Bitten wasps - what to do? First Aid Tips

bit the wasp what to do
Bitten wasps what to do

Good day! My girlfriend Marina early became a mother, and then a grandmother. Now she has a growing granddaughter, a fidget, who is interested in everything in the world.

They went to the country in the summer, and the child somewhere managed to find a hornet's nest. As a result, the baby was bitten by wasps.

It’s good that Marina’s husband is a doctor. He quickly realized what needed to be done to ease the fate of his granddaughter. Bitten by wasps - what to do - first of all, do not worry and follow useful tips. We read and remember.

What to do if a wasp has bitten

Summer is the time for ripe fruits and berries. However, we must remember that not only we love sweet juicy apples, pears and apricots. Be careful not to get a bite from a wasp or a bee while enjoying them.

After all, the consequences of a bite can be serious. A wasp or bee sting causes pain and burning, redness and swelling, which usually goes away after 1-2 hours. Edema on the face can last up to two days.

Important!
If there are several bites, a toxic reaction may begin. In the article, we will figure out what to do if a wasp or a bee has bitten, what is the first aid for a bee or wasp sting, tell you what to do so that you are not bitten.

The largest number of wasp and bee stings is recorded mainly from July to August. The poison of these insects has a different effect on each individual person, but if you were bitten by a wasp or a bee, it always hurts. Forgetting a bite is difficult. When a person is bitten by a bee or wasp, he experiences severe pain, which can be compared to pain from a burn.

But this is not the main thing, it is important that the consequences of a bite can be different: from a painful swelling of a body part bitten by a wasp or bee to a severe allergic reaction. Therefore, if you are bitten immediately take measures to prevent the entry of poison into the body.

The pain from an insect bite is hard not to notice, which means you know where you were bitten and can take action and give yourself first aid for a bee or wasp sting. Please note that these tips come in handy if you get one bite, with multiple bee or wasp stings, immediately go to the hospital!

To determine who bit you, examine the wound. Only bees leave the sting, therefore, if a wasp has bitten you, do not try to find the sting.

You may need the following things:

  1. tweezers, a needle or other tool to pull out the sting;
  2. alcohol, iodine, brilliant green, hydrogen peroxide, furatsilina solution, soap to disinfect the site of a bee or wasp sting;
  3. antihistamines - supradin, clarithin, zodiac, erius or other means (read dosage and contraindications).

So, if you were bitten by a bee or wasp, you must:

  • thoroughly rinse the site of the bite to wash away the dirt and the remains of the poison;
  • gently pull out the sting so that the poison does not continue to spread;
  • hands should be washed before the procedure, and the instrument must be disinfected;
  • sanitize the wound itself;
  • apply a cold compress;
  • take any antihistamine, even if you have not had any allergic reactions to anything.

If you were bitten by a wasp or bee, you are stressed, so you need to lie down and be in a lying position for some time. Until the swelling from the sting of a bee or wasp has not slept, drink as much liquid as possible. Victims of a sting of a bee or wasp are recommended hot sweet tea or sweetened water.

Be aware that usually the pain, redness, and swelling after the wasp or bee's bite are gone after a few hours. If you are stung in the face, then the swelling can last about two days.

Folk remedies

The most popular folk remedy - alcohol - cannot be used after a wasp or bee sting, since this will lead to increased edema. However, if a wasp or a bee has bitten and there are no medicines and disinfectants at hand, other folk remedies may be very useful:

  • the bite can be treated with parsley - mash the parsley leaf and grease the bite with juice;
  • treat the wasp sting with fresh urine of a healthy person - it is sterile, therefore, fresh urine is often practiced in the alternative treatment of bites, scratches, burns;
  • do not forget that bee venom and wasp venom differ in their basis, wasp venom is neutralized by lemon juice, and bee venom with ordinary liquid soap;
  • help soothe sour pain - try applying sour berry, sorrel, lemon, vinegar compress;
  • pain is also relieved by dandelion milky juice;
  • if a wasp has bitten or a bee will remove lotions from tea, ice, aloe juice, onion, parsley, plantain;
  • a piece of sugar attached to the wound, a heating pad with cold water, an ice cube or a handkerchief previously moistened with cold water, and calendula tincture will also help remove the swelling.

Wasp bitten child - what to do

What to do if a baby was bitten by a wasp or bee? If possible, contact the hospital immediately! After all, the children's body is much more susceptible to bites of wasps and bees than an adult.

Advice!
If you can’t immediately go to the hospital, take action on the spot. As already described, remove the sting, if there is one, disinfect the wound and apply a cold compress to stop the spread of poison and relieve pain.

Prevents the absorption of poison by a salt compress: if a wasp has bitten a child, a cotton swab dipped in saline should be applied to the wound (a teaspoon of salt in a glass of water). It will delay poison and inflammatory exudate that accumulates at the site of the bite.

If a child was bitten by a wasp or bee and signs of an allergic reaction become visible, for example: severe swelling, difficulty breathing, blisters and rashes, give the child an antihistamine in a child dosage (read the instructions for the drug), and treat the bite site with an anti-allergic cream, it can help fenistilo.

And immediately call a doctor or go to the hospital. Keep in mind that an allergic reaction in a child who has been bitten by a wasp is more likely if he has a tendency to diathesis, bronchial asthma and other diseases of an allergic nature.

When to go to the hospital

Do not try your luck if not one bee or wasp has bitten, but several. It is believed that if the number of bites is more than three, then a general toxic reaction can begin.

Keep in mind that if a wasp or a bee has bitten you on the lip, tongue, or larynx, seek immediate medical attention. In this case, edema that appears after a bite of a wasp or a bee, spreading to the entire larynx, can lead to suffocation.

So, you need to go to the hospital urgently and immediately if:

  1. a wasp or a bee bit in the face,
  2. a wasp or a bee has bitten on a lip, tongue or larynx,
  3. bitten by more than three wasps or bees.

If a person has a tendency to allergic reactions, going to nature, always take antihistamines with you.

Attention!
In allergy sufferers, wasp or bee stings can cause dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, anaphylactic shock (blood pressure drops sharply, larynx stenosis occurs, the voice becomes hoarse), nausea, cramps and even loss of consciousness.

After the bite of a wasp or a bee, it is worthwhile to attach to the general first actions the application of a tourniquet above the bite site. To prevent a decrease in blood pressure caused by urticaria, 25 drops of cordiamine can be given to the victim.

If bitten by a shereshen - what to do

A hornet bite is painful for humans, but the toxicity of the poison varies greatly depending on the type of hornet: some sting no more than many other insects, while some species are generally ranked among the most poisonous insects known to date.

If the hornet has bitten, allergic reactions to the bite in some cases can be fatal if medical assistance is not immediately provided to the victim of anaphylactic shock. Consequently, the consequences of a hornet bite depend on the reaction of the stung organism.

The poison of common hornets and most other species is less toxic than bee venom; the sting at the injection does not remain in the wound (although the hornet can inflict several injections in a row). If the hornet introduced a large amount of poison, then a fairly serious inflammation occurs.

According to a special scale of pain in Schmidt's stings, the pain from stinging a hornet is approximately comparable to the pain from stinging a honey bee and is in the middle of the scale (moderately severe pain). Thus, the fear of the hornet is largely exaggerated: its bite is not proportional to the size of this insect.

If hornets wound up in the area, try setting a trap. Hornet trap: put sugar in a jar with a layer of about 1.5 cm, then stir it in water (150 g) then add beer, about half a can. Close with a metal cover and make an incision in it with a cross, bend the edges inward.

Useful information

  • Know that a bee is able to sting only once in its life, it has a serrated sting that gets stuck in the layers of the skin and comes off, which leads to the death of the bee.
  • Wasps, hornets and bumblebees can sting many times, as they have smooth stings, so it is better to flee from them.
  • You cannot kill a hornet that has bitten you, as other hornets attack you immediately. This happens because a chemical substance is released from the body of the killed hornet, which stimulates the attack of other hornets nearby.
  • Wasps sting people more often than bees.
  • A wasp sting is much more painful than a bee sting. A bite of wool is comparable in pain to a bite of a bee.

If a person was bitten at once by several tens of wasps, then a general toxic reaction of the body occurs. Bites of more than 500 individuals are considered fatal.

How to help a victim of a aspen bite

Wasp activity is observed between July and August. The danger of being stung lies in wait both in nature and near the house. Wasps are able to penetrate the most unexpected places: packages, bags, at home, a car interior, so sometimes an encounter with an insect can be completely unexpected.

A wasp sting gives trouble to any other person. As a result of the toxic effect of the poison, severe pain and swelling occurs, and this requires immediate treatment. Let's talk about the consequences of meeting with this representative of Hymenoptera, and what to do when a wasp has bitten.

What is dangerous insect bite

At the time of a wasp sting, poison enters the human body, which contains many biologically active components.

Important!
Histamine promotes an allergic reaction to a wasp sting. It is this substance that is considered to be the cause of edema, itching, urticaria, bronchospasm and anaphylactic shock.

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter necessary for the normal transmission of nerve impulses. But in large quantities it has an inhibitory effect.

Phospholipases are enzymes that break down cell walls, consisting of phospholipids - complex fats. As a result, the cellular contents enter the surrounding tissues, provoking the development of a local inflammatory reaction. Mast cells play an important role in the immune system, which leads to the release of even more histamine into the blood.

Hyaluronidase is an enzyme that helps break down mucopolysaccharides, including hyaluronic acid. As a result of this effect, the permeability of tissues and capillaries increases.

Kinins are proteins that have a vasodilating, hypotensive effect. They increase vascular permeability and cause pain. Amino acids are the strongest allergens.

All these components are responsible for the appearance of a severe systemic reaction in people who are prone to allergies. Is it possible to die from a wasp sting? This is quite possible with the development of anaphylactic shock, if help is not provided in a timely manner.

Consequences of a bite

The following changes appear at the bite site:

  • severe burning pains;
  • itchy skin;
  • redness of the skin;
  • soft tissue edema.

The consequences of a wasp sting depend on the location of the poison. The most dangerous situation is when a person suffers. If the wasp stings in the eye, then there is a pronounced edema of the eyelid and lacrimation. Sometimes discharge of a different nature is noted.

Subsequently, all the membranes of the eye can become inflamed - panophthalmitis develops. A bite on the lips and mucous membranes of the mouth is often accompanied by shortness of breath.

Advice!
The severity of clinical symptoms depends on the number of bites and the individual characteristics of the body. The most difficult wasp sting is during pregnancy, in childhood and a tendency to allergies.

With multiple bites, symptoms of general intoxication appear:

  • fever with chills;
  • dizziness and headache;
  • shortness of breath, tachycardia, heart pain;
  • nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain;
  • sometimes fainting conditions.

With a tendency to allergies, urticaria appears. In this case, blisters appear on the body, sometimes of large sizes. The rash is accompanied by skin itching. A threat to life is Quincke's edema. The symptoms should alert:

  1. severe swelling of the face, lips, eyelids, hands;
  2. with edema of the mucous membrane of the larynx, suffocation appears, hoarseness of the voice, barking cough, noisy breathing;
  3. the face first turns red and then turns pale;
  4. coma and death may develop.

The most serious complication is anaphylactic shock, which develops seconds or minutes after the poison enters the body. In addition to the allergy symptoms, there is a sharp drop in pressure and death is possible.

What to do

If help is provided on time and correctly, then serious consequences can be avoided.

  • If a sting is found at the site of a bite, it must be removed.
  • The wound should be disinfected with what is at hand: hydrogen peroxide, iodine, cologne, antiseptic solution, calendula tincture, alcohol, or just rinse with soap and water.
  • Apply cold to the bite for 20 minutes. You can use ice dipped in cold water cloth. This will help reduce pain and prevent the further spread of edema, as this causes vasoconstriction.
  • If the wasp stings an arm or leg, then a tight bandage can be applied to prevent the spread of poison.
  • Be sure to take a drug for allergies: "Suprastin", "Zodak", "Cetrin", "Claritin." Sometimes the use of hormonal drugs is required.
  • An ointment containing hormones or antihistamines, such as Advantan, Hydrocortisone Ointment, and Fenistil Gel, helps with a wasp sting.

In order to avoid complications in the form of infection of the wound and the rapid spread of poison throughout the body, you can not:

  • comb the place of a bite;
  • try to squeeze the poison out of the wound;
  • use water from nearby reservoirs for cooling;
  • take alcohol.

First aid for a child with a wasp sting is the same as for adults. Pregnant women are not recommended to take hormones and antihistamines on their own, the use of any medications only after consulting a doctor.

When hives, Quincke's edema and anaphylactic shock appear, an ambulance should be called immediately. Be sure to consult a doctor if a wasp stings a face.

The day after the wasp sting, treatment is continued. All the same antihistamines, if necessary, hormonal agents in the form of tablets and ointments are prescribed until the condition improves and the edema passes. This may take from one day to five days, sometimes more.

With urticaria, Quincke's edema, drugs are administered intramuscularly or intravenously in the first days, then they switch to taking pills. Anaphylactic shock requires treatment in a hospital setting.

Folk remedies

Folk remedies for a wasp sting can be especially useful when taking medications is contraindicated, for example, for pregnant women. Such means can be dispensed with if there is no threat to life.

How to remove a tumor if a wasp has bitten:

  1. apply for 20 minutes to the site of the bite a cloth dipped in a solution of baking soda or salt (1 teaspoon per 200 ml of water);
  2. lotions from tea help;
  3. if plantain grows nearby, then a clean leaf of the plant is applied to the sore spot;
  4. you can put a piece of sugar on the wound.

It is also useful to know how to anesthetize a wasp sting. Wasp venom is able to neutralize normal aspirin, which also has an anti-inflammatory effect and reduces pain. The tablet is taken orally, but acetylsalicylic acid can be used for topical treatment: dissolve in warm water and grease the bite.

Effective lotions with a weak solution of vinegar or lemon juice. On a sore spot, you can put a cut apple, tomato or onion.

How to avoid a bite

You can prevent the unpleasant consequences of meeting with a wasp. It is especially important to remember these simple rules for those people who have a tendency to allergic reactions.

  • When going to nature it is better to wear clothes of soothing colors. Be sure to cover your legs, arms and head. Do not use perfume.
  • On the street, it is undesirable to eat fruits, berries and sweets.
  • If a wasp is nearby - do not make sudden movements and wave your hands.
  • Do not disturb the hives.

The problem of insect bites is very relevant, since it is difficult to find a person who would not experience it on himself. Meeting with a wasp is always unpleasant. Therefore, everyone should know how to treat a wasp sting. If you have a trip to the forest, fishing or just for a picnic - do not forget to bring along allergy and insect bites.

Wasp sting, what to do?

A wasp sting differs significantly from the bites of insects such as, for example, a bee or mosquito. A bee at the moment when it stings a person leaves its sting in his skin, and therefore dies some time later.

Attention!
The wasp sting has no notches; after a bite, it remains in the body of the insect, which flies safely and continues to exist. In addition, the wasp is much larger than a bee, therefore it stings a little more painfully.

Like most insects, wasps appear on the street with the onset of heat, usually in the last month of spring. You can encounter this hymenoptera anywhere, most often outside the city, in the country or in the field. Wasps can be in love with human habitation.

They build nests under the roofs of frequent wooden houses, outbuildings, garages. Such a nest is a small cocoon of gray color. Such proximity to insects is not only unpleasant, but also dangerous for humans. It is sometimes quite difficult to get wasps settled under the roof of the house.

Stinging, the wasp injects a small amount of poison into the human body, which can cause an allergic reaction and lead to its general intoxication. Usually, the bite of one wasp does not pose a danger to human life, since the amount of poison injected into it is so small that it is not capable of provoking serious poisoning.

At the moment when a wasp stings, a person feels acute pain from her sting, then redness of the skin occurs at the site of the bite, its slight swelling may be observed.

In some individuals, as a rule, women and young children, a wasp sting may deteriorate and a slight increase in body temperature may occur. Similar symptoms last for several hours or 2-3 days, then completely disappear.

The bite of any insect is dangerous due to its ability to cause severe swelling, provoke the appearance of urticaria. Therefore, immediately after it has occurred, some actions should be taken that will allow to avoid the unpleasant and even dangerous consequences of intoxication of the body with poison.

The place of the wasp sting must be disinfected, washed carefully with antibacterial soap, then lubricated with an antiseptic, because the sting of the insect can contain various pathogens that can cause various human diseases. For example, staphylococcus aureus.

Important!
Prevent the spread of poison throughout the body, as well as reduce swelling allows the cold. Ice must be applied to the sore spot for 15-20 minutes. It is also known that wasp venom is able to neutralize ordinary Aspirin.

The tablet can be taken orally, if there are contraindications, crush it, add it to warm boiled water and grease the bite with the resulting solution. This will relieve skin inflammation and significantly reduce pain.

What to do if the arm is swollen?

A moderate and short tumor in the place where the wasp sting visited, is a kind of reaction of the body to the toxin present in it and which has entered the bloodstream. Therefore, after local therapeutic measures, it is recommended to take any antihistamine.

It should be taken for several days until the swelling and redness of the skin are completely eliminated. An antihistamine is taken 2-3 times a day in accordance with the instructions.

Before taking, you should familiarize yourself with the contraindications and side effects of the drug. No drugs should be taken orally without a doctor's prescription for pregnant women, as well as for people with severe diseases of the internal organs, renal failure, a diagnosis of HIV infection, children under 14 years of age.

In what cases should I see a doctor?

A wasp sting is not an obligatory reason to see a doctor. The help of a specialist is only necessary if:

  • the victim has a sharp deterioration in health;
  • severe swelling of the tissue at the site of the bite;
  • extensive urticaria;
  • the bite is located in the head and neck;
  • the victim already had a sting like insect, and he had a violent allergic reaction to the poison that fell into the body;
  • not one, but several wasps stung him at once.

How to prevent?

The insect stings a person when he is a danger to him. If the wasp sits on your clothes or skin, you should not wave your hands sharply, start screaming, much less try to slam it with your hand.

Upon contact with an insect, you should behave calmly and not make any unnecessary movements that could frighten him. In most cases, with such behavior, the wasp flies away safely without stinging.

Advice!
In no case should you try to knock down a hornet’s nest with a stick, anywhere, be it a house or a tree branch. Since in this case the insect will protect its housing and bites can not be avoided.

It should be borne in mind that families of wasps living in nests can have a large number of individuals. The more bites, the higher the dose of poison received by the body, which means that its intoxication is stronger and the healing process takes longer.

What to do when bitten by wasps

Stinging insects are members of the order Hymenoptera. If a wasp has bitten, then its poison causes local toxic reactions in all people, and allergic only in susceptible to this type of toxin. What to do if a wasp has bitten? Do not panic.

On average, a person calmly tolerates 22 bites per kg of body weight; Thus, the average adult can withstand> 1000 bites, and 500 are fatal for a child.

Unexpectedly, a large number of people see a doctor for a wasp sting and subsequent complications after hurricanes and other environmental disasters.

Bees and bumblebees usually do not sting unless provoked; However, Africanized honeybees (bee-killers), South American migrants who live in some southern and southwestern states of the United States, are particularly aggressive. Bees sting once, and leave their sting in the wound, introducing poison, this kills the insect.

Melittin is the main component of the poison that causes pain. The poison of Africanized bees is not more powerful than other bees, but it causes more serious consequences, because these insects attack in swarms, inflict multiple wounds, increasing the dose of poison. Bee stings cause 3-4 times more deaths than poisonous snakes.

Wasp stings have several burrs, do not remain in the skin, so these insects can bite many times. The poison contains phospholipase and protein antigen 5, which are the most allergenic.

Although they also do not bite, if not provoked, they nest in close proximity to the person, so provocative meetings occur more often. A wasp sting is the main cause of allergic reactions.

Attention!
Insect attack is not unique, rare, the same cannot be said about the chemical composition of the poison. After all, why wasps sting so painfully?

The poison does not just hurt; This is a multi-stage micro-assault attack with two goals:

  1. As an offensive weapon, the goal is to paralyze insects to facilitate transport back to the nest.
  2. As a defensive weapon, poison causes severe pain and this causes large animals to leave it alone.

In order to understand the effect of poison from a wasp sting, it is very important to know what exactly pain is: localizes physical suffering associated with physical trauma or illness. Nerves say to the brain, “Hey, your arm is damaged,” or “your leg is burning.”

The result is not long in coming, the creature that is in pain will fight or run, depending on what best removes the threat of additional physical damage.

The pain from a wasp sting can be very intense, but it is an exaggeration of real physical damage, which is minimal. The bite allows the wasp to convince the enemy that it is capable of causing much more physical damage than would be expected from a small creature.

The poison achieves this effect by a multi-stage attack against the nervous system at the cellular level:

  • With the help of a sting, poison enters the bloodstream.
  • Peptides and enzymes in the poison destroy cell membranes by spilling cellular contents into the bloodstream. Violation of cells of the central nervous system of neurons, leads to the fact that the damaged cell sends signals back to the brain. We perceive these signals as pain.
  • The pain continues to come and other substances contained in the poison, such as norepinephrine, stop the flow of blood. This is why the pain can last several minutes, the blood stream cannot carry the diluted poison away.
  • Finally, hyaluronidase and MCDP (peptide) will pave the way for membrane-destroying elements in the venom to move to other cells by melting connective tissue between them. This leads to swelling and redness that occurs with most insect bites.

A wasp bites in order to convince most large animals so that they do not try to kill or eat it.

Symptoms and signs

Local reactions to a wasp sting - burning, passing into burning pain, itching, erythema, swelling and hardening of the bite to a few centimeters in diameter. Swelling and redness usually peaks after 48 hours, and may persist for up to a week.

Important!
Allergic reactions can manifest as urticaria, angio-neurotic edema, bronchospasm, hypotension, or combinations thereof; swelling in itself is not a manifestation of an allergic reaction.

A wasp emits a chemical odor (pheromones) that warns other wasps to attack.

What to treat

Parenteral administration of adrenaline and antihistamines for systemic allergic reactions is required. Taking analgesics (ibuprofen (Mortin, Nurofen) or acetaminophen (Tylenol)) and antihistamines is needed to relieve local reactions and pain.

If a wasp has bitten once, without any allergic symptoms, you may only need local wound care, cleaning and applying an antibiotic ointment.

For mild allergic symptoms such as a rash and itching all over the body, but without any breathing problems or other vital signs, you can be treated with antihistamines.

If you have milder allergic reactions, such as a rash all over the body and minor breathing problems, injections of antihistamines, steroids, and epinephrine will be required.

Some of these treatments can be started at the scene of the accident or in the ambulance. You should be observed a long period of time in a hospital.

If you have a serious allergic reaction, such as low blood pressure, swelling that blocks air from entering your lungs or other serious breathing problems, then you have a life-threatening emergency.

Advice!
Treatment may consist of placing a breathing tube in your trachea. You will be given injections of antihistamines, steroids and adrenaline. And you will be admitted to the hospital - intensive care unit.

With multiple bites - more than 10-20 - but without signs of an allergic reaction, prolonged observation in a hospital will be required.

If you are stung in an eyeball, the help of an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) is required.

Wasp stung? First aid at home

A wasp sting is one of the most insidious dangers of the summer-fall season. If the chances of meeting a bee grow in the apiary, flowering meadow or in the country, then the wasp can trap everywhere.

A village porch, a fruit stall, a city street and an apartment - this is where this predatory insect attacks. The harm from an aspen bite is much more than a bee sting: the aggressor can bite repeatedly, and the risks of an allergic reaction to poison are many times higher. What to do if you were attacked by a wasp, and how to organize treatment yourself?

Wasp - insect is very annoying. This is known to everyone who at least once tried to fend off a striped predator in nature or in their own home. A bee attacks a person in emergency cases when he sees a real danger, because the first bite for her becomes the last.

In the wound, she leaves a sting and dies. The wasp has everything in a different way: it can sting several times, so it will not calm down until it attacks. Wasps can bite on the street, climb under clothes or in a bag, fly into the room or in any transport. Why sting these insects?

The most important reason is a defensive reaction. These insects are real predators, and they are also very aggressive.As soon as summer begins, they catch and eat small garden pests, flies, and with the onset of July heat they go in search of other food.

They are real sweet tooth, love the sweet smell of flowers and fruits, women's perfumes, bright summer colors. And the enemies for them are not only small midges: any extra movement of a person, an wasp will perceive it as a signal to attack.

What does it look like?

Wasp sting
Wasp sting

Hymenoptera bites are difficult to distinguish from each other. If a wasp has bitten, the wound at first glance can be mistaken for an attack by a bee. But to know what the place where the hornet’s enemy stung in the photo looks is very important.

Attention!
If an angry wasp stings at the cottage of your child or one of the adults, you will be able to instantly make a diagnosis, assess the harm and take medical measures.

How to recognize swelling from an aspen bite in the photo? The following signals will help.

  1. Extensive redness;
  2. A tumor around the bite, in the center - a red trace of a sting;
  3. In the wound itself there is no wasp sting;
  4. Sometimes - local swelling up or down from the wound;
  5. With an allergic reaction - edema, up to gigantic.

There are other signs that the photo will not tell about: this is an unbearable itch in the affected area, a bit later - severe pain. If there is an allergy to wasp venom, the head begins to spin and hurt, the throat dries up, the urticaria spills out.

First aid

What to do if a wasp attacked you or a child came running home with tears and obvious traces of a sting from a black and yellow predator? Provide first aid as soon as possible. To do this, there is a clear algorithm of actions that must be remembered.

Wasp bitten? Urgently leave the place where you were attacked. No need to try to kill the aggressor, especially if there are several: it can cause a second attack. If there is one insect, just brush it gently. Be sure to rinse the bite site.

Wasp can carry many bacteria on its sting, so the wound must be urgently treated with an antiseptic. Suitable hydrogen peroxide, chlorhexidine, alcohol. If they are not there - water and a simple soap.

It is important to stop the spread of poison as quickly as possible. If your leg or arm is bitten, tie a tight braid or ordinary scarf on top. Liquid will help to remove toxins: the victim should drink plenty of water with sugar, fruit drinks or sweet tea.

To relieve pain, you need to bandage the damaged area, on top - ice or any cold object. At home, the flesh of an apple, half a tomato or onion will also help to remove the pain - you need to put them directly on a bitten place.

Even when first aid is provided for a wasp sting, it is necessary to carefully monitor further symptoms. Edema can begin immediately after an insect attack, and the next day. If the bitten place is greatly swollen and increases by 1.5-2 times, and the patient feels poorly, one should go to the doctor.

Important!
How to relieve swelling? If a wasp has bitten, one of the main signs will be swelling. What needs to be done to eliminate the tumor as quickly as possible and prevent its spread? Pharmacy drugs will help.

To relieve itching and the first slight swelling, special ointments after insect bites are suitable: Fenistil, Gardeks, Moskitol, etc.

If the black-and-yellow predator attacked the baby or the victim is an allergic person, it is necessary to drink antihistamines without waiting for dangerous signals. You can take any pills or grease a wasp sting with ointment: Prednisolone, Fenistil, Hydrocortisone, etc. And if you are in nature (cottage) and there are no pharmacy assistants at hand, home and natural remedies will be saved.

Folk remedies for removing the tumor:

  • Finely chop the parsley, squeeze the juice and attach to the wound.
  • Spread the white dandelion juice on the tumor and rub it gently.
  • Squeeze juice from fresh mint and apply to affected skin.
  • Apply fresh wormwood juice to the wasp sting.
  • Make compresses from tincture of a golden mustache.
  • Attach a leaf of Kalanchoe to the itchy place.

Knead a clay clay cake (blue or white) with water and alcohol and attach to the tumor.

For lovers of custom medicine, this treatment is suitable: apply a compress from the urine of a child or a healthy adult to a stung place. Earwax will also help relieve swelling, if you gently smear it with a bite.

If a child is injured

The attack of a winged predator can provoke a severe allergic reaction, even in an adult. And if the baby was bitten by a wasp, the risks of complications are even higher. In addition, these insects also attack children more often: children like to crawl into secret places, often find hornet's nests. And sweets and fruits in children's hands attract even more aggressive insects.

What to do if your child was bitten by a wasp? Instantly treat the sore spot and stop the development of the tumor.

If the hunter was killed immediately after the attack, a sting may remain in the wound. It is necessary to remove it with disinfected tweezers. A wasp is able to bite and sting at the same time. In any case, the child’s wound should be washed with an antiseptic and ice applied.

Even if there is no allergic reaction, you need to give your baby an antihistamine syrup (Erius, Eden, Claritin, etc.). A soda compress will help to remove the pain and a small swelling: a teaspoon of therapeutic sodium in a glass of water.

Antihistamine ointments will be able to prevent the effects of allergies. And “Panthenol” and other creams and ointments based on it will remove irritation and itching. If even after these actions the baby does not feel better and urticaria begins, numerous swelling of the face and neck, breathing problems, it is urgent to go to the hospital.

Hornet sting
Hornet sting

Unlike a noble bee that dies after being bitten, a wasp is a tireless fighter. If she decided that the situation requires self-defense, she will try to bite and sting several times. Why it happens?

The bee sting has notches that get stuck in the skin, after which the sting breaks off. The wasp sting is thin, smooth and perfectly attached to the abdomen. The insect can sting several times, inject poison, and it will not harm it.

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But for a person, the consequences can be catastrophic - a large dose of aspen poison provides powerful intoxication and allergies.

The only way to leave a sting in the wound is to kill the insect directly on the skin, from which the attack weapon will break off and become stuck in the wound. You can remove it only with sterilized tweezers, so as not to enhance the effect of the poison. Cutting stung skin, scratching and squeezing a hornet sting is strictly prohibited.

Bite mark on day two
Bite mark on day two

How to treat a wasp sting on the second day after the incident and should it be done? To choose the right medical tactics, after an insect attack, carefully monitor the reaction of the victim.

Most adults have swelling and redness within a few hours. Only a small red dot remains where the predator injected its poison. But in children and allergies, tumors can last up to 3-5 days.

How to continue therapy the next day if an adult or child was bitten by a wasp? It is necessary to give the victim antihistamines orally 3 times a day for 3 days. Or longer - until the swelling subsides and the skin returns to its natural color.

If the patient was hospitalized with severe urticaria or edema, antiallergic agents will be administered intravenously or intramuscularly in the first few days. Then - switch to tablets. After anaphylactic shock, a full-fledged inpatient treatment is required.

What if an evil wasp attacks you? Optimists advise: think about the healing power of such a bite. Bee and hornet venom are quite similar in composition, but the benefits of bee stings have long been recognized in alternative medicine.

But do not forget: the harm of wasp venom is incomparably higher than bee venom due to the large number of allergens. All the few useful substances in the poison that tone and improve metabolic processes have long been synthesized and are found in conventional medicines.

What is the danger?

Wasp poison is a whole complex of biologically active substances that cause intoxication of the body. A single dose usually does not harm, but if a child is the victim, an allergic person or an insect stings several times, the danger increases.

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The poison contains acetylcholine (blocks the transmission of nerve signals), histamine (the main culprit in allergies), phospholipase enzymes (provokes the inflammatory process), hyaluronidase toxin and glycemic index, which dramatically increases blood sugar. The hornet venom also has special mastoparan toxins that destroy cells.

Another danger is the weapon of attack itself. These insects love to search for food in the garbage dumps, and are not averse to dine and carrion. Therefore, the wasp sting becomes a real breeding ground for bacteria. The harm from this is obvious: any infectious agent can get into the wound after a bite and cause purulent inflammation.

How is allergy manifested?

It is difficult to confuse an allergic reaction to wasp venom: red skin, a huge swelling that changes face beyond recognition ... A severe allergy to this insect is rare, but the consequences of meeting a wasp in this case can be fatal. According to statistics, about 2% of the world's population have an increased susceptibility to wasp venom and are able to die from suffocation after a normal bite if they do not receive help on time.

How to find out that the victim has an allergy to a wasp sting?

  • As soon as the wasp stings, severe pain occurs;
  • After a few minutes, the consequences are already visible - the stung spot swells, itches, sometimes hardens;
  • Hives, headache, shortness of breath begin;
  • Confusion occurs and even fainting.

Such symptoms will tell about anaphylactic shock - an extreme degree of allergy. The skin is very itchy in different places: on the site of a bite, on the head, on the palms and feet; the voice sits, it is difficult for a person to breathe. Then the pressure drops, vomiting begins, and acute heart failure develops. Then - Quincke's edema and asphyxiation.

What to do if you or someone from relatives was bitten by a wasp? First, provide first aid and stop the action of the poison. All improvised means for this can be found in the first-aid kit, in the kitchen and even in the garden. If obvious allergy symptoms occur, you must call an ambulance and hospitalize a bitten person.

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