Medics Forced To Intervene After Insect Sting Nearly Ends Bear Grylls' Career

Life-Saving Meds Administered to Bear Grylls After On-Set Accident

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By Jared Harris

Published August 31, 2019 at 10:32am

Allergies can put even the most hardened survivalists in a life-or-death situation, which is exactly what happened to Bear Grylls after a bee sting left medics racing to save him.

The insect stung Grylls during the filming of his new series, “Treasure Island.”

According to the Daily Star, the sting, likely from a bee, sent Grylls into anaphylactic shock.

The survival star tried to continue filming, but medics quickly intervened when it became apparent the sting was turning into something more serious.

To save Grylls’ life, the show’s medics administered an EpiPen to counteract his allergic reaction.

“I think that Bear is an impressive guy,” said show contestant and brain surgeon Mano Shanmuganathan. “He understands his tasks at hand and knows what he has to achieve.”

“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. That was crazy!”

This isn’t the first time Grylls’ allergies have caused problems during filming.

In 2008, Grylls suffered a similar reaction while trying to harvest honey as part of another show.

Poster Comment:

I knew a woman in Illinois who got a job as a meter reader. She was allergic to bee venom and carried an epi-pen with her just in case.