Title: 'I was stung by 1,500 bees and I feel great': MS sufferer's pioneering therapy | Daily Mail Online
Headings: 'I was stung by 1,500 bees and I feel great': MS sufferer's pioneering therapy
'I was stung by 1,500 bees and I feel great': MS sufferer's pioneering therapy
Content: You use a pair of tweezers and get hold of a single bee. 'Then you gradually de-sensitise your body to the sting by injecting it in and out of your skin a few times. 'You have to be very careful, in case your body is prone to anaphylactic shock – which can be fatal. You can't just walk in there and encourage the bees to sting you randomly.' She added: ' Sadly bees are killed by stinging, so you certainly only want to do this for a very good cause. But the relief it gave me was tremendous.' Researchers claim that certain compounds in bee venom reduce inflammation and pain and a combination of all its ingredients helps the body to release natural healing compounds. The alternative treatment remains unproven by evidence-based medicine but it has been used to treat other wasting diseases and arthritis. The therapy begins gradually as the body needs to be desensitised to the stings, but eventually multiple bees are used at one time and are left in the skin for up to 20 minutes.