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The Schmidt sting pain index is a pain scale rating the relative pain caused by different hymenopteran stings. It is mainly the work of Justin O. Schmidt, who was an entomologist at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Arizona. Schmidt's original 1983 paper was a way to systematize and compare the hemolytic properties of insect venoms.[1] A table in the paper included a column that rated sting pain, starting from 0 for stings that are completely ineffective against humans, progressing through 2 for familiar pains such as those caused by common bee or wasp stings, and finishing at 4 for the most painful stings. Only the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata, was given a rating of 4, although later versions of the index added two more species. Schmidt repeatedly refined his scale, including a paper published in 1990, which classifies the stings of 78 species and 41 genera of Hymenoptera,[2] and culminating in a book published in 2016.[3] The Schmidt sting pain index arose from the pursuit of

Schmidt sting pain index - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pain scale for insect stings Medical diagnostic method Schmidt sting pain index Some species representing the Schmidt sting pain index: Synoeca surinama , Paraponera clavata , Pepsis sp., Hemipepsis sp., and Vespa mandarinia Purpose Rates the pain of different stings The Schmidt sting pain index is a pain scale rating the relative pain caused by different hymenopteran stings. It is mainly the work of Justin O. Schmidt , who was an entomologist at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Arizona . Schmidt's

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