Twin Mother Nearly Dies After Accidentally Picking Up Emerald Green Insect, Loses Consciousness Three Times
A 44-year-old American mother nearly died after touching a shimmering green insect at a historical park, suffering severe anaphylaxis that caused respiratory failure and required four adrenaline injections to reverse.
An American mother of twins nearly lost her life after accidentally picking up a shimmering emerald green insect while visiting a historical park with her 9-year-old twins. She suffered a severe allergic reaction that caused respiratory failure and required four adrenaline injections to survive. Antoinette Webb, 44, recounted the terrifying incident, explaining that she spotted what she thought was the most beautiful green insect she had ever seen and picked it up to admire it. Within seconds of touching the insect, she felt a burning sensation spreading across her body and experienced a sudden, severe allergic reaction. Webb rushed up a grassy slope with her twins to a gift shop at the park to seek help, but lost consciousness after that point. Dean Martin, the organization's director and former military physician, reported that Webb collapsed in front of him with breathing difficulties, hives covering her entire body, lips turning blue, tremors, and losing consciousness multiple times before entering respiratory failure and losing consciousness three times. Martin and his team administered allergy medication at the scene while waiting for an ambulance. Webb was taken to the hospital and required four injections of adrenaline or epinephrine to control the severe allergic reaction. Reports indicate the insect was a 'six-spotted tiger beetle,' a shimmering green insect commonly found in North America that is typically non-toxic, but in Webb's case triggered an extremely rare and severe allergic reaction.
