Bee/Wasp Sting

[redrhodie]

Ice it!

[indysteel]

A few years back, I got stung on my face during a ride. The initial allergic reaction was pretty minimal, but a day or two later, the area grew red, swollen, warm to the touch and itchy. It turned out that it had gotten infected. According to the nurse practitioner I saw about it, it's pretty common for a sting to get infected. A short round of antibiotics cleared it right up. I'm no doctor, but I wonder if that's what you're experiencing.

[kajero]

Thanks for all the great information. The sting seems to be better today and I don't think it is infected . . . of course if I keep scratching and rubbing it . . . .

I am sure going to get some of the Sting Stop and some meat tenderizer. (my friend told me that today, too.) Also a small bottle of Benydral. My bike first aid kit seems to be growing. Soon I will need one of those kids bike trailers.

My mother had a severe reaction to bee stings so maybe I inherited part of that. Or maybe the bee was just mad that it crashed into me and wanted revenge.

[Dogmama]

One time I got stung in the boob. That little bugger had to have good aim because his target was pretty small!

[indysteel]

one time i got stung in the boob. That little bugger had to have good aim because his target was pretty small!

lol! :d

[jessmarimba]

I jinxed myself by ignoring this thread.

I was driving to the grocery store for lunch, had my arm out the window, and BAM!! Some little bugger flew into my hand at 50 mph, got really mad, and bit the heck out of me. I have never felt that much pain from a bug. I almost vomited in the car.

I pulled my hand in and watched as a little bite mark appeared, then turned red, and watched the red spread, and now my thumb is fat and the skin is tight and it doesn't really bend anymore.

No stinger though, so I'm guessing some kind of wasp? The area of the bite mark (which is now indistinguishable in the red swollen area) is pretty sensitive.

Gonna go home and put some ice on it. Stupid bug.

[Dogmama]

Gonna go home and put some ice on it. Stupid bug.

Put the ice on your hand. The bug is probably already dead.