A Thai man died from bee stings yesterday after he and his friends hunted for honey within the Phu Phan National Park in the Isaan province of Kalasin.
The deceased was identified as fifty one year previous Thongphan Jitchomphu. His physique was discovered hanging from a vine 10 metres above the bottom in the forest. A rescue staff and locals helped to retrieve Thongphan’s physique, discovering quite a few bee sting wounds on his face and body.
Thongphan went hunting for honey along with his Somsak, who was the primary to report the death to locals and rescue companies. Somsak explained that this was his first time looking honey, and Thongphan was more experienced. Somsak stated Thongphan instructed him to stay away from the hive whereas he went as much as acquire the honey.
Somsak stated Thongphan was carrying a balaclava and climbed up a tree with a lit torch to smoke out the bees from the hive. Five minutes later, Thongphan shouted that he got stung.
Somsak immediately went to check and located Thongphan hanging unconscious from the tree by a vine wrapped round his ankle. He rushed to the group to seek help, but unfortunately, it was too late, and Thongphan handed away.
A local man who assisted the rescuers – Kongkham Phonyium – talked about that the smoke and scorching weather could have contributed to the severity of Thongphan’s reaction to the bee stings.
Thongphan’s body was despatched to a hospital for an post-mortem to determine his precise cause of death.
It is possible that Thongphan was allergic to bee stings, as was the case with a sixty nine yr old British man, Stephen Leonard Prince, in Phuket three weeks ago.
Prince was stung solely as quickly as while using a bike. No problem supplied him with the EpiPen instantly, but it was not efficient. The spouse defined that Prince had a history of allergy symptoms to honey and had skilled a critical allergic response when stung by a bee on his hand beforehand. Prince was also allergic to ant bites and other insect bites..