Prevention And Home Remedies For Bee Stings

As the weather is getting warmed up and people are spending more of their time outdoors, it would be very smart to have bee-sting remedies handy. As you might already know, the bee-sting is nothing but the sting coming from any bee, while the wasp sting is due to the wasp.

For most of the people, the bee stings are a painful and annoying occurrence which can be cured without any medical intervention. Not everyone is allergic to bee stings, but if you’re allergic to the bee-stings or you’ve been stung before many times, then you shouldn’t be using natural sting treatments; because these remedies aren’t meant for anybody who feels the severe reaction to the bee sting.

Such reactions might involve throat tightness, breathing difficulty and many other signs of allergic response.

I just hope you never have to utilize any of the bee sting treatments I’m going to discuss. But if ever your loved one or you got stung by a bee, you will be aware of what should be done after reading the article.

Symptoms of Bee Sting

• Redness
• Pain
• Itching or Burning
• Swelling
• Throat/Chest Tightness
• Vomiting
• Cramps
• Diarrhea
• Decreased blood pressure

If you feel any of the symptoms, immediately seek medical help.

Bee Sting Treatments: Home Remedies

For normal bee stings which don’t cause any allergic reaction, experts say that the home bee-sting medical care is enough. But before you use any of the natural wasp or bee sting remedies, make sure you follow the below mentioned Poison Controlling advises:

• Remove a stinger: The very first you should do when you got stung by a bee is to determine if a singer’s still present or not in the skin. If yes, then scrape the stinger out. Don’t use fingers or tweezers to pull a stinger out.
• Sanitize the affected area: Once you pull out the stinger, cleanse the affected area well with water and soap.

If you’d rather go for natural bee-sting medications, then following are the most effective home remedies:

• Honey: What an irony! Yes, honey that comes from bees is used as bee-sting treatment. Honey is great for healing the wounds. Take a small amount of honey, apply it on the sting site and cover it with the small rag or with gauze for 30 to 60 minutes.

• Ice: This is the simplest yet the most effective remedy. Apply ice on the sting site for 20-30 minutes. The ice will numb your pain and slow down the blood flow in that area, which will reduce the swelling.

• Crushed Garlic: Surprised? Well, you read it right. Garlic is used to heal the bee sting. Take two or three garlic cloves, crush them to get the juice out of it and press it over the wound. Now, cover that area with a moist towel or rag and let it stay for at least half an hour.
• Cilantro: surprisingly, cilantro has many benefits. One of the health benefits of cilantro is that it soothes the skin irritations. Cilantro is used both externally and internally as one of the remedies for the skin irritations which include sunburns, poison ivy, and hives.

Take fresh cilantro and blend it with few drops of coconut oil. Apply the mixture topically on hives, poison ivy, and sunburns.

If you wish to have cilantro all year long, then you can grow your cilantro. It’s very easy to grow cilantro at your home. All you have to do it buy some organic seeds from a store or online. Place them in the containers which are 8-10 inches deep.

You can grow other plants also and make an organic garden of your own. You can choose plants which grow all the year round. You can visit websites or watch videos online to get guidance to grow an organic garden.

• Lavender Essential Oil: Apply few drops of the lavender essential oil to sting site. Lavender oil will help in neutralizing venom immediately.
• Baking Soda & Vinegar: Make the paste using baking soda, water, and vinegar. Apply the paste on the wound and let it stay for 20-30 minutes. Vinegar and baking soda help in neutralizing acid discovered in bee stings.

Bee stings which are not pleasant can be life-threatening to some people. But there are ways to prevent these strings in the first place:

• Avoid use of perfumed shampoos, soaps, conditioners, deodorants, and lotions.
• Don’t spend too much time near flowery plants.
• Stay far away from wasp nests and beehives. Make use of wasp spray if needed. 
• Wear light colored, smoothly finished clothing.
• Avoid eating banana outside as bees get attracted to it.
• Stay still and relaxed if you see any stinging insect.
• Do not swat at the stinging insect.

Now, tell me which bee sting remedy has worked best. Put your ideas in the given comment section and help others!