How do you deal with a wasp sting?

[Mesterh]

How do you deal with a wasp sting?

 

I like to run around waving my arms and screaming like a big girl:thumbup1:

 

Oh and then break out in large painfull red swellings

[Arborist]

Deffo get a eppi pen and through the summer carry it with you at all times.

 

Your hand swelling up is one thing but there is a possibility that you could swallow a wasp either in a of coke that it has flown in to or the slim chance that it flew in to your mouth and then your throat would swell up just like your hand and you would find it hard to breath.

[gingertreeninja]

granny used to put vinager on mine! oh and use milk for a bee sting, something to do with the ph of the venom

[felixthelogchopper]

How do you deal with a wasp sting?

 

I like to run around waving my arms and screaming like a big girl:thumbup1:

 

Oh and then break out in large painfull red swellings

 

You know how to enjoy yourselves up north, don't you

[County4x4]

Nick - how hard do you have to squeeze an emu to get the oil out of it:confused1: Or does she boil them up in a great big pan......?

 

My YTS boy many many years ago had Ian Gillan style long curly hair. We were cutting back a boundary line in the back of nowhere and he was in front clearing the way, then I was 20 yards behind him with a chainsaw, and then my mate was behind me tidying up. Said YTS boy goes and treads right in a wasps nest, and it being back end of the year they were grumpy and set about him with some vigour! First thing my mate saw was this poor lad tearing towards him in a proper screaming panic with me and the saw chasing close behind him yelling at him not to come near us!! He thought I'd finally lost the plot big time:laugh1:

 

Young Ian ended up with loads of the blighters stuck in his hair and about twenty stings - he was never quite the same after that. He was the same guy who blew himself up in quite a spectacular fashion some months later lighting a big brash bonfire - we had to take him to hospital for that one too once we'd stopped rolling about on the floor wetting ourselves.

 

happy days.

 

Andy

[penfold]

i use a cream called anthisan which is for any insect bites or stings so is quite useful for anyone working outdoors. i'm sure we're all responsible enough not to break hse guidelines about first aid kits aren't we?

[Doug Blease]

How do you deal with a wasp sting?

 

I like to run around waving my arms and screaming like a big girl:thumbup1:

 

Oh and then break out in large painfull red swellings

 

I also run scream, run away, rip my clothes off, find the customers garden hose and start crying....

[Charlieh]

athisan and piriton,

 

I never had a problem with wasp stings at all, used to be able to squash them on my hands and arms with no bother, but then i had one in the toe of my boots one morning, swelled my foot up like a ball, couldnt get my shoe on for 3days till the swelling went down, and have been told to be very careful in the future! may be worth asking your doctor, as one lad i worked with we knew we had to get him to hospital within the hour! something else to add to the R/A anyway

[Omniata]

As said before get an epi pen...

 

Here's a link on various "ailments", most work due to you believing they will and the brain releases appropriate "endophines" to make it feel better:

 

www.insectstings.co.uk

[Zenfordinner]

I find that soaking the swollen area in a fairly strong solution of baking soda and cool water is useful for reducing the heat and swelling (and any itchiness) of stings.

 

An epi-pen is probably a good idea especially as one's reactions to wasp stings tend to become stronger with repetition.