quick home remedy for bee stings

[magical thyme]

grind aspirin into baking soda, add water to make a thick paste. scrape the stingers off gently and pack on the paste.

Don't ask me how I know this. Ow.

It's been more than 15 minutes since I scythed the hornets nest. Still no sign of anaphylactic shock. Phew.

6 stings total. Pain is finally subsiding. After I ripped my pants off to treat, the last one flew out and attacked me in the bathroom. Luckily it was dizzy or something and I smack it between my palms and than beat it to death with my shoe. Either that or I screamed it to death.

[Lars39]

1. Dang! Sorry that happened to you!

Don't take it for granted you're now immune from bee stings, though. Your body might decide to react badly to the next one.

[magical thyme]

4. anaphylactic shock is a function of the allergy system

you're never immune to bee stings. Your body either reacts normally or reacts crazy suicidally, lol.

Seriously, anaphylactic shock has something to do with the IgE antibody, but I can't for the life of me remember what.

[Lars39]

5. Yes! Glad you're informed.

Hope you get over the stings quickly.

[magical thyme]

7. I had to google it

because I couldn't find it in my notes. I know I have it translated into normal English somewhere...

•With IgE-mediated allergic anaphylaxis, initial exposure to an allergen results in up-regulation of mast cells and basophils, and IgE antibody development on their surface; repeat exposure results in allergen-IgE binding and subsequent cell degranulation and mediator release

https://www.clinicalkey.com/topics/immunology/anaphylaxis.html

Sadly, I wish I could find it in my notes because there I have it translated and the entire process described.

Hah! While googling, I discovered I had 2 of the symptoms: feelings of doom and shortness of breath. I'm chalking those up to the fact that I was being chased by a bunch of angry yellow jackets or whatevers with their stingers set to kill, and that I ran all out for 5 hundred feet while yelping, lol.

I must have had a freakin' target painted on me. They passed my dogs and my horse and never bothered any of them. Phew.

[Lars39]

9. Doom and shortness of breath will also cover the next time you have to scythe the grass in that area

I'm gathering you looked like your 'hair on fire' emoticon, except in a straight line projectory.

[magical thyme]

10. the spot where the scything ends marks the evil area

which I may attack this Saturday evening with my hornets spray that shoots 20'. I had to use that some years back on a wasp nest up under the eaves of my garage. Those suckers just keep coming at you -- it's really terrifying. I just kept that spray going while backing up full tilt until they finally drop.

And yeah, hair on fire w/straight trajectory until I was running around the house looking for the book of herbal and home remedies that I just bought yesterday, and then looking for the baking soda, mortar and pestle, aspiring, etc.

I was just in the bathroom and the bee corpse looked strangely upright. I put my glasses on and turned it on its back with a pen -- little legs were kicking away! That sucker was alive!!!!! Not any more. This time I beat it with my shoe until it was in pieces. Hopefully they won't find their way back to each other and glue themselves back together :

[Lars39]

13. Gah! Zombie bees!

Kill it, kill it dead!

[gvstn]

14. Does the aspirin make a difference?

I've always had intense pain with bee stings and a baking soda and water paste gives pretty much immediate relief. I never heard the aspirin bit. I'll keep that in mind but don't think I could spend the time finding and crushing an aspirin before just grabbing the baking soda and slathering on a quick paste.

I once ran over a yellow jacket nest with the lawn mower as a teenager. It was awful. I stood there trying to shoo the yellow jackets away until I realized they weren't afraid of me and were in full kamikaze attack mode. I threw my jeans in a tub of water which worked pretty well to contain the last ones from getting in anymore stings.

[panader0]

2. Or, if you have a cigarette,

break it open, and wet the tobacco. Apply to the sting for instant relief.

[magical thyme]

3. nonsmoker here.

I'll have to stick to the aspirin and baking soda

[cwydro]

6. Hot tea bag works too.

Hot as you can stand it.

[elleng]

8. Screamed it to death, I really like that!

I know about baking soda, not the aspirin part. Glad you're OK.

[magical thyme]

11. the aspirin is a stroke of genius...puts the anti-inflammatory right at the spot

thank you. I'm getting occasional sting recall from the worst one on my ankle. My wrist, on the other hand, has even lost most of the swelling/redness.

I don't get the severity of the ankle one. It was through my sock, but it had a big hole at the stinger spot. Maybe the sock rubbing it caused the stinger to rock back and forth and keep releasing venom...

[elleng]

12. Sorry about the ankle sting (and all of them.)

I have maybe a dozen+ bites of various kinds, lots around ankles, from simply watering my 2 rose plants, walking across the yard, running out 5 or so times an evening to pjotograph sunsets, and a few evenings ago, having dinner on the patio. The itch times seem to be on a schedule of sorts, so I spend 10 minutes every few hours applying anti-itch stuff. Happy no bee stings!

[madamesilverspurs]

15. Yellow jacket nailed my toe

when I was a kid playing at a neighbor's house. Her mom picked me up, carried me into their kitchen, cut open an onion and put half of it on the toe. Pain left instantly, but she left the onion in place for a couple of minutes; when she removed it, the stinger was on the onion and my toe was a little swollen but otherwise fine.

Weird, huh?

[csziggy]

16. I used to use meat tenderizer, baking soda and Benadryl cream

If you can powdered, unseasoned meat tenderizer with Bromelain, that breaks down the proteins in the toxins. The baking soda helps soothe the area and the Benadryl of course is an antihistamine.

But that was before I started have worse reactions. Last wasp sting was next to my nose and in minutes I couldn't breath at all through my nose. So my husband took me the walk in clinic where I got shots and was watched for an hour to make sure they would work.

I need to get someone to go around and spray all the nests around the house. Usually my husband does it at dusk but with his work schedule he hasn't been able to. I hate using poisons, but I hate wasp and bee sting worse.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Meat tenderizer works for me too. nt