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NC Man Dies After Bitten By Franklinton Fire Ants

FRANKLINTON, NC. (THECOUNT) — A Franklinton, NC, family is mourning the death of father and husband, Floyd Edwards, after an encounter with fire ants.

Edwards, whose age was not provided, died September 28 after his family said he had an allergic reaction following multiple fire ant bites.

“There ain’t no telling how many times he got bit by fire ants,” said Carlton Curtis, Edwards’s son. Curtis, his brother, and Edwards were clearing out a trailer on their 45-acre property when he began having problems. “All of a sudden he says – ‘Carlton, something’s in my throat,'” Curtis said.

Edwards drank some water, and then returned to working. Shortly after, he came back to the house still struggling.

“I sat him down in the recliner right here – and I said, ‘Floyd don’t try to talk, just try to breathe. That’s all you need to be worried about right now,’ and you can tell he was real antsy like ‘I can’t breathe,'” Curtis recalled.source

Paramedics gave him two shots with an EpiPen and Benadryl, but Curtis said that didn’t help.

The family was told that Edwards’s cause of death was Anaphylactic shock, which was triggered by a severe allergic reaction.

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology recommends people who’ve had severe reactions be evaluated by an allergist to diagnose their conditions. It added people should have an auto-injectable epinephrine pen, and be trained how to use it during an emergency situation.

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