How to Treat Bee Stings

Bees are a species that is beneficial to us humans. Bees can collect honey, and honey can be used to maintain the human body. Honey is rich in many kinds of nutrients needed by the human body, which can enhance people's immunity and beautify the skin. However, bees can also sting people. After a bee stings a person, the skin will become painful, red and swollen, and in severe cases it can be life-threatening. How to deal with bee stings? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. How to deal with bee stings?

After being stung by a bee, the stinger will remain in the skin. You must use a sterilized needle to remove the broken stinger stuck in the flesh, then pinch the stung area hard and suck repeatedly with your mouth to suck out the toxin. If you don't have any medicine at hand, wash the affected area thoroughly with soapy water, and then apply some vinegar or lemon juice. 2. If shock occurs, after dialing "120" or on the way to the hospital, be sure to keep the injured person's breathing unobstructed, and perform first aid such as artificial respiration and cardiac massage.

2. Precautions

1. After being stung by a poisonous bee, applying ammonia to the affected area is basically ineffective, because the histamine in the bee venom cannot be neutralized by ammonia.

2.Wasps are poisonous, but bees are not. After being stung by a bee, you should also remove the stinger first. The difference in treatment from wasps is that you can apply some ammonia, baking soda or soapy water to the wound.

3. If you have no symptoms after 20 minutes of being stung by a bee, you can rest assured. After being stung by a bee, there is often a stinger left in the wound. You should first pick it out with tweezers or a needle, and never squeeze the stinger in the wound with your hands. Bee venom is acidic, so you can apply ammonia or soda water to the affected area for 5 to 10 minutes to neutralize the venom. You can also wash the affected area with soapy water, and apply ice to relieve redness, swelling and pain if necessary.

3. Notes

After being stung by a bee, no sting will appear in the wound. The bee venom is alkaline. You can dab the wound with cotton dipped in lemon juice, or rinse it with vinegar and diluted acetic acid or boric acid. Because wasp venom is highly toxic, it can sometimes cause symptoms such as mild fever, headache, nausea, and in severe cases, even dangerous conditions such as convulsions and shock. Therefore, those who are seriously stung by wasps should be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible to avoid delaying the injury.