Bear Grylls suffers almost deadly allergic reaction from bee sting while filming new series

The survivalist who is allergic to bee stings, was stung and quickly went into anaphylactic shock while filming his new series Treasure Island.

Sometimes, exposure to an allergen can cause a life-threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. Allergies to food, insect stings, medications and latex are most frequently associated with anaphylaxis.

Grylls was on a boat taking a new group of contestants to an island in a remote part of the Pacific on the first day of filming when he was stung by a bee.

Despite initially trying to shrug it off, the allergic reaction caused his face to swell up and he lost consciousness.

Medics brought the former SAS servicemen back from the brink after they injected him with an EpiPen.
Mano Shanmuganathan, a brain surgeon appearing on the show says ‘The irony of Bear the survivalist being stung, having the potential of an allergic reaction, and needing to be treated with an EpiPen, was a bizarre moment’.