Bridgetton on Netflix: Can You Really Die with a Bee Bite?

Spoiler warning! This article contains the main elements of the second season of The Bridgerton Chronicle. If you have not seen it yet, do not read it.

If you’ve watched The Bridgerton Chronicle Season 2 Episode 3, then you know that Edmund Bridgetton (Rupert Evans), the patriarch of the Bridgeton family, died tragically in a bee sting in front of his son, Anthony (then Jonathan Bailey), who He was a very young man. This scene begs the question: can you die so quickly from a bee bite?

In the series, it barely takes a minute. Severe allergic reactions, called anaphylactic shock, can indeed occur and then require immediate intervention. Our colleagues Slate Talked to Dr. Purvi s. Parrick, an allergist at New York University Hospital.

The latter explains that Edmund Bridgeton’s reaction is “Characteristic of anaphylaxis, such as the fact that it manifests itself in the first few minutes“, However”Be a little dramatic a minute before you die“Fortunately, today, medicine allows us to avoid the worst, but only if we intervene quickly!

A medical injection device called EpiPen in the US that contains epinephrine can stop anaphylaxis if the person treats it themselves or someone helps them. Since the onset of anaphylaxis can take a very short time, this injection should be done as soon as possible.

Sadly, Father Bridgetton died in the early 19’s^E Century, long before the invention of EpiPens. The latter was not invented until the mid-1970s and was approved by the FDA – the Food and Drug Administration, the American equivalent of our National Health Service (ANSM) – only in the late 1980s. As for the term “allergy”, it was invented only at the beginning of the year 20^E In the century 1906. Edmund Bridgeton therefore did not have a chance …

According to Dr. Parikh, there are other ways to help the patient besides epinephrine, such as the delivery of steroids or antihistamines, but this was also not relevant at the time. Now you know what to do after a strong reaction to a bee bite: Go to the hospital or pharmacy as soon as possible!