What should I do if my eye is stung by a bee

Although bees will not actively attack people, in most cases we will still be stung by bees. So what should we do if a bee stings our eyes? Since the eyes are a relatively special part of the body, we must not be careless and must take the best approach to solve the problem. So what should we do if our eyes are stung by a bee? Let's take a look at this together, especially those who have beehives near their houses should take a close look.

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 sting victims - If the victim goes into shock, be sure to keep the victim's airway open and perform artificial respiration, cardiac massage and other first aid before notifying the emergency center or on the way to the hospital.

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.

What are the symptoms of a bee sting? There are many types of bees, such as honey bees, wasps, hornets, bumble bees, etc. Male bees do not harm people because they do not have venom glands or stingers. It is the female bees (worker bees) that sting people. The female bees have a stinger connected to the venom gland at the end of their abdomen. When the stinger enters the human body, venom is immediately injected. When a bee stings someone, it often leaves its stinger at the site of the sting; however, a wasp retracts its stinger after stinging and can continue to hurt someone. Bee venom mainly contains formic acid, neurotoxins and histamine, which can cause hemolysis and bleeding, have an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, and may also cause allergic reactions in some victims of stings. After a person is stung by a bee, in mild cases, only local redness, swelling, pain, and burning sensation may occur. There may also be blisters, ecchymosis, and local lymph node enlargement, which will disappear on their own within a few hours to 1-2 days. If a person is stung by a swarm of bees in multiple places on his body, it often causes systemic symptoms such as fever, headache, dizziness, nausea, irritability, and fainting. People who are allergic to bee venom may develop urticaria, rhinitis, swelling of the lips and eyelids, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. In severe cases, it may cause laryngeal edema, asthma, difficulty breathing, coma, and ultimately death from respiratory and circulatory failure.

There are many solutions to the problem of being stung by a bee. Some people will be very anxious after being stung. We must understand that anxiety cannot solve any problem. We must look at this matter correctly and not let things get worse because of our own mistakes, otherwise the consequences will be unbearable.