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2006-08-05 04:52:44 · 17 answers · asked by Short Fat Kid 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
The Stingers
For most people, being stung by a bee is a minor nuisance. The affected area may get a little red or swollen and it may be slightly painful, but that's about it.
Bees, yellow jackets, and wasps carry a sting that can cause real problems for people who are allergic, though. As with spider bites, a person can get a localized allergic reaction (swelling, heat, or itching of the skin around the bite area) or a systemic allergic reaction.
In the case of a systemic reaction, the person may break out in hives. Other symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, faintness, and swelling. If a person has these symptoms, it's important to get help immediately. It hardly ever happens, but severe allergic reactions to bee stings can be fatal if the person doesn't get medical help.
2006-08-05 04:58:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baking Soda or mud if you're out in the woods helps with the sting and swelling. A topical antihistahime such as benadryl also helps.If you have a slight allergy an antihistamine should help, but if you suffer severe reactions, ask your doctor for a bee sting kit.
2006-08-05 04:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by ritabird1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1Extract the sting
2Cleans the wound
3Find relief _Baking soda: mix the baking soda with vinegar and apply the thick paste to the wound.
Onions: Lay a fresh slice of onion on the sting.
Apple Cider Viegar: The raw kind. Spectrum or Braggs are good brands, available at all health food stores. If bitten or stung, dab apple cider vinegar as soon as possible on the bite to draw out any poison and to prevent swelling. Thyme and rosemary infused in the vinegar are especially effective. To learn how to make infused vinegars, check out Roots and Branches.
2006-08-07 07:48:38 · answer #3 · answered by janice 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First try to see if the stinger is still there. If so try to remove it with tweezers. After that make a paste of water and baking soda and cover the sting with that. If you find the area swelling you may be allergic and should see a doctor.
2006-08-05 04:59:39 · answer #4 · answered by charles s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an old remedy that came from my husband's grandfather. He used to put tobacco juice on it but.....hubby doesn't chew tobacco...thank God. We take a small amount of cig tobacco put it in your palm and spit into it. Mix it together and put some on the sting. Leave it there. I swear it does take the sting out even though it does sound gross. We have done this w/our kids since they were babies. Oh....u can also buy no sting med in a tube from wal-mart.
2006-08-05 04:58:56 · answer #5 · answered by mtngal_1966 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it just happened then you need to take something with and edge and on an angle go over the bit to make sure the stinger is out. then you can put benadryl on it. If it is swelling up you can either soak it in Epsom salts or make a paste and put it on there. If possible get some Watkins Petro Carbo salve and put it on the bite.
2006-08-05 05:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by T S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at the sting site carefully and try to remove the stinger...it usually has venom glands attached and continues to pump venom into the wound....after you remove it apply baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, wetted with a bit of water. If skin feels itchy, take a cold pill (anti-histamine)
2006-08-05 04:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use the tobacco out of a cigarette wet it and put it directly on the bee sting and put a band aid over it.
2006-08-05 05:00:12 · answer #8 · answered by phoenix 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you use vinegar, bee sting = alkali
wasp sting = acid
I hope this is right
2006-08-05 04:57:12 · answer #9 · answered by bloodystu_2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use lime(chuna) around the affected area....and try to take out the bee sting if it remains inside the skin.
2006-08-05 04:59:02 · answer #10 · answered by sai 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋