Title: Bee Venom Therapy - Consumer Health News | HealthDay
Headings: Bee Venom Therapy
Bee Venom Therapy
Chris Woolston
What is bee venom therapy?
Does bee-venom therapy really work?
Is bee-venom therapy dangerous?
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Content: You might have thought that your single encounter with a bee was enough, but people undergoing apitherapy may get stung 80 times a day or more. Why would anyone subject himself to such pain? Because bee stings are thought to help ease the symptoms of a wide variety of diseases, including arthritis, multiple sclerosis, tendonitis, and fibromyalgia; they're also thought to promote desensitization to bee stings. These claims don't come from beekeepers looking for a profit; they're made by patients whose experience with bee venom has turned them into believers. One woman says that 80 stings every other day helped reverse her rheumatoid arthritis. A woman with multiple sclerosis found that the leg spasms she'd been having calmed down after she started using bees to sting herself a few times each day. Some doctors, particularly in Eastern Europe, have reported using injections of bee venom to successfully treat rheumatoid arthritis. Does bee-venom therapy really work?