Abstract

Angel San Miguel*, Maria San Miguel Rodríguez, María Isabel Hormiga, María Vega, Jose María Vega and Alicia Armentia

ABSTRACT

Hymenoptera is a large order that includes insects such as bees, wasps and ants. Within this, are the Suborder Apocryta and the Infraorder Aculeata, to which belongs the Family Vespidae that includes the genus Polistes and Vespula spp, wasps protagonists of this study. The hymenopterans that produce the most cases of allergy in our country are bees and Polistes wasps. dominates (in the south) and Vespula germanic (in the north). Hypersensitivity reactions occur with a prevalence of 2.8% to 28.7%, occurring systemically in 0.3%-7.5%, and can lead to anaphylactic shock. Immunotherapy is a highly effective method to prevent these reactions, thus protecting allergic people against the serious consequences that these insect bites can cause. A descriptive observational study is carried out analyzing the results of the specific IgE tests performed on patients with suspected allergy to Hymenoptera in Valladolid at the Río Hortega Hospital in the years 2010 and 2019 in order to check if there are changes in the prevalence of allergy. to Hymenoptera based on the hypothesis that in recent years there has been an increase in hypersensitivity to the genus Polistes with respect to the others. Obtaining statistically significant results for P. dominula (p