My finger is swollen after being stung by a bee

After being stung by a bee, the wound should be disinfected immediately, because there is no guarantee that the bee that stung my finger may carry germs or toxins in its body, nor can it guarantee what species the bee is. If you are not sure, you should go to the hospital in time, because the injured area will be extremely painful and unbearable. If you don't handle it properly at home, it may cause local ulcers.

1. Immediately find the bee sting at the stung area and remove it, then use cupping to suck out the venom and reduce the absorption of toxins.

2. Wash the area with 3% ammonia solution, 5% sodium bicarbonate solution or soapy water. For wasp stings, there is no need to apply medicine but just apply acetic acid or vinegar locally.

3. You can apply Nantong snake medicine around the wound or choose one of the following herbs to mash and apply externally, such as Viola yedoensis, Lobelia, Polygonum multiflorum, Dandelion, etc.

Use a sterilized needle to remove the broken stinger that has been bitten by the poisonous bee in the flesh, then pinch the stung part hard and suck it repeatedly with your mouth to absorb 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.

First aid for bee stings

In case the injured person goes into shock, while notifying the emergency center 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.

Precautions

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

Cleaning: Once stung by a bee, clean the wound with warm water, soapy water, salt water or sugar water. If there is no water, fresh urine will also work. If there is any stinger left in the wound, it should be removed immediately.

.Apply medicine: balm, safflower oil, green ointment, etc. You can also mash and chew ginger, garlic, purslane (a wild vegetable) and apply it to the wound.

Seek medical treatment: If you experience symptoms such as headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, irritability, fever, etc., you should go to the hospital for treatment immediately.