07-06-2014, 03:32 AM
Birchl,
Be really carefully in the future about hornet and wasp stings, these kinds of repeated exposures with increasing reactions can mean you are developing an allergy, and when you live in a rural area anaphylactic shock is nothing to mess with, it can kill you before help can get there. I know because that is how I became allergic to all stinging insects.
If there is a cigarette smoker in the house I have found that putting a polstice of wet tobacco can counter act the poison of the sting, you can watch the red area recede before your eyes, both topical and oral benedryl help if you do it right away, and you might want to think about getting an epi pen and keep it handy when you work in the yard, it can be a literal lifesaver!
The vector control people were really helpful to us twice, they are an efficient and effective use of our tax dollars.
Carol
edited to silly typos
Be really carefully in the future about hornet and wasp stings, these kinds of repeated exposures with increasing reactions can mean you are developing an allergy, and when you live in a rural area anaphylactic shock is nothing to mess with, it can kill you before help can get there. I know because that is how I became allergic to all stinging insects.
If there is a cigarette smoker in the house I have found that putting a polstice of wet tobacco can counter act the poison of the sting, you can watch the red area recede before your eyes, both topical and oral benedryl help if you do it right away, and you might want to think about getting an epi pen and keep it handy when you work in the yard, it can be a literal lifesaver!
The vector control people were really helpful to us twice, they are an efficient and effective use of our tax dollars.
Carol
edited to silly typos
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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