{"id":40293,"date":"2025-10-09T01:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?post_type=procedure&#038;p=40293"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:31:22","slug":"insect-allergies-venom","status":"publish","type":"procedure","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/procedure\/insect-allergies-venom\/","title":{"rendered":"Insect Allergies (Venom)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What is Insect Allergy testing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focuses on stings from <strong>honeybees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, and fire ants<\/strong>. Reactions range from large local swelling to <strong>anaphylaxis<\/strong> (hives, breathing difficulty, dizziness).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What to expect during testing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review of sting event, timing, and treatments used.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Skin<\/strong> and\/or <strong>blood IgE<\/strong> testing to specific venoms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If indicated, start <strong>venom immunotherapy (VIT)<\/strong> to reduce risk of severe reactions by >90%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prescription and training for <strong>epinephrine auto\u2011injectors<\/strong> and sting\u2011avoidance tips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40299,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"specialty":[1286],"class_list":["post-40293","procedure","type-procedure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-allergist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure\/40293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/procedure"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=40293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}