In order to earn a bee sting, it is not at all necessary to have your own apiary and get honey. Bees, in order to collect nectar from flower stalks, fly long distances, and even without having an apiary in the area or in the vicinity, there is a risk of being stung. In some cases, with bee stings, you should act quickly and harmoniously, since the consequences are different, but you do not need to panic.

Removal of edema after a bee sting

With a bee sting, which is not pleasant in itself, poison enters the bloodstream, which is released from a bee sting, driven under the human skin.

You can confuse the sting of two similar insects: a wasp and a bee. In such cases, you should know that wasps are more dangerous than bees, because after a wasp sting there is a risk of being stung again. Wasp is a very aggressive insect. The bee, after leaving the sting, dies. Aspen venom contains several percent more allergens than bee venom, although it is quite difficult to distinguish bites by symptoms.

A bite in the face causes severe swelling

Therefore, the necessary measures must be taken both when a bee bites and when a wasp sting. The highest risk of being stung is during the summer months, when the bees are working on the flower stalks. The composition of bee venom includes enzymes that are dangerous because they give the rapid development of an allergic reaction. All other substances that make up the poison will not only not harm the body, but even saturate it with useful minerals and vitamins.

Important! The worst consequence of a bite is an allergy.

So when walking into nature or traveling to the country, you should always have antihistamines with you that can prevent the development of an allergic reaction, and subsequently anaphylactic shock.

Other consequences of the bite also cause some discomfort, but it does not pose a danger to life. When a bee sting occurs, how to relieve swelling is the first question that interests the victim. Basically, this is itching and swelling of the damaged area. If the symptoms are not treated with any medications, the swelling will go away on its own, after 3-4 days. Redness will not be noticeable after a day. But, if the bee sting fell on the face, then the visual damage will last several times longer. Swelling near the eye or lip caused by an insect bite will last for about 10-12 days.

First aid for an eye bite

A person is driven into a state of panic by a bee sting in the eyelid. Indeed, the reaction of this part of the human body is much more pronounced than the reactions of other parts. It manifests itself not only visually, but is also characterized by severe pain, because the skin of the eyelid is thinner, and the poison spreads somewhat faster. Then the place of the bite swells very much, the pain is also brought by the stretching of the skin. The eyelid may be very swollen.

What to do if a bee is bitten in the eye? With this problem, you should be able to provide first aid. It consists in quickly removing the bee sting from the damaged area.

Note! If a bee has bitten in the eye, it is not recommended to use tweezers to extract the sting, since the more the sting is squeezed, the more poison enters the body.

After that, give the victim any antihistamine, then you can continue to carry out a set of measures to provide further assistance. It is the antihistamine that is taken within the first minutes after the sting that can save a person not only health, but life as well.

The next first aid measure after a bee sting in the eyelid is to treat the affected area with running water, as cold as possible, in order to remove the remains of poison, dust and other contaminants. Further, during treatment, the bite site is treated with hydrogen peroxide or a weak solution of potassium permanganate. In the next few hours, the victim of the bite should consume as much liquid as possible. This will allow the poison to pass out of the body faster. In order to relieve itching, you can use ointments based on antiallergic ingredients.

Bee sting in the eye area

How to quickly relieve swelling

Many are interested in how to quickly remove puffiness from the damaged eyelid. Not everyone wants to walk the streets of their village with a bloated face from a bee attack. In addition to visual discomfort, the wound is also painful.

Important! If severe pain is felt after the bite, shortness of breath begins, emergency medical attention should be called immediately.

If you drink an antihistamine in the first few minutes, you can avoid the manifestations of allergic reactions and the appearance of anaphylactic shock.

The very first action that needs to be done with a bee sting, after taking an antiallergic drug, is to rinse the damaged area with water to remove all contamination. Then you should get rid of the bee sting. To do this, you can use a needle or tweezers. Next, you should apply cold to the bite site. This will greatly slow down the spread of poison in the human body. After a cold, it is recommended to treat the damage with an alcohol solution or hydrogen peroxide. Any antiseptic can be used. If there are no antiseptics nearby, you can use a folk remedy in the form of a solution of salt or soda.

There are proven traditional medicine to relieve puffiness from a bitten bee's eye. Some of them:

  • Compress the bite with apple cider vinegar. For the first few minutes, you will feel intense heat. Don't worry - this is the poison's reaction to vinegar. After a short time, everything is normalized, the tumor will subside.
  • You can also use concentrated garlic juice. To do this, crush a few cloves of garlic and spread the resulting juice on the affected area of ​​the face. It should be smeared, pressing hard on the bite site, doing a kind of massage, you can finish rubbing the juice only when the pain has subsided and the swelling has subsided.
  • Natural honey can be used to reduce puffiness. It is applied directly to the affected area. In order to relieve pain, you can mix honey with a pinch of turmeric.
  • The puffiness will help remove the tobacco. To do this, it must be applied to the site of the bite and not removed until the swelling goes away.

    What to do with a bee sting

Bee sting reaction duration

After a bee sting, many people develop a mild allergic reaction, which manifests itself in the form of pain, swelling, and redness. A small white spot may appear directly in the area where the sting was left. How long will itching and swelling last? A mild allergic reaction usually resolves within a few hours after an insect attack.

An allergic reaction of moderate severity may develop. Its symptoms are:

  • Extensive redness in the area of ​​the bite;
  • Swelling that lasts for several days
  • Severe itching;
  • Beginning angioedema, which is removed by antihistamines.

A severe allergic reaction may occur.A very small percentage of people suffer from severe allergic reactions after bee stings. If the following symptoms appear, it is recommended to urgently contact an ambulance:

  • Dermatological manifestations, such as urticaria, itching, marbling of the skin;
  • Gasping for breath;
  • Diarrhea, dizziness; vomiting;
  • Loss of consciousness.

In such cases, the bite reaction subsides within two weeks.

Note. Specialists, when seeking help, relieve symptoms that can harm the health and life of the victim. All accompanying manifestations of the body's reaction to the bite pass on their own, but for a longer time.

Edema treatment

You can get rid of puffiness and itching after a bee sting using folk methods. How to relieve swelling from a bee sting? You can use lavender oil or tea tree oil, which have long been known as a sedative. Oil can be applied to the bite site three times a day. In most cases, the swelling goes away within the first day.

Plain parsley can also help clear up swelling. It is the sap of this plant that lubricates the lesion site.

The stinging site can be anointed with toothpaste, which is in every home. It is believed that in the reaction of the poison with alkali, the first is neutralized, and the swelling will decrease within an hour.

From traditional medicine, you can use activated carbon gruel or acetylsalicylic acid tablets. The gruel is applied to the bite site, around the perimeter, at a distance of 2 cm. The sorbent will help to draw out the poison from the body, acetylsalicylic acid relieves swelling, itching, redness.

A tablet of Validol, crushed into powder and diluted with a small amount of water, will help relieve puffiness due to the cold effect of the drug.