Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- Antibacterial Soaps
- Tweezers
- Baking Soda
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Calamine Lotions
- Cold Compresses
- Insect Repellents
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Step 1
Remove the stinger as soon as possible. Use your fingers, tweezers - whatever works best.
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Step 2
Wash the site with soap and water, or clean it with alcohol.
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Step 3
Put ice or a cool, wet compress on the inflamed area.
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Step 4
Soothe the inflammation with a paste made from baking soda and water. Apply calamine lotion to help relieve itching and pain.
Comments
hyperband said
on 02/08/2009 When removing a stinger. Never use tweezers fingers or anything that will compress the end of the stinger as a venom sack is still attached to it. This will cause the venom left in the sack to be injected into the wound. The proper way to remove a stinger is with a card or other flat riged thin object. Scrape the stinger off the skin.
paintslinger said
on 29/07/2009 apis mel, a homeopathic remedy is great for bee stings.
hockeygrl said
on 28/07/2009 What works great for me and my kids is applying toothpaste, it doesn't matter what kind they ALL work my kids are up and ready to play in seconds!
capricorngirltx said
on 27/07/2009 I also used tobacco from a cigarette. I packed it on with water to hold it on the area that was stung and the stinger came out and it took the pain away within minutes.
buttknuck said
on 27/07/2009 I know for a fact that the application of mud (made with juice, water, coffee or any other liquid available) will cool and dry the sting almost as fast as it dries and will remove the stinger most of the time as well. Very helpful when you are deep in the woods and not prepared to be stung