How do you deal with a wasp sting?

[woodworm]

Last night i put my glove on to open the woodburner and waslucky enough to find a wasp inside the glove. It stung me between my little finger and the finger beside it and my hand swelled up like a puffer fish. Spent 2 hrs in A & E at Kings Lynn from 3am this morning only to be sent home without them doing anything apart from telling me to have 2 days off work. (yeah righ:001_rolleyes:t) Its still swolen now and hasn't gone down at all. How do you guys deal with wasp stings and am I right to think that an epi-pen should from now on be in my first aid kit?

[testcricket01]

sounds nasty that, not alot is my answer i normally just leave them alone or if they are bad i stick some cream on it for bites and stings.

[Nick Waring]

i stick the mothers home made cream on it. works a bloody treat. better than anything out there i've tried!

[woodworm]

i stick the mothers home made cream on it. works a bloody treat. better than anything out there i've tried!

 

Well come on then, we need the recipe

[Stephen Blair]

anti histamen cream ,piritton is good aswell.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

sounds like you was having a reaction?

 

also if you got stung at this time of year when the wasps are dormant generaly and not feeding, so the sting, being stomach acid will be concentrated and probably quite severe.

[woodworm]

anti histamen cream ,piritton is good aswell.

 

I took 2 piriton straight after the sting and have had 4 today and no effect. Haven't tried the cream though. Have just taken 2 ibuprofen to try to reduce the swelling. Who knows?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

your unlucky mate, the thing to watch out for is if that swelling spreads, are your viens well up at your arm pit?

[Nick Waring]

Well come on then, we need the recipe

 

Can't give you the recipe, because its part of my mother's product range, but she is happy to send you some to try. The old man was stung in a similar way, had his jacket in the barn, put it on and got stung three times on the arm. Put the cream on straight away and after an hour you couldn't even see where he had been stung. The mother says its mostly due to the emu oil and essential oils in the balm.

[Jonesie]

I use lavender oil on stings and bites always seems to work for me.