Wasp sting

If you had to pull the sting out wouldn't it have been a bee sting? I trod on a bee once when wearing open toed sandals and thought at the time I'd broken my foot; boy did it hurt. Mayve you need to see the practice nurse to check there's nothing left in your toe? Now, had it been a hornet sting WD40 would have been required [honest ].

Wasps don't leave their stings behind like bees do. My old nan always used to say 'bicarb for bees and winegar for wasps...'

Ice and antihistamine should do it - foot up for the rest of the day sounds good.

I was stung on the finger by a wasp last week when I grasped it on the arm of a garden chair. I happened to have some Anthisan to hand, to stop some bites itching, so applied the cream immediately and never felt a thing. Usually a wasp sting swells and hurts for a few hours and itches when healing, but it was a miracle cure! I now carry a tube in my handbag and another in my rucksack.

What a caring DH you have NanKate, I hope you will recover soon but you might as well be waited on for a bit longer!

I was once sitting on the top floor of a bus with my then fiance when a bee flew in through the window and down the back of my dress where it stung me. DF proceeded to lift my clothing and rummage around to make it drop out, much to the amusement of fellow passengers!

Vinegar for a wasp. My grandson was stung (then the wasp stung me too) in the local co-op and I hurriedly bought a bottle of vinegar to put on it. It worked quite quickly.

Dragonfly that is what I learned also and have found that it works well.
* 'bicarb for bees and winegar for wasps*
'The other thing that is magic (in my book) is Witch Hazel gel. It is good for applying to bruises and itchy skin.

I agree, Crow. I once saw witch hazel applied when a friend got hit in the eye with a cricket ball on the eve of her wedding day. I was sure she would have a black eye but there was nothing to see the next day! I have also heard of leeches being used in similar circumstances, but there were none to hand!

I was once stung on the thigh when a wasp flew up my skirt at work. They don't seem to affect me so I carried on typing. There was a 'high and mighty' from county hall in the same room, having a meeting with my boss and the following week I was at a seminar at which he spoke and told everyone about it as an example of 'commitment to the job'.

Well done for carrying on Rubysong. I think I'd have had to have danced the can can to get rid of the darn thing

Thanks everyone or our advice. The Piriton, ice block and foot up seems to have worked well. Plus I had my Boots yellow clicker thing for bites on me and I gave it 3 clicks.

Yes Shysal I am lucky with DH he is very kind, however I have to be firm as he could boss me about given half a chance. Lucky I have got my late Mum's sparky nature.

Whats the Boots yellow clicker thing?

Tegan Boots sell a plastic clicker which you place over the sting and click and a tiny shock wave kills off the itch. It works well for me and I take it everywhere attached to my key ring. Costs about £6.00.

Thanks for the information on that Zap thing, we are having problems with all kind of beasties this year. I have just ordered 1 from Amazon for £3

I must get one; I had heard about them but they'd slipped out of my mind [along with so many things]. I thought they also sucked out any poison [or am I thinking of something else?]. Thanks for reminding me, though!

Itch? Wasp sting ITCH? Blimey, I wish....!

I've been stung by wasps a few times over the years (we seem to get wasps nesting in our loft space!) and each time the pain was horrendous. My hand swelled up and vinegar did nothing to ease the pain, despite wrapping my hand with a frozen face-flannel. It took over a week for the swelling to start to go down.
Another time we were out in a NT garden with MIL when I was stung and we sought help but no one seemed to know what to do - someone in the caff gave me a small container of vinegar but it didn't do a thing to ease it.

I'm interested in the clicker thing, but would it help for the pain or just an itchy midge bite or similar?

It doesn't suck out the poison but it does stop the itching and if the itching returns I give it another couple of clicks. The zapper contains about a 1000 clicks.

Not sure about pain.