Woman Survives Bee Attack
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Bees live from a few weeks to a few months depending on the season.
Taking The Sting Out Of Bee Stings
Remove Stinger You must properly remove a honey bee's stinger and venom sac from your skin promptly. The best way to remove the stinger and sac is to use the back of your thumbnail or a credit card or a dull knife blade to scrape along your skin underneath the barb and flick it out, without squeezing the venom sac. Ice Sore Spot Put an ice cube on the sting site to keep down the swelling and pain. Use ice on and off for about the first 10 minutes -- put it on for a few minutes, leave it off a few minutes, and so on, one doctor suggested. Apply Baking-Soda Paste Make a paste from baking soda and water and place it on the sting. Comfort Sting With Compress To ease soreness and itching, apply a compress made from a washcloth soaked in cool water. Or soak a mini-compress in Burow's Solution (available in drugstores as Domeboro Astringent Solution powder packets) and hold it on the itchy site. Soothe The Itch More itch relief can come from dabbing calamine lotion on the sting or from soaking in a soothing bath prepared with a powdered oatmeal, such as Aveeno. Use Antihistamine Some people develop a severe local allergic reaction to a sting, which is very uncomfortable but not life-threatening, as long as it is contained to the sting site. If you experience a lot of itching, and the sting is swelling rapidly, try taking one dose of an over-the-counter antihistamine, such as Benadryl (the active ingredient is diphenhydramine). Elevate The Area If a sting becomes so swollen that it actually aches, elevate the stung arm, leg or other body part so that gravity helps fluid leave the area, reducing swelling and the soreness that comes with it. Information provided by www.healthyideas.comCopyright 2007 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.






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