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'Everything happened in 10 minutes': Virginia resident died from beetle sting allergy

77-year-old Evelyn Wooten from Virginia bit a small bug. Literally 10 minutes later, the woman fainted, suffocating from allergic edema. She no longer regained consciousness and died the next day.

Фото: Depositphotos

Evelyn's friend, Karen Hudgins, is sure it was the so-called “kissing” bug, also known as the triatomine bug, writes Fox News.

2 July Hudgins walked with Wooten on the River Trail in Danville, Virginia, when the tragedy occurred.

"We were walking and she said, 'Karen, get this bug off me,'" Hudgins said.

A woman threw a beetle from a friend’s shoulder. In just a few minutes 10, Evelyn could no longer breathe.

According to Hudgins, Wooten told her that she could not breathe and turned very pale before losing consciousness.

"The last thing she said was '911,'" Hudgins says. “She began to swell and turn blue, her lips and both hands turned blue.”

Wooten never regained consciousness and died the next day. The son said that doctors determined the cause of death as an allergic reaction to an insect bite.

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Triatomine bugs, also called kissing bugs, live in cracks and holes inside homes, outside under porches, between rock structures, under cement, in rock, wood or bark, in rodent nests or animal burrows, and in outdoor dog kennels or chicken coops. . They typically live in the southern parts of the United States, as well as Mexico, Central America and South America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The saliva of triatomine bugs can cause an allergic reaction in some people - this can include severe redness, itching, swelling, welts, hives, or in rare cases, anaphylactic shock. The CDC advises people who have ever had anaphylactic shock to ask their doctor what medicine to use if they are stung.

The agency notes that not all triatomid bugs are carriers of the parasite T. cruzi, which causes Chagas disease. Even insects causing an allergic reaction may not tolerate the parasite. This disease is serious, and if left untreated, the infection can be lifelong. Complications of chronic Chagas disease may include heart rhythm disturbances, an increase in heart rate, an increase in the esophagus or colon.

"It was very unexpected," said Mark Wooten, the victim's son.

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Emerging in Latin America, Chagas disease affects approximately 8-10 million people around the world, writes Only in Your State. It was believed that the disease exists only in rural, underdeveloped areas. However, it slowly penetrates both urban and suburban areas.

Kissing bugs have been spotted in 27 US states, where they have likely lived and reproduced for more than a century.

Infographics: kissingbug.tamu.edu

The first confirmed case of a bite in the United States was documented in 1955, an 10-month-old girl from Texas suffered. She had fever, rash and edema for several days, but the child survived.

Researchers suggest that in America the bug spreads along the main roads when infected people travel and unknowingly transmit the parasite to other people.

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