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Anonymous asked in HealthGeneral Health CareFirst Aid · 1 decade ago

Insect Bites/Stings.?

Well summer is approaching, and I am allergic to almost all insect bites/stings (wasps, ants, mosquitoes, other bugs). Whenever I get stung by a mosquito the entire area swells up; if its my arm that entire half of my arm will become swollen. What can I do to relieve the swelling and itching? Its so gross especially when I'm out at a BBQ or the beach. The same thing happens to my sister.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Benadryl would be my first suggestion with advil to help with the pain. When we have an allergic reaction, our body produces too much histamine, and in turn swelling, itchy, and often painful results are what we get. Antihistamine such as benadryl is the solution.

  • 1 decade ago

    you could use insect repelants to prevent being stung or biten by an insect. Those usually keep their word. If you do end up getting bitten. Puting a warm towel over the swollen area will help. and not messing with it will help make it go faster.

    good luck

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    5 years ago

    properly, we are going to call it close by organic international yet i've got certainly been bitten through spiders on 3 activities. i've got no longer grew to become into spiderman whether! The backyard Spider gave me a bad bite as quickly as I picked up a container in the storage, a woman woodlouse spider replaced into hiding in my tracksuit precise & gave me a fierce bite on the neck. those the two got here approximately in eire the place the specialists say that poisonous spiders do no longer exist (yet they are incorrect) i replaced into additionally bitten on the leg in Cyprus through a Mediterranean Funnel internet (no longer as nasty whether as its Sydney cousin) wellbeing middle - no time in any respect yet they have been a lot extra unsightly than a wasp or bee sting. Sorry can not record any important submit to, wolf or tiger assaults!

  • 1 decade ago

    take an antihystemine

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  • 1 decade ago

    vinegar it is great

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