Matt Hancock had medical treatment after being stung by a scorpion in the I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here camp, it has been claimed. According to a report in The Mail the Tory MP was stung on the finger.
While he underwent medical treatment the report said it had not been poisonous. The Mail was told the former Health Secretary compared it to a bee sting - but he said the pain was twice as bad.
The MP has had a full-on first week in the camp but the sting is said to have left him shocked. They said the scorpion had been "safely removed from camp".
Comedian Babatunde Aléshé commented on the scorpion sting after Ant and Dec revealed Matt had been voted for his fourth Bush Tucker trial. He said: "Do you know what Matt? You are the man, you are the man, four trials and you got stung by a scorpion, and you have to go do a trial."
According to the Mayo Clinic scorpion stings are painful but rarely life-threatening. Only about 30 of the estimated 1,500 species of scorpions produce venom toxic enough to be fatal.
Young children and older adults are most at risk of serious complications. They are said to cause intense pain, numbness and tingling and slight swelling - but for those stung by a poisonous variety it can be serious and even lead to death.
Since joining the show the 44-year-old politician did his first Bushtucker trial, Beastly Burrows, with fellow latecomer Seann Walsh. He has since then taken part in every other trial after falling foul of te public vote.
He has told his fellow contestants that he is hoping for a bit of forgiveness after breaching Covid rules while Health Secretary. He was caught kissing his former aide Gina Coladangelo last year while social distancing rules remained in place.
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