Due to his age, weight and the number of bites, the boy's small body simply could not cope with the toxins.
In the US, a small child who was stung by wasps more than 150 times ended up in intensive care.
The New York Post reports this.
In the US state of Georgia, two-year-old Beckham Reed found himself on the brink of life and death after he was attacked by a swarm of angry wasps. The boy accidentally crashed his toy car into a wasp nest. The insects immediately attacked, and as a result, the child received more than 150 stings.
According to the New York Post, Beckham's father tried to help his son, but was himself attacked by wasps. The parents rushed the boy to the hospital. There he was given painkillers and antihistamines, but was soon sent home. The next day, the child's skin began to turn yellow, so the family went to another clinic. The diagnosis was serious – heart, liver and kidney failure.
“Because of his age, weight, and the number of bites, his little body simply couldn't handle the toxins,” the boy's aunt, Tiffany Hewett, wrote on the GoFundMe fundraising page.
Beckham is currently in intensive care, hooked up to ventilators, dialysis and drips. There is no antidote, and as Tiffany explains, doctors can only support his body until he flushes the poison out on his own.
Let us recall that New Zealand biologist Tom Saunders discovered a new species of wasp and named it after one of the characters in the Harry Potter saga. The new species of wasp is called Lucius Malfroy. Ironically, this wasp has no sting.
