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HORRIBLE WASP STING
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AnnCardiff | Report | 4 Sep 2009 14:36 |
Have just had a dreadful wasp sting - had plenty in the past but none like this - tip of my finger - typing one finger short!!! Finger swollen, can't take rings off, throbbing and red. Flowers welcomed |
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AnninGlos | Report | 4 Sep 2009 14:47 |
Are you sure it was a wasp Anne. Have you got something to put on it? Try putting your finger with something icy from the freezer to see if you can get the swelling down. |
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PollyPoppet | Report | 4 Sep 2009 15:06 |
ouch sounds painful thought this might help |
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Hoobity | Report | 4 Sep 2009 15:29 |
It is advisable not to use tweezers to remove a wasp or bee sting because if the venom sac is still there you will only be squeezing more venom into your system. Use a credit/debit card or similar to scrape the sting out of your skin. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 4 Sep 2009 15:50 |
you lot are all so good - really you are!!! rang the pharmacy and they said get anti-histamines immediately - I had already done the vinegar thing and I did pull the sting out with no problem |
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Julia | Report | 4 Sep 2009 16:39 |
I got stung by a wasp 4 weeks ago, I have never reacted so badly in my life. My whole fore arm swelled up and it felt like it was on fire for several hours. it then turned really itchy and the swelling and bruising didnt completly go for 3 weeks |
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Lindsey* | Report | 4 Sep 2009 16:47 |
If you have any Ibuleve gel that is brilliant for relieving the pain and swelling quickly.. |
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Deanna | Report | 4 Sep 2009 17:10 |
A 'Piriton' tablet may help too. |
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Annina | Report | 4 Sep 2009 17:23 |
Hi Ann, sorry about your sting, they are a pest in Autumn. |
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Grabagran | Report | 4 Sep 2009 17:43 |
OUCH. I remember my daughter was stung on the inside of her bottom lip. A first aider put vinegar on it and left her. |
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Elizabethofseasons | Report | 4 Sep 2009 20:00 |
Dear Ann of Green Gables |
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BarneyKent | Report | 4 Sep 2009 20:27 |
If you can get a horrible wasp sting, can you get a nice wasp sting? |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 4 Sep 2009 20:30 |
well took a Piriton and later another and went to bed because the pain was so awful - knocked unconscious virtually and only woke at 7.45 thinking it was tomorrow!!! finger still painful and swollen but not hurting quite as much |
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Cynthia | Report | 4 Sep 2009 20:46 |
Ah! Thought it had been quiet on the boards! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 4 Sep 2009 21:50 |
make sure there are no wasps in the flowers!!!! |
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Cynthia | Report | 4 Sep 2009 22:26 |
Okay. I'll send 'tiger' lilies!! They'll have a bit more 'bite' ! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 4 Sep 2009 22:31 |
oh good one!!!! |
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