Treat Insects Sting Home Remedies

BEE STING

Treat Insect Sting:
Most people known to be at risk of a severe allergic reaction find the prospect of being stung very frightening. Fortunately the risks of this happening are reduced if sensible precautions are taken and the chances of a sting proving fatal are reduced considerably if the victim is carrying self-injectable adrenaline (also known as epinephrine).
 
Symptoms:
A bee or wasp sting may cause a large swelling at the site of the sting. Providing that the sting site is not on the face or in the airway that might be obstructed by the swelling, this is not dangerous. A few people (less than 0.5% of the U.K. population) may experience a severe, generalised allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. The symptoms may include:

SWELLING

• an itchy feeling
• difficulty in swallowing
• hives (nettle rash) anywhere on the body
• generalised flushing of the skin
• abdominal cramps and nausea
• increased heart rate
• difficulty in breathing due to severe asthma or throat swelling
• a sudden feeling of weakness (a drop in blood pressure)
• a sense of doom
• Collapse and unconsciousness.

Not all these symptoms would necessarily be present.

How to Treat Bites???

1. Apply lemon juice directly to the bite to relieve pain.

2. Using half an onion. Rub it on the area. This will take away the sting.

3. Rub the area with a clove of garlic to remove pain. Garlic is a natural antibacterial .

4.Using a cotton ball, dab white vinegar on the affected site.

5. Apply Worcester shire sauce to the area. This will take out the sting.

6.Apply ice directly on to the bite, followed by aloevera gel which has wonderful healing proper ties.

Bees:
It makes sensational reading when the media write about ‘killer bees’. Bees sting only if they feel threatened or when their nest is in danger. Anyone who is attacked by a swarm will testify that it is a terrifying experience. Over 100 bee stings do not necessarily kill; however, one sting can kill a very bee-allergic person.
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) and Bumblebees (Bombus var) are generally less aggressive than wasps. Bee-keepers are liable to be stung by bees protecting their colony and wear protective clothing when collecting swarms or honey. Even when dangerously allergic, they may be very casual in the amount of protection they use.
Most bee-keepers are stung many times and become desensitised (free of allergy). A few become allergic and may refuse to give up their hobby, hoping they will not be stung again; inevitably, they are.
The bee leaves its stinger (with venom sac attached) in the victim. Because it takes a few minutes for all the venom to be injected, quick removal of the stinger is important and can be done with one quick scrape of the fingernail or a credit card.
 
Wasps:
Wasps are often aggressive, especially towards the end of the season (late summer and autumn). They will then turn to eating any decomposing foods. Fruit pickers often encounter wasp stings in the early autumn. From autumn until the end of the year, sleepy wasps can still be found and are then perfectly still and not buzzing, and it is much easier to accidentally touch or step on one.

WASP STING

For most of the year wasps remain the most aggressive stinging insects likely to cause anaphylaxis and are best avoided using the suggestions in the ‘Avoiding insect stings’ section below. Because wasps have smooth, non-barbed stings that can be withdrawn, a wasp can sting many times. The wasp’s sting in nature is the main weapon it has to subdue the insects that form the substantial part of its diet and for this reason it is always ready, willing and able to use its sting when necessary.