How long should itching from bee sting ultimate?
i was cutting the grass yesterday and get stung 2 or 3 times on the leg. once on my upper calf and once on my lower leg for sure. now i have no opinion if it was a bee/wasp/yellow jacket. i wasn't bothered at all until i woke up surrounded by the middle of the night and i couldn't stop itching. i tried every home remedy i could find online to try to make it stop next to no avail. after awhile i finally got back to sleep but when i woke up its still driving me crazy. any concept how long it should be before it stops? its driving me crazy
Answer: I have be keeping honey bees for several years now and i feel pretty confident roughly answering this one. Some form of benidryl or antihistamine will help with the itching and possibly the swelling if taken soon after the sting. You will receive lots of input in the order of thinngs like meat tendorizer, tobacco,baking soda an other topical treatments. they are all simply wives tales. I have tried and they none seam to work. the toxin of a wasp is different than that of a honey bee. a honey bees venom is an irritant used to defend the hive while a wasps toxin is used to kill its prey. My best advice is to not rub or cut into and let it run its course. it is normal for it to be sore for a coupel of days.multiplel stings a morning or so longer.
i got stung bad by a wasp closing year, think wasps are the worst. it itched me for a couple of days, its the poison. irritating
maybe step tot he doctor if you were stung a few times though, or it could get comparatively bad. my dad always use to put chewing tabaco on it and it seem to help, also you may try to squeeze it and the place some drawout sav on it!!