Bee sting HELP!

[Carol G]

Ok, y'all were so helpful with remedies when I was a yellow fly smorgasboard, so I thought I'd ask here...

What do you do for bee stings???? I was stung on the arm yesterday afternoon by a yellow jacket... it's been 25+ years since I was stung, and I sure don't remember it hurting/itching/swelling this badly when I was a kid!

I've iced it, used topical benadryl & cortisone, and am taking advil, but it seems to be getting more swollen and painful instead of less.

So bring it - what are your home remedies for bee stings?

 

[Kurt]

Ouch! I wish I had something for you.

 

[Teresa]

oh that hurts! drink wine.
where is Dr Skunky?

 

[Will B]

Yuck...yellow jackets are the worst. You can expect the swelling to go as long as a day before it starts to go away. Looks to me that the only thing you left off was meat tenderizer, but I don't know if that would be benefit this long after the sting. It would be like peeing on somebody's leg a day after getting zapped by a jelly! LOL!

 

[scooterbug44]

It sounds like the stinger might still be in there. Otherwise the treatments you mentioned should have done the trick.

 

[Mango]

Ouch. I feel your pain. I got stung about a month ago on my large toe. The pain just kept getting worse as the night progressed and I went to the ER because my foot was getting numb with pain.

I had received a package that day from New Mexico and we didn't know what bit me since I opened the package in my yard and I got bit near the package. Turned out to be a bees nest in the ground near the woods, it was dusk and I couldn't see it.

They gave me a shot of Benadryl (they wanted to give me steroids, but I declined) and by morning, the pain was alot better. But, man oh man, if you get bit in a sensitive area or it hits a nerve, it can be quite painful. Last time I was bit by a bee it was non eventful, but I was told that the second or third bite can be quite different, even can cause anaphylasis. It's best to take the Benadryl internally vs. externally & Will is right, it can take a whole 24 hours to feel some relief and that was with Benadryl.

 

[tistheseason]

I have been stung three times this summer -- it had been 30 years since the last time I was stung. I was shocked how painful it was! It took 2 days before the intense pain subsided. At least 5 -7 days before the itching and swelling was completely gone! Lots of ice, some vinegar, benedryl and advil . . .

 

[Em]

ammonia (seriously)

 

[Will B]

It sounds like the stinger might still be in there. Otherwise the treatments you mentioned should have done the trick.

Could be, but the thread isn't exactly clear. The title says "bee sting", but then, there's this...
"What do you do for bee stings???? I was stung on the arm yesterday afternoon by a yellow jacket"

Carol G...was it a bee or a yellow jacket? Bees are bees and yellow jackets are wasps...

Moot point this far after the sting, though...