Has Any One Tried Bee Sting Therapy With Fibromyalgia?

United States
October 4, 2008 11:06pm CST
i have heard a few things about BVT (bee venom therapy) and how they think it helps with MS and a few other things which of course made me think.. 1. does this BVT theory even work or just some crack heads with beehives stinging the crap out of people? 2. if its legit have their tried it on fibromyalgia? would you try it? this is all based upon if you werent allergic of course lol
6 responses
• United States
5 Oct 08
Bee venom is Histamine. We don't need Histamine. We need decongestant; big difference. With the decongestant, we need an expectorant. The most important thing for Fibros is to know which Version of FMS you have. Test Thyroid. If it's ok, test Saliva pH. Then you know what you are dealing with. You can look on the all free site FibroFix and see how to treat FMS based on the version you have. The truth is setting us free.
• United States
6 Oct 08
i know my thyroid is fine because they kept thinking it was mine since it run in my family.. havent had a saliva ph test though
• United States
8 Oct 08
well i do have acid reflux but just developed it last year (had fibro my whole life or at least as long as i can remember) so unless i just didnt show symptoms of the acid reflux i dont think ive had it the whole time.. ALTHOUGH would this affect the enzymes your body makes to digest and get nutrients from food? i have to take enzymes because my stomach doesnt get any nutrients from food and no doc knows why.. i wonder if this is why
• United States
6 Oct 08
I say Thyroid first because most people have already had that done. We can eliminate the Thyroid/Temperature Version if it's ok. 90% of us are the Overly Acidic Version of Fibromyalgia. If you have acid reflux / Gerd, this is you. Only way to know how severe and how you are doing as you correct the problem is to test and monitor Saliva pH. It needs to be right at 7.4 for your liver to produce the enzyme Hyaluronidase. This enzyme controls Hyaluronan. Hyaluronan is the chemical that makes all the clear fluid in your body thinner or thicker. The one overall name for all the clear fluid is Serous Fluid. It is the end product of blood; it is what feeds, rinses and lubricates all the cells. In Fibros it's a little too thick; it can't reach everywhere it needs to; it doesn't flow as quickly as it should to do a good job. We've known this for over 8 years. Correcting that problem is part of the combination treatment method we use to live without Fibromyalgia symptoms. A few Fibros are Overly Alkali (usually just diabetics), and some just have Physical Damage to Liver (usually from rear end car accident). Test Saliva pH. It's that important. Annie
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@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
8 Oct 08
My mother in law suffers from fibromyalgia and I tell you the poor lady gets stung by bees naturally about 3-4 times every summer and it doesn't help. Maybe she hasn't been stung enough.....but who would want to be stung more?
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• United States
8 Oct 08
she must have a scent/pheromones that they are attracted to.. if it didnt help her then i doubt it would work.. unless its suppose to be a certain breed of bees
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
9 Oct 08
I don't know why they like her so much but she sure does not like them....lol.
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• United States
5 Oct 08
I've never heard of anyone doing a study on BVT for Fibromyalgia. I wouldn't be part of such a study. Pain tends to snowball for me so no thanks. I've seen a couple of shows on tv about it but I found it to be less than scientific. It could actually be something in the venom that works for MS sufferers or it could just be a massive dose of their own endorphines. But like with many things what works for some is BS to others. If it helps someone, whether it be psychologically or physically, I say more power to them. I hope they raise their own bees cause there's a shortage of them right now! Personally if I want a dose of pain with an endorphine chaser I'll go get a tattoo. Me and stinging insects don't get along too well together.
• United States
5 Oct 08
yeah thats what i have seen too.. it was a show on it but it didnt have any proof other than people saying it helped.. which like you said could be a few things that dont have anything to do with the sting.. ive never been stung thank god and since im practically allergic to air i would be really scared to try something like this but god knows anything sounds good sometimes.. a tattoo sounds REALLY great
• United States
15 Oct 08
I have never heard of this for treating Fibromyalgia. What if you are allergic to bee stings which many people are allergic to them? I am not sure that it would be something I would want to try.
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• United States
17 Oct 08
i havent either and with my luck im allergic to them since im allergic to everything.. the places i have seen were just peoples bee farms that people visit and not any medical equipment etc.. they should have something in case they have an allergic reaction or something!
@jwiz512 (78)
• United States
5 Oct 08
I hate bee's but I have suffered from Fibromyalgia for at least 10 years and if it does work, I would be the first one in line for it. I totally freak out at the site of a bee and have been stung numerous times but that was before the fibromyalgia. if you get a true answer to this please let me know because I am so tired of suffering. Do you suffer from fibromyalgia also? I used to get so upset when they first labeled it as ALL IN YOUR HEAD. I would get so angry and then I finally found this site that totally describes it to a T. As I was reading it, I was amazed at all the detailed information and how it seemed like whoever wrote about it had been living in my body and feeling my pain. Doctors used to look at me like I was crazy and it was really upsetting. I would spend hours on hours at the Arthritis Doctors office only for him to feel my muscles for about 2 minutes and say "Yep you still have it". I finally told my primary I wanted to drop that Doctor. It took me an hour to get to his office and an hour home. I would wait sometimes 3-4 hours for him since he always ran late. This Doctor was never on time and it was a true waste of money, my time and milage on my car just to hear the same thing. He never had any new meds that he could offer to help me. He did tell me that I would be living off of pain meds for the rest of my life and I am. Although I am allowed a rather large amount of medication due to all my problems, I take about half of what I am allowed. The reason for that is because when I had to have heart surgery, they couldn't give me anything that was strong enough to take the pain away and I was screaming on the table while I felt all they were doing. I would suggest to anyone out there that even if your allowed the max of pain meds, don't take them all because when it comes time for major surgery, you will find yourself suffering in a lot more pain than the fibromyalgia. Please do get back to me if you find out the truth about this and I will do the same for you.
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• China
5 Oct 08
I heard it before,it is useful to some disease!It is funny,but I wouldn't try it!
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• United States
6 Oct 08
i think i would try it if i knew it helped and if i was positive i wasnt allergic to bees lol