ground bees stinging me!
judyefd
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Comments (29)mexicanhat, thank you for the info about the correct medical terminology and the supportive words. petaloid, no it doesn't sound like he does, I will ask, and doubt that whatever he was supposed to wear around his neck was a medic alert but some drug, doesn't sound like EpiPen if that has to be injected. At the least, I could help pay for that for him, could have offered to do that already now that it has come up, when it is time to renew when it has expired, he can let me know (he's 22 now and has to take responsibility for what he can control). I also think community health might help him if he tried there. My grandmother never gave up her gardening but tried to be really careful about bees, and medical services and medications back in the 1950's were far different. I think I've been stung about 5 times in my life so people who have never been stung are fortunate indeed. Sometimes it doesn't hurt as bad for as long, depends on what part of the body and maybe the type of insect. I'd be deathly afraid of bee swarms or killer bees, try never to provoke them when I know they are there. They get in the house sometimes, and I developed a strategy to catch and release, we do need them for pollinating (one sting was from that not that bad). I would kill one if I had to, a bunch, no. If you miss, they might retaliate. They are super fast in flight when they feel trapped. And cute and furry as the yellow jackets are, there's no making buddies with them....See Morebee stings
Comments (3)Will that cure work on wasps too? I never knew that yellow jackets burrowed under the ground and one day as I was trying to neaten up an azalea bed, I pulled a long branch out of the soil to cut it off, ans a whole mess of yellow jachets swarmed me. It was awful, the pain from about 25 stings all over my bidy and the itching a day or two later was almost worse! ohris \...See MoreDogs and Bee/Wasp stings (long)
Comments (5)" I wondered about an epi pen ... I'm supposed to have one since I have allergies and asthma ... but the one I had expired and I didn't refill it." Well, I'm not your Mama, but I'm gonna tell you what you already know. Get your Rx for your own allergies filled while you're at it. It only takes ONCE Pam to get yourself into a sticky situation with anaphylaxis. It happened to me once. It was before I had the script for an epi pen. I dragged myself outside and sat in my drive gasping to wait for the squad so they'd be sure to find my body if I passed out first. I was alone and no way could I have driven myself to the ER in the shape I was in. And when the syptoms start, you don't have any guarantee how quickly they'll progress. Here me? ;-)...See MoreThose who have dealt with bee stings with their dog
Comments (12)I used to breed and exhibit a brachycephalic breed dog. Was always concerned about insect stings. My Vet provided me a couple of appropriately dosed syringes dosed up with dexasone - Dexasone is a steroid that prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation. Cost was maybe $3 total - shelf life was in years. If one of mine was stung, I was to inject the dog, administer Benadryl - liquid to get into system quickly, and phone and tell him I was on my way to his hospital with the dog(s). I no longer have that breed - I now have a rescue Greyhound - and my Vet has provided me again with two dosed syringes - however he has told me to not use them before calling him, however start the Benadryl. (Liquid.)...See Morejudyefd
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