A professor many years ago told me a story a student had told him โ she was in an elevator, a bee stung her, and she began to get an anaphylactic reaction.ย A man inside realized her distress, didnโt know what to do, put his hand on her shoulder.ย The woman got so angry being touched by a strange man, her body set off a natural โfight or flightโ response, and her own adrenalin (epinephrine) calmed her reaction.ย Moral โ in such a case, while an ambulance is en route, maybe do something immediately outrageous or obscene (but explain rapidly to bystanders why).ย Iโve never had occasion.