Question

What happens to your body if you get stung by a bee and you are allergic? 1. Explain the science in your own words as if you are describing it to someone with no scientific knowledge (make sure you use appropriate words).

Answer 1

Allergy is the reaction of own body to outside things. Bee sting is such a reaction which take a foreign body into the body in the form of venom of the bee. This venom is known as allergen.
It occurs in two steps:

1. First step is first exposure, and
2. The next step is subsequent exposure.

When The Bee venom is injected into the body, the body will develop some immunity cells that bind to the the venom molecules. These specialised cells that will catch up the venom and show it to the helper cells in the specialised junctions of the body.There, the helper immune cells have never seen this venom before. On meeting the venom, it will be converted into a special form of helper cell.The converted cell will release some chemicals that will trigger the production of molecular weapons by an another type of immune cells. The converted helper cell will also produce some chemicals that will promote production of some specialised immune cells that will kill and destroy the Bee venom. The molecular weapons produced have the ability to attach to a specialised type of immune cells,thus completing the first stage.
In the second stage, when the person is injected with Bee venom after some days or months, this attached complex will recognize the venom and lock tightly with it. Upon doing this, cell will release some chemicals that causes the itching , swelling , redness and related symptoms.

• These chemicals also cautious narrowing of the airway causing breathing difficulty. Due to this the oxygen supply to the the brain and other vital organs will decrease, called a type of shock- anaphylactic shock
• This chemicals also causes the blood tube to widen and leak out the blood from the tubes causing increase blood flow to the region & swelling and redness of the region.