How and how to remove itching from a wasp sting at home

If after a wasp sting a red spot appears and itches, it is not always necessary to panic, smear a sore spot with anti-allergic ointments, and drink antihistamines. It is quite a normal reaction if a wasp sting itches for several days, in this way the wound heals. In the case when every day the symptoms do not decrease, but intensify, new ones are added, you need to sound the alarm, immediately respond.

Causes of itching after a wasp sting

In most cases, people are attacked public paper wasps, which often appear in human possessions, are common in the wild. The weapon for attack or self-defense is a sting that connects with a poisonous gland. By the look the sting resembles a sharp needle. It sticks well into the skin, easily gets. After a bite, a wasp squirts portion of poisonand then rushes away.

At the scene of the attack, pain instantly appears, redness, swelling, swelling. This is a natural reaction of the immune system to tissue damage, the ingress of an extraneous toxic substance. After disinfection of the wound, application of a cold compress, pain, swelling disappears, but itching comes in their place. With a normal body reaction, the site of a wasp sting itches for several days as the wound heals. To alleviate the condition, use pharmaceutical preparations, folk remedies. Within a week, the skin is fully restored, unpleasant symptoms disappear.

Important!

In some situations, redness and swelling, and then severe itching, are associated with development severe allergies, getting into the wound of a secondary infection during scratching, if the disinfection rules are not followed. The situation is characteristic of children with weak immunity, adults with individual intolerance to aspen, bee venom. If the affected area itches for several days, and is swollen, as well as an additional rash appears, the area of ​​redness has expanded, you need to start qualified therapy.

Remedies for itching during normal reaction

It is possible to anoint a wasp sting so that it does not scratch at home with pharmacy drugs, folk remedies. In the wild, for this purpose, they use their own saliva, which is a strong antiseptic, cold water, celandine juice, dandelion, lemon. If you have a drink, handle the wasp sting them. Best quality vodka is suitable for these purposes.

How to relieve an itch from a wasp sting at home:

• To get rid of discomfort, a paste of baking soda is applied to the sore spot, left until completely dry, shake off. A small amount of water is added to the soda, stirred.
• A toothpaste with menthol or shaving foam can remove itching. Apply for 5 minutes, wash off.
• Redness and swelling, as well as itching, removes ordinary cold water. Substitute a sore spot under running water, immerse in a basin, take a shower or apply a compress.
• Used juice of lemon, onion, garlic, which are strong antiseptics. Not only itching, but also other symptoms of local irritation are removed. Squeeze juice, lubricate the bite.
• Therapeutic properties of plant tinctures have a soothing, disinfecting effect. Use valerian, motherwort, glod, hawthorn, calendula. They are treated with cotton soaked in a solution.
• To get rid of an itch from a wasp sting, you should use alcohol - ammonia, boric, medical. If the wound is disinfected within 20 minutes after the wasp attack, itching can be avoided in the future.
• Will provide emergency medical care for a bite a solution of vinegar - table, apple, wine. In a glass of water, 1 teaspoon of the drug is diluted. Wipe or apply a compress for several minutes. It is allowed to treat redness, swelling, swelling, if the sore spot does not stop itching.
• Citric acid eliminates discomfort almost instantly. Wipe a wasp sting with a slice of lemon, juice or a solution of citric acid. For 100 ml of water, a conic on the knife is used.

It is forbidden to comb the wounds, since the infection will penetrate, the condition will only worsen, the inflamed area will increase. You should immediately use one of the above funds or special pharmacy drugs.

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I always treat the wound with ammonia. A couple of days, everything passes. Once, during a picnic, a wasp bitten, grabbed what was at hand. I rubbed a sore spot with a slice of lemon. The pain subsided, the swelling disappeared, it began to itch at home, anointed with alcohol.

Anna, Tver

Therapy without specialist advice

Preparations based on extracts of herbs, oils, and safe components are used for minor manifestations of allergies, to eliminate severe itching. Apply a thin layer of a dot up to 4 times a day if necessary. The duration of therapy with a normal reaction of the body to wasp venom does not exceed 3 days.

Effective remedies:

• Balm Asterisk;
• Antiseptic cream Boro Plus green, purple;
• Ointment or Menovazin solution;
• Calendula Ointment;
• Gardex Family Balm;
• Mosquitol after insect bites;
• Family Picnic Balm;
• Children's antiseptic cream containing celandine, calendula, hypericum, chamomile.

It is allowed to use for children from birth, the cost in pharmacies from 100 rubles. They are released without a prescription.

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Calendula ointment helps me a lot. I smear the wound, and the very next day there is practically no spot left. Itching disappears in 5 minutes. The drug has many useful properties - antipruritic, anti-inflammatory, regenerating. Well heals wounds, soothes the skin.

Alina, Moscow

Treatment of itching after a wasp sting with severe local allergy

Symptoms: irritation, swelling, redness, rash, severe scratching. Unpleasant manifestations do not disappear when using natural creams, folk remedies. For therapy, antihistamines, antiallergic drugs are used.

• Fenistil gel. Allowed to children after 1 year. It stops the production of histamine, due to which all unpleasant symptoms are eliminated. It is necessary to process the affected areas pointwise from 1 to 3 times per day. As the symptoms disappear, the dosage is reduced. The course of therapy is not more than 5 days. The cost of the tube is about 250 rubles., It is spent economically.
• Psilo-balm. The gel with antipruritic effect is based on diphenhydramine. It stops the inflammatory process, stimulates tissue regeneration, anesthetizes, cools. The action is similar to the previous drug, but in addition it instantly calms. Use from 1 to 4 times a day. The cost of 292 rubles.
• Hydrocortisone. Hormone-based ointment of a group of glucocorticosteroids. Instantly eliminates allergy symptoms, promotes wound healing, stops the inflammatory process, removes itching. It has restrictions on age, duration of use. From wasp stings use is allowed no more than 5 days. In most cases, relief comes from the first days of therapy. After 5 days, no trace remains at the site of the lesion. Price within 70 rubles.
• Soventol.Cream based on hydrocortisone. It is an analogue of the previous medication. Effectively eliminates the manifestations of allergies, urticaria. The cost of the product is 2000 rubles.
• Advantan. The hormonal drug is allowed for children from 2-6 months. Apply pointwise from 1 to 2 times a day. Unpleasant symptoms disappear in 5 minutes, restoration of the skin occurs in a couple of days. Price - from 570 rubles.

With a strong allergic reaction to wasp venom, antihistamines are additionally prescribed for oral administration in the form of drops, tablets. Effective remedies - Fenistil, Claritin, Suprastin, Elcet, Eden, Diazolin. Treatment should be carried out under the supervision of a specialist, the average duration of taking antihistamines is 10 days.

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My son started allergy from 2 months. When bitten wasp, I was scared in earnest. Immediately shoved an antihistamine tablet, and began to treat the sore spot with Advantan. The spot diminished before our eyes, the child stopped scratching the wound. The next day, a small spot remained, on the third day the skin was completely restored.

Irina, St. Petersburg

If a child or adult, through negligence, was able to comb the wound, an infection got there, swelling, suppuration, inflammation, itching appear. The skin may turn red around the wound over a large area. And also ulcers, suppuration, weeping eczema are formed, as the consequences of the multiplication of pathogenic microflora. Scratching wounds is contraindicated so that the infection does not spread further, it is prohibited to use local antiallergic drugs. Treatment is carried out with local antibiotics - Levomekol, Tetracycline, Elok with a combined effect.