Bee Sting?
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Buy Benadryl cream it should stop the itching and take the swelling down. Also examine the wound the stinger might still be in there which is causin it to swell up.
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it will stop soon don't worry
try a baking soda paste, just enough water to make it stick to your foot, usually best right after the sting, but may help. Sounds like you may be allergic.
baking soda and just enough water to make a paste!!
you should get it checked out because it could be infected
Go to the emergency room. Some people have gone into shock and died from bee stings.
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It sounds like the stinger is still in your foot. Make a paste out of baking soda and a little bit of water, then spread it over the area where you got the sting, put your foot up, and let it dry completely. This should help the irritation and draw out the stinger. You could also be allergic to the bandage adhesive, so I would recommend not covering the sting. If your foot is badly swollen and you are still having symptoms in the next few days, go to see your doctor because you could be having a mild allergic reaction to the sting. crush up an asprin and add a little water until you get a paste. put the paste on the bottom of your foot and wait until it dries. this will extract the venom of the bee sting and the stinger if it is still in there. it will also help with the itching.
moist of these are very good answers - only advice or answer I can give you is to wear shoes next time silly
It's NORMAL! And, if it's itching? Your gonna be allright!
FREE ADVICE: Where shoes, flip-flops or tennis shoes next time!
Good luck.FreeBird/Andrew
What are stinging insects?
The majority of stinging insects in the United States are from Bees, Yellow Jackets, Hornets, Wasps and Fire Ants. Except for fire ants all of these insects are found throughout the United States. Fire ants are at this time found only in the southeastern United States.
Who is at risk?
Over 2 million Americans are allergic to stinging insects. The degree of allergy varies widely. Most people are not allergic to insect stings and most insect stings result in only local itching and swelling. Many, however, will have severe allergic reactions. 50 to 150 deaths occur each year from these stings, and up to a million hospital visits result form insect stings. If you are known to be allergic to insect stings, then the next sting is 60% likely to be similar or worse than the previous sting. Since most stings occurring in the summer and fall, you are at greatest risk during these months.
What types of insect sting reactions occur?
Most insect sting reactions are not allergic and result in local pain, itching, swelling and redness at the site of the sting. Some extension of the swelling is expected. Local treatment is usually all that is needed for this type of reaction. Disinfect the area, keep clean and apply ice. If the swelling increases antihistamines and possibly steroids may be needed. Occasionally, the site will become infected and antibiotics are needed. Large local non allergic reactions (occurring 10% of the time) are often alarming and can persist for days. This is usually not a cause for concern and are best treated as above.
The most serious reaction is the allergic reaction. The allergic reaction to insect sting varies from person to person. The most serious is called anaphylaxis and as indicated above can be fatal. Severe reactions are suspected if a person experiences hives and intense itching at sites other than the sting site. Difficulty breathing, swallowing, hoarseness, swelling of the tongue, dizziness and fainting are signs of a severe allergic reaction. These types of reactions usually occur within minutes of the sting, but have been known to be delayed for up to 24 hours. Prompt treatment is essential and emergency help is often needed.
Treating Bee Stings
Dr. Greene, My son (along with several of his classmates) was recently stung by bees. The sting was on his foot, and the next morning, the entire foot was swollen. Is this serious? How do you treat bee stings? What insect repellents work the best at preventing them?
California
Bee stings have been a nuisance long enough to have appeared in prehistoric cave paintings in Spain. Bee stings are part of our collective memory and they are part of our individual memories as well. While many moments of childhood come and go, the surprise, the pain, and the tears etch bee stings into images that we can recall even in old age, when our short-term memory begins to fade.
Bees have a highly developed social culture. The many species of bees have an important role in our environment. Most species of bees are clearly beneficial to humans. They are also the only insects that make food consumed by humans. But their stings hurt. and can be lethal.
Typically, bees are not aggressive creatures. Their stingers are for defense, not attack. Honeybees die when they sting. Preventing stings is best for all concerned. Traditional insect repellents are of no use in preventing bee stings. What does work?
Effective prevention means not attracting bees and not frightening them if they are present. Prevention techniques are especially important in the fall, when most stings occur. It takes 2 million visits to flowers to make one pound of honey. In the autumn, as flowers disappear, bees search more widely for food and take more risks.
Today, I spent some time with a beekeeper who was standing inside a screened cage full of honeybees. The bees rested on his bare face and arms as he described how to avoid stings. Flowers attract bees by their fragrant aroma, their bright colors, and their sweet taste.
To avoid attracting bees, try the following:
Avoid fragrances, including hair spray, scented soaps, lotions, and oils. Bees usually approach children with a sweet scent. Avon's Skin-So-Soft may make bees less apt to explore, and it is safe even on young children.
Don't wear brightly colored clothing, particularly floral patterns, i.e. don't look like a flower patch. Bees also see in the ultraviolet range. If the pattern lights up under black light, it is particularly interesting to bees.
Be very careful with food. Cans of soda are notorious: Bees climb in unobserved, and are frightened into stinging when the child drinks. Something as small as a forgotten raspberry jam stain on a sweater can be a problem.
If a bee does land, take steps to avoid frightening it:
Hold still. Tell kids to pretend they're statues. Rapid movement startles the bee and encourages stinging.
Try blowing gently on the bee. This can encourage it to move on while not startling it.
Wear shoes. Bees will of course be frightened if you step on or near them. Shoes don't make them less frightened, but they do protect feet from frightened bees.
Wear long pants when you know you are going to be in an area that is likely to have bees in it, such as a field.
Wear a hat. Furry animals steal honey from bees. Bees are in a heightened state of readiness when they are close to hair or fur. They have been proven to have a lower threshold for stinging people with hats. The beekeeper today was wearing a pastel baseball cap.
The bee's stinger is barbed. In the act of stinging, the stinger is torn from the bee, along with the venom-filled poison sac and attached muscles. The barbs continue to work the stinger deeper into the flesh for several minutes, while venom continues to be injected. This led to statements such as this, which appear in most books on pediatric advice: "The stinger should be removed with a scraping motion by using the rigid edge of a credit card or a dull butter knife. Never attempt to pull out the stinger using fingers or tweezers, since this will result in the injection of more venom."
An excellent study published in the Lancet, August 1996, turns this advice on its ear. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, and Pennsylvania State University tested what really happened by measuring the size of the weals raised on their own forearms by bee stings. After stings in the left arm, they left the stinger in for 0.5 seconds, 1, 2, 4, or 8 seconds and then scraped the stinger out with a credit card. On the right arm, the stinger was removed by pinching the stinger between the thumb and forefinger at the same time intervals. There was no difference in weal size between the different methods of extraction. The weals did get larger, though, with each second that the stinger remained.
If one is stung, the wound can be treated in the following ways:
Remove the stinger with all haste, in whatever manner is most convenient. If you see a little black dot in the wound, part of the stinger is still present.
Apply a solution of one part meat tenderizer to 4 parts water. Papain, the enzyme in meat tenderizer, breaks down the protein in bee venom responsible for the pain and itching. Don't leave this on for more than 30 minutes, or it can irritate the skin. If this isn't available, you might try an antiperspirant. Aluminum chlorohydrate reduces the effect of bee venom, but to a lesser extent.
Apply cold. Use ice or cool water for 10 to 30 minutes after the sting. This blunts the body's allergic response.
An antihistamine such as Benadryl, taken by mouth, can give some added relief, and help prevent the reaction from spreading.
A shake lotion such as calamine can be helpful. A paste made of baking soda and water can have a similar effect.
Topical hydrocortisone can also provide some symptomatic relief.
Give acetaminophen or ibuprofen for systemic pain relief.
After a bee sting, different children will have different reactions:
Bee stings cause immediate, painful red bumps.
In most cases, the pain has largely disappeared within 2 hours, although swelling may not be apparent until the next day.
Large local reactions, larger than 3 inches in diameter, will often persist for up to a week. A physician should be consulted if the reaction continues to spread.
Systemic reactions such as hives, redness, or swelling elsewhere on the body, vomiting, dizziness, hoarseness, thickened speech, or difficulty breathing, should receive prompt medical care from a physician. Also, be sure to see a doctor if there were 10 or more stings, or if one of the stings was inside the nose or mouth, since swelling can interfere with breathing.
A child who has had a systemic reaction to a bee sting (which I can personally relate to) should follow special precautions set forth by his or her pediatrician. This will include carrying injectable epinephrine (which I do).
Although systemic reactions occur in about 3% of children who are stung, and anaphylactic shock can follow as many as 0.8% of bee stings, thankfully only 50 people in the United States are killed by bee stings each year, and only 1 to 2 of these are children.
You may be mildly allergic, but since this sting happened Sunday I doubt it's more than that. Itching is normal in a sting site. I should know: I got stung in my foot many years ago when I was playing badminton with my brother!
A baking soda paste may help. And alcohol on the site will help relieve the itch. break a cigarette and wet some of the tabacco and put it right on the spot
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