Articles for tag: Jellyfish, Jellyfish Stings, Sting, The Sting

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How to Ease the Pain of Jellyfish Stings

You’re enjoying the ocean waves on a hot summer day, when all of sudden you’re taken aback by an excruciating stinging pain in your foot. The pain is far worse than any sting you’ve every experienced, and you realize, you’ve just been stung by a jellyfish. The sting of a jellyfish is extremely painful, and ...

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Treating Bee and Wasp Stings

I’m pretty sure each of us has a “stupid bee story” we can recount. Mine occurred when I was abut 6 or 7 years old: I was smashing ants in the backyard with my father’s hammer (a truly way-cool thing to do at that age), when all of a sudden I saw a bee land ...

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Relieve Bee and Wasp Stings with Household Items

Bee and Wasp stings cause pain and swelling in the affected area. Most people know to put ice packs on stings to help reduce the swelling. However, there are a lot more household items you can use to help relieve the pain of bee and wasp stings. Before applying any of these household items on ...

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Your Child was Stung by a Bee: What Do You Do?

The weather is turning warmer and spring is breaking out in many areas of the country. As the flowers begin to bloom, and those flowers need to be pollinated, bees will also begin making their appearance around your deck or garden. Do you know what to do if your child gets a bee sting this ...

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What to Do If You’re Stung by a Bee

You are on a wonderful long walk in the woods. The day is comfortable, the walk relaxing and then you hear it. It is that all too familiar buzz. Too late, you feel the result almost immediately. You have just been stung by a bee. What should you do next? If you are out in ...

How to Properly Remove a Bee Stinger

Bee sting removal can be a tricky subject, one that needs a certain amount of clarification. The fact is, many people do not know how to properly remove a bee sting; if you don’t know how to properly remove the stinger, the bee sting could become worse. A specific method must be employed when endeavoring ...

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How to Treat a Bee Sting

The pleasures and pains of spring: budding flowers and pollen; spring picnics and ants; beautiful butterflies and bees. Bee stings are no laughing matter. A few people can shake them off and move on, but that’s very few people. Most of us run to the nearest first aid kit or kitchen. According to the Center ...