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Anaphylaxis: Omaha businessman dies after multiple bee stings

Posted on September 13, 2008

Read more in Omaha businessman dies after multiple bee stings from AllergyNotes.A yellow jacket wasp with a typical narrow waist (left) and a honey bee with a fat hairy fuzzy body (right). Image source: Wikipedia 1, 2, GNU Free Documentation License.Steve Parsow managed Parsow's Fashion for Men, an upscale clothing company at Regency Court that his father founded 50 years ago.He was mowing the lawn when a swarm of bees attacked his leg. He was stung 12-15 times, sending him into anaphylactic shock, and killing him at the age of 48.Immediately after being stung, Mr. Parsow seemed fine, then h...

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