Flying Critter Sting

[kmehrzad]

So sorry to hear about your daughter being stung on her tongue. That's truly traumatic for a child. I'm glad too that she didn't have a serious reaction. I've heard one must be exceedingly careful when stung by a bee on or around the face.

Last yr. I was climbing a hill and had my lips parted. Sure enough a bee found its way inside and stung me on the inside of my lip. WOW! I have a pretty high pain tolerance but that sent me over the top. I almost lost control of the bike in my attempt to brush off the bee. The 20 mile ride home was no picnic ... I didn't have any ice with me and the lip was swelling big time and hurt terribly.

I try to be mindful now and keep my mouth closed as much as possible while riding.

Yesterday my 13yo daughter and I were on a ride and at mile 10 she was climbing a hill. When she stood up she opened her mouth and was stung on the tongue by what turned out to be a black wasp. Poor thing has allergic reactions to meds but has never been stung by anything...until now. She went into hysterics. Luckily we were close to a relatives house where we just filled her mouth with ice.

The swelling went down but it's still got a sting to it.

There's so many things you can put on a sting but what the heck do you do when it's in your mouth?

Luckily this was minor...looks like we carry an epi pen from here on out just in case.

Tis the Season I guess.

[Roadtrip]

OUCH. I hate bees and have a mild reaction (it's been ten years+ since) when stung. When I was little my sister got stung on the lip by a bee who had found it's way inside a can of soda for the surgery "nectar" and was still there when she took a sip and didn't realize. ZAP.

I've also found mosquitoes nearly always find me first when out in the yard. I can be working in a group and getting ATE up and look like a fool swatting and hissing at the blood sucking beasts while everyone else is wondering if I've finally lost it.

Gotta love nature!! At least we don't have Black Flies here. Too far south.

[OakLeaf]

Ow, stung on the tongue! Hope she feels better soon. The only time I had a systemic reaction to a sting, I was stung on the face. So good she didn't! But yeah - I keep a current Epi-Pen even though I've never needed one. My doctor will give me a script, I've had systemic reactions to things before, and the way I look at it, it's just a stupid thing to die of for want of a $35 kit.



I guess what we have in Ohio are deer flies, not black flies, but I don't know how anything could be worse. They're on you any time you're outside, unlike mosquitoes they stay out all day long and they don't hover so you can't hear them coming, you can't feel them biting until they're done (and then it HURTS), and they leave a huge welt that lasts for a couple of weeks. Awful.

[marni]

oh your poor daughter. For future reference,anything non acid and with some base ingredients will take the sting out of wasp and bee stings.

too bad there wasn't anything like that around when the bee got caught in my bran and stung me on the nipple. I rode off the road and crashed without feeling anything except the pain of the sting. someone sslapped some yogurt from a squeeze tube on itt and the pain eased considerable. then I took an antihistamine and slept well that night. The next day I looked like a Wagnerian Soprano on my left tit but that was also the end of that.

Insect stings are a PITA.

manri

[OakLeaf]

Owwww!!!! Marni

[Tawnya]

Daughter is doing fine. Thank goodness it was on the tongue and not the face....(school pics today).

A friend of my hubby's had an incident last month with a wasp trapped between him and his saddle. Sure the padded shorts saved his "parts" but he was still stung a few times on the thigh. He stated the feeling was.."interesting to say the least."

Who knew we'd have to battle nature every time we get on our bikes.

[badger]

could these said "bees" really, in fact, be wasps?

I personally love bees and hate to think they're the cause of all this pain. They normally don't sting unless they are trying to defend their hive as they'll die, whereas a wasp will pretty much sting for the sake of stinging.

One way to tell if you've truly been stung by a bee, they'll leave behind a venom sac. Don't try to grab it with your fingers as that will pump more venom in you. Instead, take a straight edge like a credit card and take the edge to it to "pull out" the sac. If there was nothing there, then it was a wasp sting.

I woke up this morning scratching my elbow. Turns out I was pretty much mauled by a mosquito or two, had at least 4 bumps. I found this thing called "Inflam-eze" which contain things like "oil of pain root, karabash, sage, rosemary, and oregano". Smells really herbal-y but it really took the itch out, haven't felt itchy all day.

[kmehrzad]

...too bad there wasn't anything like that around when the bee stung me on the nipple. I rode off the road and crashed without feeling anything except the pain of the sting. Insect stings are a PITA.

OMG!!