I stepped on a wasp last nite [yes, in my own kitchen. yes, I was wearing shooz -- thongs]
Anyone got a good remedy for the swelling / itching / stinging?
Feels like I’m walkin’ around on a prickly golf ball….
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My older girl got hit by jellyfish in Hawaii and the lifeguard put meat tenderizer and vinegar on it. Very dramatic recovery.
‘Course the sooner it’s applied, the better. Check this out:
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/08/02/meat-tenderizer-for-pain-of-sting/
Make sure the stinger is out. You might need someone else to look as it’s hard to do by one’s self.
Once out, Bocopro is on to something.
Go here, too.
http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/wasp-sting-treatment-1108.html
Wasps don’t leave stingers behind. That’s bees. The wasps’ stingers are multiple-fire weapons, which is why they’re not shy about letting fly.
Oh, and: I’ve been deleted by Boing Boing! All my comments seem to have hit the Ministry of Truth.
I’M SOMEBODY!!
(/navin)
Runu it under hot water, as hot as you can stand it.
You’ll know when it’s “done”.
Grandma used a half an onion. Rub it on the sting site. Pain should be gone in five minutes, Plus the onion is an antibacterial.
As a kid, I got stung a LOT!
Used to be a bee keeper.
Use Absorbine Jr. for honey bee stings and have used for yellow jacket, bumble bee and hornet stings.
Get well soon
Owweee those buggers hurt –Ice immediately and hemorrhoid cream after and I’d take an antihistamine just to be sure your not allergic to it. Everyone has good advice any of it would be great.
You need someone to pee on it.
Pretty sure I saw that in an episode of Friends.
Male saliva & Chapstick covered lips. The *last* thing you will be thinking of is a wasp sting! Potential side effect: Depending on the stingee, a 911 call may be involved. Very rare (…only happened once…) a call for large combination pizza & 6 pack of Chardonney…
Ditto on above: soak in the hottest water you can stand for a while, apply meat tenderizer poultice. Both break down the poison. The tenderizer is best put on ASAP before the poison gets too deep.
If you have any chronic joint pain, you may notice relief for a few days. The antihistamines you release to fight the poison also helps with joint inflammation.
*ahem*
Claire wears thongs too :)
^ Not sure how wearin’ a thong has anything to do with a foot …
(What? Oh … the sandals kind.)
Nev-er-mind
Love the new avatar, mojo. Very evocative.
Clay mask. It pulls out the venom as it dries, same as it does with the oil in the pores on your face. The in-laws use it on scorpion stings in AZ.
Of course, since it’s been a while, you may just want to use the tenderizer. The mask works best on a recent sting, not a while later.
Yep, cut onion
Grandma used a half an onion. Rub it on the sting site. Pain should be gone in five minutes, Plus the onion is an antibacterial.
And it still tastes great on tonight’s burger!
When it first stings, the best thing is a poultice of spit and cigarette tobacco. After that, the poison is in your system and you have an allergic reaction.
Benadryl is what you need. Take two and stay off your feet as much as possible.
Well, Folks, now that has been about five hours from the incident, and since any additional advice on First Aid is long overdue…..
We can at least take solace in the fact that between the vinegar, onions and steak tenderizer…. At least we can have a BBQ!
Get well, we don’t want to taste your foot….. Well, excepting maybe Buddy Hog.
;)
Pass the ketchup.
Get well, we don’t want to taste your foot….. Well, excepting maybe Buddy Hog.
Hey! I take excepting to that!
Okay, fine. I have sucked on a foot or two in my travels. Of course, they struggled a little, at first, but none of them ever called 911 after that! So I’ve got that much going for me.
Pickled Claires foot.
You Guyz Rawk! Thank You!
All written down for the next time — and Somebody Else, I hope.
Now it’s only half a golf ball and it itches like a dirty bassturd.
Exploring the incredible joy of scratching an itch…. The human body — whadda machine!
uhh……
Reminds me of the snake-bite scene in Bananas (esp. the ending).
Glad you’re feeling better Claire.
I learned a bit, too.
Single malt Irish whiskey, preferably no less than 16 years old. Apply orally until the pain subsides. In a pinch a blended Irish whiskey will suffice, but absolutely no less than 12 years old. Bushmills or Jameson for the former. Powers or Tullamore Dew make an acceptable 12-year old blended.
After reading all of the above treatments & cures from the Porch’s EMT
gang, I just hope our Claire, ppwckliaau, survives! The mixture of the
suggested potions, chemicals, spices, libations & assorted alcoholic
based liquids is enough to bring multiple HAZMAT teams racing to her
farm with sirens screaming & scaring all the chickens, too!!
“It will have to come off!”
– Doctor Gumby
I was just going to suggest baking soda, since that’s what Mom always put on our bee stings. The itching is the worst part!
from an MD
problem is the foreign proteins. open top of sting. use extractor syringe to get proteins out. then take antihistamine and if swollen start a course of steroids like medrol dose pack. ice occasionally.