enables the physician to determine the starting dosage of allergy shots he we arc Able to treat these people and with Good nearly 98 per cent of our patients report less severe reaction to subsequent Bee failures in the course of treatment also have been these people must carry the Bee sting kit with them at All Updegraff said that research is continuing to find a belter allergy shot to combat stinging pollen from a variety of Trees and As Well As May make Spring and summer anything but enjoyable for people with lie said that if people Are allergic to tree pollen or grass pollen in the then they will be allergic to it in Europe because the same Trees and grasses Are in in our main problem is allergies to grasses and the grasses pollen at in late Spring and through the summer and some people May experience allergic reaction to especially freshly Cut weeds also cause prob lems from some people in the late summer and allergic reaction to Mold is a year round malady because of the wet there arc Many holds that will grow in quarters along windows and in base he said some 10 per cent of the Popula Tion has some Type of and the key to successful treatment is to avoid the things that you Are allergic the vast majority of people who have an allergy can be treated  will control the allergies of most sufferers the people who have the More severe allergies that arc not adequately controlled by particularly people who suffer from asthma associated with their allergic Are referred for shot he