Summer is perhaps the most pleasant time of the year. You can go outdoors, arrange barbecue, swim in the ponds or just have fun outdoors in the fresh air. However, there is one circumstance that can slightly overshadow the rest - a large number of insects. It’s not very pleasant when mosquitoes spend an excellent picnic with you, but even worse if the wasps sting.
If a person was bitten by a wasp, this is certainly not fatal, but at the same time it is very unpleasant. Therefore, timely, correctly provided first aid can relieve swelling and significantly alleviate the condition of a bitten person. In the place where the wasp bitten, poison enters the body, which quickly moves through the blood vessels. As a result of this, slight redness and swelling occurs in this area. The feeling of burning pain passes quickly enough, but the swelling lasts for several hours. If a wasp has bitten in the area of the face or eyes, then the swelling and redness can last longer and pass only after 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 (decreased pressure, loss of consciousness). A single bite usually does no harm to a person, exceptions are only people prone to allergic reactions.
You can determine the presence of allergies by the following signs: swelling or a rash that can appear throughout the body, regardless of the location of the lesion; chills; fever; headache; sneezing a large amount of watery discharge from the nose; violation of respiratory function and the occurrence of asthma attacks. More rarely, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, and abdominal pain that appear with seizures are more rare. In severe cases of allergic reactions, convulsions and loss of consciousness, severe weakness, dizziness, involuntary bowel movements and urination can occur.
It must be said that after each subsequent bite of this insect, the allergic reaction becomes stronger. Therefore, if after you were bitten by a wasp, an allergic reaction has been identified , it is urgent to provide first aid. After removing the acute manifestations of allergic reactions, you should consult a doctor so that there are no complications.
If no adverse reaction occurs on a wasp sting, first aid is to relieve redness and swelling. For this, you can use an antihistamine. The wound must be treated with ammonia diluted with water (1: 5), iodine, a weak light pink solution of potassium permanganate with water-salt solution (a spoonful of salt per glass of water). If in two days the swelling and redness did not go away, you should see a doctor. This measure is required because in the place where the wasp stings, an infection can be introduced (since they are referred to as insect scavengers).
People with allergic reactions, after a wasp sting, should immediately drink one tablet of prednisolone, diphenhydramine and ephedrine. If after this the above symptoms do not go away, but only continue to increase, then these drugs must be administered subcutaneously. Prednisolone and diphenhydramine in 1 ml., And ephedrine - 0.3 ml. It is best for people with allergic reactions to learn how to inject themselves. After taking medication, a cold should be put in place of the lesion.
The bee sting is slightly different from the “attack” of the wasp . First aid in this case is to carefully remove the sting. Wasps, unlike bees, do not leave a sting and therefore can bite several times. However, if you killed an insect just at the moment when it stung you, then you need to check the place of the bite. If the sting remains there, then it should be carefully removed.