EMERGENCY HELP NEEDED NOW

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Daughter has just trod on a bee. It's sti;; alive and cross but I can't see anything in her foot except twp small puncture marks. Any advice please?!

kill bee.
get her to docs.

Is it docworthy, really worried now. Kill bee LOL (sorry beelovers)

mum used to always spray perfume on stings when we were little (she said it killed any germs)

dunno if thats good advice or not

go to gp surgery and maybe the nurse could see you straight away, they could have a look and give you some advice

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Does she seem OK? Personally unless there is a history of allergy in your family I wouldn't go OTT. Why not ring NHS Direct and get a list of 'worrying symptoms' from them.

Definitely kill the bee, revenge is sweet, plus my DSis got stung by a dead one on the floor once - only she could have trod directly on the stinger.

id go to be ons afe side.

sure youre daughters not 'allergice' otherwise i think she'd in a anaphalactic (sp?) shock by now. but get it chkd. call them?......

a beesting wont hurt her unless she is allergic.
If she comes out in a rash, sore throat, breathlessness, dizziness then get her to the dr. Otherwise, check for anything like a little black dot in the wound, which migh mean a bitt of the stinger is still present. If you have an antiperspirant which contains aluminum chlorohydrate it will reduce the effect of any venom. Apply a cold compress, give any antihistamine you mgiht have and calpol or ibuprofen if she needs it.

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If you can see the bee sting left in her foot, pull out gently with tweezers (not hand) so as not to squeeze more venom in.

I'd probably give her a dose of piriton or other child antihystamine to be on the safe side and keep an eye out for any sign of allergic reaction, but otherwise she should be fine.

Make a paste of bicarb and water and leave on for a while (5 - 10 mins) give piriton/rub on antihistimine cream after that to take away itch.

(sorry, I was a slow typer - major crossposting, lol)

Too late I know, but I try to carry some Waspese (Sp?) with me in the Summer months. That works brilliantly on stings.

Ds1 sat (with bare bottom) on a bee last year. I rand the doctors and they told me to bring him up straight away so a nurse or doctor could check him over. He was fine but it was good to put my mind at rest - it swelled quite a bit, probably because of where the sting was.

vinegar draws out the sting.

vinegar is wasp stings,

Is it? oh well forget that then!

Bicarbonate of soda for bees, isn't it?

Thank you, all. Just remembered, 'cos I was panicking (about the bee not my DD) that my best friend's DH is a beekeeper. Phoned and apparantly she has trodden on a queen bee, not a honey bee 'cos it has a fluffy orange bottom! Had to be brave and check out if it was fluffy or not, poked head round door and got divebombed. Bloody things! It's quite rare, so I'm told. Any excuse for not tidying her room!!

does it make a difference then if its a queen bee or not? Can't say i have ever looked at a bees bum b4!!

a queen bee's stinger isn't barbed, so they can sting repeatedly without dying like honey bees.

I would give calopol or mandofen (or whatever kids ibuprofen you have), piriton if you have it & spray with Waspeze.

I wouldn't kill the bee, it's not her fault that your dd trod on her!

... and queen bees are rather rare.

stamp on it!