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Q: Bee Sting What to Do
asked by: dilllake on September 3rd, 2003
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Recently I had got stung by a wasp or bee (not sure what it was)
and it swelled up to about 6 inches in diameter and about half an inch
high.I heard that these stings just get worse each time.Wondering if next time I might need a pensil
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Suzy
replied on September 22nd, 2003
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Bee Stings
Hi dilllake,

yeah sounds like you are allergic to bee stings. If you get stung again get yourself off to the hospital for sure, but on the way make sure to flick it out with your fingernail, don't sqeeze or push it, you will squirt more of the poison in. The sting is throbbing and pumping as much poison as it can into you, so try to kind of scratch it away so you get rid of the stinger and the poison bag to.

Suzy...
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nikki_caro
replied on September 24th, 2003
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Suzy is right. You might be allergic. But my sister angela was going to be a nurse and she studied like everything and I have gotten stunhg like a million times!!! (i cried each time) and she would put ice, and if we didnt have ice...Then mud. Sounds gross but it helped. I still cried but it went down.
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summeri56
replied on July 3rd, 2009
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Ice definitely helps and you are allergic to the sting.
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littleonefb
replied on July 3rd, 2009
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You need to see your doctor now before you have a chance to be stung again. It sounds very much like you are allergic to bee stings or wasp or any in the family of stingers.

You need to be evaluated and be prescribed epi pens to carry with you at all times in the event you are stung.

It can only take seconds for an anaphylactic reaction to occur and kill you.

Get to your doctor right away so you can be prepared in the event it happens again.

Fran
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