Wasp sting

[slinkycat]

I was stung by a wasp a week ago and my arm is still itching. Not all the time, but maddening all the same! There is also a very small lump under the skin. I'm not overly concerned, just wondered if its normal to still have irritation?

[welshlibranr]

probably your body is isolating the poison, when your body has dealt with it then the itching should stop.......happens to me when I get a sting or insect bite!......

[slinkycat]

I hope so Welsh, like I say its driving me mad! Haven't been stung by a wasp for years, but don't remember the itching going on so long before!

[welshlibranr]

maybe get some 'stingeze' from the chemist, but may not work now, as the sting is not recent!...I always have the problem when I get a sting or bite!....always leaves a mark for ages too!.......

[Clanad]

I know it sounds suspect, but here in the U.S. our smallest coin is a penny... it's made with a coating of copper (used to be solid copper). Point is, if you have such a coin or any other object of copper, wet it lightly and place it on the sting... which almost immediatley goes away. It works for me and others in our family...

[slinkycat]

That's worth remembering Clanad, will try it if I'm unlucky enough to get another wasp sting.
Btw here in the uk we have a collective term for small brown coins, "coppers"! Though I think thats becoming outdated!

[nannakath]

Have you taken any antihistamine tablets-they will help. Two people recently I`ve come across with the result of a wasp sting, one had a bandage on as hers swelled up. She had tried bicarb but it`s vinegar for wasps that you apply on after the sting. I was so uncomfortable with mosquito bites in Florida once and someone gave me an antihistamine tablet which relieved it. Hope it improves soon.

[slinkycat]

No I haven't Nanna, although a friend gave me some cream, think it was "anthisan", but that said to stop using after 3 days.

[RATTER15]

As a Pest Controller I often got stung by wasps, always itched like a buqqer for a good few days.

Wasps still scare the crap out of me :-(

[angiealf]

Bicarbonate of soda is good for wasp stings.
Mix a small amount with enough water to make a spreadable consistancy, cover the sting thickly with the mixture and let it dry. leave for as long as poss.