Bee Stings!<\/p>\n
Call 911 if the person has:
\n\u2022Trouble breathing
\n\u2022Feelings of faintness or dizziness
\n\u2022Hives
\n\u2022A swollen tongue
\n\u2022A history of severe allergy reaction to insect stings
\n\u2022Inject epinephrine if the person is unable to.
\n\u2022If the person has a history of anaphylaxis, don’t wait for signs of a severe reaction to inject epinephrine.
\n\u2022Read and follow patient instructions carefully.
\n\u2022Inject epinephrine into outer muscle of the thigh. Avoid injecting into a vein or buttock muscles.
\n\u2022Do not inject medicine into hands or feet, which can cause tissue damage. If this happens, notify emergency room staff.
\n\u2022The person may need more than one injection if there’s no improvement after the first. For an adult, inject again after 10 to 20 minutes. For a child, inject again after 5 to 30 minutes.
\n\u2022A person should always go to the ER after an epinephrine injection, even if the symptoms subside.<\/p>\n
Step 1
\nRemove the stinger as soon as possible. Do NOT pull it out with your fingers or tweezers. Doing so will squeeze more poison into the wound, making it hurt worse afterwards. Instead, scrape firmly against it with a finger nail or credit card.<\/p>\n
Step 2
\nApply ice wrapped in fabric to the bee sting for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
Step 3
\nMix vinegar, baking soda, and meat tenderizer into a paste. \u2022Meat tenderizer contains an enzyme called papain that can break down toxins in bee venom.
\nThis mixture will make you smell like an antipasto sampler.<\/p>\n
Step 4
\nApply it to the bee sting. It will fizz.<\/p>\n
Step 5
\nWait 20 minutes for the symptoms to subside; they should disappear about an hour after application.<\/p>\n
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Bee Stings! Call 911 if the person has: \u2022Trouble breathing \u2022Feelings of faintness or dizziness \u2022Hives \u2022A swollen tongue \u2022A history of severe allergy reaction to insect stings \u2022Inject epinephrine if the person is unable to. \u2022If the person has a history of anaphylaxis, don’t wait for signs of a severe reaction to inject epinephrine. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bee-sting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}