A honey bee can threat ear: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Ufuk Düzenli; Nazım Bozan; Abdurrahman Ayral; Abdülaziz Yalınkılıç; Ahmet Faruk Kıroğlu

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2017.08.005

A honey bee can threat ear: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Nov;35(11):1788.e1-1788.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.08.005. Epub 2017 Aug 2.

Authors

Ufuk Düzenli¹, Nazım Bozan², Abdurrahman Ayral², Abdülaziz Yalınkılıç², Ahmet Faruk Kıroğlu²

Affiliations

¹ Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Van, Turkey. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Van, Turkey.

PMID: 28818308
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.08.005

Abstract

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is an otologic emergency. Many etiological factors can lead to this pathology. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) sting may lead to local and systemic reactions due to sensitization of the patient. In this paper we described a sudden sensorineural hearing loss occurred after honey bee sting.

Keywords: Honey bee; Sensorineural hearing loss; Sting.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Betamethasone / therapeutic use
Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
Dyspnea / etiology
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Hearing Loss, Sudden / drug therapy
Hearing Loss, Sudden / etiology*
Hearing Loss, Sudden / physiopathology
Hearing Tests
Histamine H1 Antagonists / therapeutic use
Humans
Hypersensitivity / drug therapy
Hypersensitivity / etiology*
Injection, Intratympanic
Insect Bites and Stings / complications*
Insect Bites and Stings / drug therapy
Male
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Nausea / etiology
Pheniramine / therapeutic use
Tinnitus / etiology
Vomiting / etiology
Young Adult

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Histamine H1 Antagonists
Pheniramine
Dexamethasone
Betamethasone
Methylprednisolone