hillsdown
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Does anyone have a home remedy to treat a wasp sting.Something to take the baseball size swelling down.I have heard baking soda but I don't have any on hand and don't feel like running into town.Thank you.
Wasp stings.
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perda04
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The afterbite products contain ammonia. You can also treat jellyfish stings with ammonia. It might work...
Tod Dague
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That is a lot of swelling. It may be infected.
Jogeephus
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If you don't have ammonia mud will help draw posion out as it dries. Kinda a want for anything else cure.
Bez+
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Vinegar
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hillsdown
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Thanks everyone,Tod I don't think it is infected as the stinger came out right away.However I always have a bad reaction but not like this.I got stung last night around 9:00 pm while feeding a calf.Put some peroxide on it and forgot about it.This morning it was the size of a grapefruit and doesn't hurt but is really itchy.I put vinegar on it and an ice pack and the swelling has gone down quite a bit.I am still alive so it can't be that serious ;-) .If it still bothers me tommorow I will go to the doctors.Next time I will have proper medication on hand so it doesn't get this bad.All were great tips thanx.
Cowdirt
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hillsdown":3p89w540 said:
Take a Benadryl right after being stung helps with the pain and itching. I can't say about the swelling.
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hillsdown
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Cowdirt":kwcbr88n said:
I actually had a stiff shot of Drambuie.I don't know if it helped with the itching but it sure helped with the pain
.Bez+
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hillsdown":2dun2c2h said:
If you were allergic to a wasp or bee sting you would likely be dead by now.
Swelling is normal - even the big stuff. Itching means you are on your way to healing.
Wasp, hornet and bumble bee stings do not leave the stinger behind - it is a smooth stinger - honey bees are barbed and those may have to be "scraped off".
Thus the bad guys can sting - and keep on stinging.
Do not pull honey bee stingers and sac by pinching with tweezers - it pumps more juice from the sac into your arm. I scrape them off with a knife.
I kept a few hives for about ten years - every year the first stings swelled pretty good - by the end of honey season they did not even give me a small bump.
Thinking on this I may start again ....
Keep a bit of epinephrine on hand in an auto injection device - your tongue starts to swell - hit yourself in the thigh with the needle - it may very well save your life. We carry them in all the vehicles. Cheap insurance.
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Gate Opener
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I have heard that meat tenderizer works. Don't think it will do any good at this point-needs to be done asap after the sting.
Horticattleman
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wet tobacco
I don't know if this works after the fact, but my granfather used to crush a baby asprin (I suppose a regular asprin might work just as well) add a few drops of water to turn it into a paste and then apply it to the sting area. It's worked for me in the past. I was just stung a few weeks ago and I didn't have an initial reaction except the pain and some choice curse words, but about a day later my eye swelled shut. I saw the doctor and he said that it was a mild allergic reaction. Apparently according to him, even if you've never had a reaction before you can still have one later in life. Go figure, good luck.
flaboy?
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They have covered just about everything I can think of.
I was clearing some brush for a friend and got attacked by Yellow Jackets. About ten got me on head. I used after-bite but it still hurt like H four hours later. I really didn't' swell. I guess being bitten so many times as a kid I have a bit of immunity to them now.
There was a hunter down the road a piece that got bit and died before they could get rescue to him.
I was clearing some brush for a friend and got attacked by Yellow Jackets. About ten got me on head. I used after-bite but it still hurt like H four hours later. I really didn't' swell. I guess being bitten so many times as a kid I have a bit of immunity to them now.
There was a hunter down the road a piece that got bit and died before they could get rescue to him.
backhoeboogie
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Jogeephus":cvh1lz3v said:
As cheap as amonia is, I keep bottles everywhere. Neutralizes the venom acid in scorpion stings too. Immediately hit the sting of a wasp/hornet/scorpion with amonia and the venom is overcome - pain ceases.
bigbull338
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i second that good old tobbacca or snuff.will take the sting out fast.an stop the pump knott swelling.been there an done that.an it works.Horticattleman":2v3iktzw said:
buckwheat_87
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Thats the only thing ive ever used, chew on some Levi Garrett for about 15 or 20 seconds put it on the sting then put a bandaid over it and forget about it. It draws the poison out and relieves the pain. The quicker you get it on there the better it works.
CKC1586
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Got stung and grabbed a bottle of the pink ringworm spray I got from Jeffers and decided it couldn't kill me and tried it. Amazing, it immediately took away the sting and no swelling after.
garseer
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I read on my email about taping a penny on the sting and it would work. I also sent that same email to m y sister and she tried it the other day and said it really worked. Wouldn't hurt to try it. I believe I will the next time I get stung.
Stocker Steve
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hillsdown":36girfmg said:Cowdirt":36girfmg said:
I actually had a stiff shot of Drambuie.I don't know if it helped with the itching but it sure helped with the pain
Good idea. Since one shot helped I would try a double next.
