What to do if your child is stung by a bee

Children are the flowers of the motherland, the pillars of the country, and the hope of a family, so parents have high expectations for their children. If a child develops certain diseases beyond imagination, parents will be anxious and unable to sleep or eat. Over time, the healthy growth of the child becomes a concern for parents. Their children's injuries make them feel sad. What should you do if your child is stung by a bee?

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.

If shock occurs, after dialing "120" or on the way to the hospital, be careful to keep the injured person's breathing unobstructed, and perform first aid such as artificial respiration and cardiac massage.

Apply cooling oil externally to relieve pain. If inflammation or infection occurs, oral antibiotics are needed for anti-infection treatment. During this period, drink more water, eat a light diet, avoid spicy and irritating foods, pay more attention to local hygiene, and keep it clean.

You can apply Pi Yan Ping externally. If there is an infection, you can use erythromycin ointment for treatment. Drinking more water will help improve the symptoms.

You can pull out the stinger and drip milk onto the stung area to relieve the pain.

Precautions

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.

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.

Those who are asymptomatic twenty minutes after being stung by a bee can rest assured.

Bees are divided into honey bees, wasps, hornets and ground bees. The female bee has a poison gland and a stinger at the tail. The honey needle is a transformed ovipositor that can inject venom into the human body. The female bee's stinger still has a reverse hook, and after it pierces the human body, part of it remains in the wound. The sting of a wasp does not remain in the wound, but the sting of a wasp is more serious than that of a bee. The venom glands and stingers of drone bees do not cause any harm. Bee venom mainly contains formic acid, neurotoxins and histamine. After being stung, people mainly experience local severe pain, burning, redness, swelling or blister formation. After being stung by a swarm of bees or a wasp with more venom, the symptoms are more severe and may include dizziness, headache, chills, fever, irritability, convulsions and fainting. A few may experience laryngeal edema, shortness of breath, vomiting, abdominal pain, increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure, shock and coma.

After reading the above introduction on what to do if your child is stung by a bee, I think everyone should have some understanding. If a child is stung by a bee, measures must be taken as soon as possible to prevent the condition from getting worse and to prevent other complications. Parents should understand and master the methods, and not seek medical treatment or drugs blindly, otherwise it will be too late to regret if some serious problems arise.