The wasp was bitten, what to do?

Summer is, perhaps, the most pleasant time of the year. You can go out into the countryside, arrange shish kebabs, swim in the water, or just have fun outdoors in the open air. However, there is one circumstance that can slightly overshadow the rest - this is a large number of insects. It's not very pleasant, when an excellent picnic together with you spend mosquitoes, but even worse, if sting wasps.

If a person was bitten by a wasp, this is certainly not fatal, but at the same time very unpleasant. Therefore, timely properly provided first aid can remove the edema and greatly alleviate the condition of the bitten person. In the place where a wasp stung, the body gets poison, which quickly moves through the blood vessels. As a result, a small redness and swelling occur in this area. The feeling of burning pain is fast enough, but the swelling lasts for several hours. If a wasp is bitten in the face or eye area, swelling and redness can last longer and will only take a few days.

Numerous bites of these insects are dangerous. In this case, too much poison enters the body, which, in turn, can cause anaphylactic shock (depression of pressure, loss of consciousness). A single bite usually does not cause any harm to man, exceptions are only people prone to allergic reactions.

Determine the presence of allergies can be on the following grounds: swelling or rash, which can appear throughout the body, regardless of the place of injury; chills; Increased body temperature; headache; Sneezing; A large number of watery discharge from the nose; Violation of respiratory function and the appearance of asthma attacks. More rarely diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, appearing attacks. In severe cases of allergic reactions, cramps and loss of consciousness, severe weakness, dizziness, involuntary defecation and urination may occur.

It must be said that after every next bite of this insect, the allergic reaction becomes stronger. Therefore, if an allergic reaction has been detected after you were bitten by a wasp, urgent first aid should be provided. After removing the acute manifestations of allergic reactions, you should consult a doctor so that there are no complications.

If no negative reaction occurs on the wasp sting, first aid is to remove redness and swelling. To do this, you can use an antihistamine. The wound should be treated with dilute ammonia water (1: 5), iodine, light pink solution of potassium permanganate water-salt solution (a glass of water a spoonful of salt). If the swelling and redness did not go away within two days, you should see the doctor. This measure is mandatory, because In the place where a wasp was bitten, an infection can be introduced (as they are referred to insect scavengers).

People suffering from allergic reactions after a bite of a wasp should immediately drink one tablet of prednisolone, dimedrol and ephedrine. If after that the above symptoms do not pass, but only continues to increase, then these drugs must be injected subcutaneously. Prednisolone and diphenhydramine in 1 ml, and ephedrine - 0.3 ml. It is best that people suffering from allergic reactions learn to make themselves injections themselves. After taking medication, you must put cold on the site of the lesion.

A bit different from the "attack" wasps bee sting. The first help in this case is the careful extraction of the sting. The wasps, unlike the bees, do not leave stings and therefore can bite several times. However, if you killed the insect just at the time it stung you, then you need to check the place of the bite. If the sting remains there, then it should be carefully removed.