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Bobeque

07-25-2007 20:05:37




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I was airing out my big old weed eater Saturday pm down by the creek behind the house when I found the Yellow Jacket nest we'd been looking for; the one that had produced "braZilians" of the little pests. Yeah, I got at least a dozen stings before my legs caught up with my mind. I have itched like crazy since. Tried Benadril lotion, gel, spray, tablets, caplets, Caladril, alcohol, vinegar, tobacco juice and just about everything I could get to except dog pee. What do you use? thanks.

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Kevin 8n184684

07-26-2007 20:52:58




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
Grandpappy always had a bottle of turpentine. bee stings, snake bites, you name it.....

I dont know if the newer formulations still work, but we used them when i was a kid....



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Joe)NYC)

07-26-2007 19:45:30




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
Bobeque,
Last year I got some poison ivy on me(as I did many times before) and went to my doctor. He prescribed a miracle medicine (Fluocinonide Cream USP, 0.05 %). Let me tell you this thing works wonders. My poison ivy would normally go on for about 2 weeks and more. This cream, when put on when you first start itching or asa soon as you know you touched the ivy, will stop the itch within 1-2 hours. The rash and oozing will clear up in 1-2 days. I also use it immediately after a mosquito bite and all symptoms disappear. You cannot get it over the counter. I have tried all the OTC medicines to no avail.

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Kenster

07-26-2007 10:28:28




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Neil Huyler, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
I've never had an allergic reaction to bee/wasp stings but I have had poison ivy several times. One of the remedies for itch, though it doesn't cure the rash, is to hold the affected area under water, hot as you can stand it, for a few seconds. I do this in the shower, though it might be hard to do if the itch is on your lower legs. The hot water really feels good and for me, actually gives me almost 24 hours of relief. It does something to the nerve endings temporarily.

This is a common fix mentioned on virtually every board dealing with poison ivy/oak. Just don't do it to long at one time or you can scald yourself.

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BillM (OH)

07-26-2007 20:08:34




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Kenster, 07-26-2007 10:28:28  
Kenster: I did that once plus added about half a jug of chlorox. After the screaming and yelling was over, the PI dried up and disappeared right quick (within 24 hours). I never did it again, as the cure was worse than 2 weeks of poision ivy rash, but it did work great that one time.



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LeeMo

07-26-2007 10:27:54




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
I use a product called "Sting Eze". It's available in most pharmacies and Wal-Marts etc. Seems to work well for me. Comes in a little dropper bottle like eye drops.



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DON TX

07-26-2007 08:30:13




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
I use cortizone cream on all my insect bites. It works better than anything I've ever tried. Sooner the better. I keep it with me at all times. Knock on wood, I'm not allergic to bee/wasp stings so they don't affect me much. Get the stinger out asap. HTH
DON TX



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Roger in Iowa

07-26-2007 08:07:44




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
A small rag soaked in gasoline works wonders. Be sure there are no flames around!

Roger in Iowa



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S Russell

07-26-2007 06:14:51




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
ER is a good recommendation. BAND-AID brand Anti-Itch gel helps alot (get mine at Walmart). The BENDARYL product is good also. To prevent wasp bulding around the house and shed in the country I spray a product from the pump up sprayer called DEMON, it is purchased from "SOLUTIONS" locally. Try any professionally exterminator supply house.



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Carl (NH)

07-26-2007 04:52:39




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
I stepped over a log in the woods and right onto a yellow jacket nest. They went right for my head and in trying to slap them I managed to knock my glasses off just 5 feet from their nest. The problem was I was two hours away from home and needed the glasses to drive! I had to wait a half hour for them to calm down for me to get close enough to snag the glasses with a branch. Then I drove home holding ice on the stings.
I used witch hazel on the stings for days after, when they started itching like crazy. I don't know if you can still get witch hazel, but it worked pretty well for me. A topical cortisone cream is supposed to work as well.
Good luck!
Carl

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Dan

07-26-2007 04:33:30




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
My mom used wet tobacco pressed right on the sting area. Worked pretty good.

Dan



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Too Tall

07-26-2007 04:46:22




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Dan, 07-26-2007 04:33:30  
The itching sounds like an allergic reaction. Have you tried any allergy medication? I'd start with an anti-histamine like Pseudoephedrine

or similar.

TooTall



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john hunt

07-26-2007 04:27:35




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
you have allergic reaction like most of the people do when get stung. by those yj or bee or meat bee the yellow jacket or mud dopper don't lose there sting they keep sting you. next time go the er, it could stop your heart or make yoU stop breathing too. have a can of starting starting near by when see the nest " LIKE OLD SAYING IS. IF YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE THEY LEAVE YOU ALONE " oh yeah you might have run in to poison oak or poison ivy in there while you was cutting the weed good luck

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TimW(PA)

07-26-2007 03:33:13




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
Mom's old standaby was a paste of baking soda and water. Put a glob on the sting till it dries. I've heard that a penny taped to a sting will draw it out, but haven't ever tried it. I'm in the same boat as old now, if I get stung I go straight to the hospital. Never was that way when I was a kid. Just one time it'll get you when you least expect it.



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dan hill

07-26-2007 02:23:39




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
Try ammonia.thats whats in the sting relief pens sold in grocery stores.



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RP3

07-25-2007 21:49:18




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
I guess it depends on what kind of dog ya got. ;-)



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Jerry/MT

07-25-2007 21:26:21




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
You maybe overly sensitive to bee stings. When I get bit by a yellow jacket in only hurts when I'm getting stung. Within a minute the pain is all gone. Could be you have a different type of yellow jacket then we have in Montana.



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old

07-25-2007 21:16:36




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
If the itch is that bad go to the hospital. Stings are nothing to fool with and if its that bad it can/will kill you if not treated like it should be. I know now days if I get stung I have to go in or die. When I was younger I got stung 150-200 times by bees and now if I do get stung once or twice I'm in BIG trouble

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RP-40-9n

07-25-2007 21:01:41




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
ground up potato or onion, uncooked. just smash em up and rub it on 5 or 6 times a day. RP



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teddy52food

07-25-2007 20:14:51




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
Adolph"s Meat tenderizer. Put it on the stings asap



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Dunk

07-25-2007 20:09:15




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Bobeque, 07-25-2007 20:05:37  
Shot glasses of good Whiskey. (beer between them is also a pleasurable experience.

Have a good 2 week drunk.

Folks have only been living on a schedule like we do, for the last 65 years or so, give er take.



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gahorN

07-25-2007 21:17:08




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 Re: ot: treatment for Yellow Jacket stings in reply to Dunk, 07-25-2007 20:09:15  
Salt. Plain old table salt. Make a paste and paste it on, let it dry. (A stiptic pencil like for shaving cuts also works.)
No known allergic reactions either to the option to drink a 6 pack of cold Beck's beer.



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A. Bohemian

07-26-2007 08:43:41




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 Points for Dunk! in reply to gahorN, 07-25-2007 21:17:08  
I don't know about getting drunk; but alcohol tends to stimulate circulation in the extrememties, which causes the venom to be diluted and metabolised faster.

This is why one FEELS warmer after a shot of whiskey in cold weather (more blood in the extrmemties), but one actually looses heat faster (the extremities offer more surface area for the heat to radiate out of).

Too much whiskey, though, might overload the liver and perhaps make it take a bit longer for the venom to be fully metabolized.

The old timers knew all this; during prohibition doctors used to proscribe whiskey for insect stings, spider bites, tree viper bites, etc.

Hence the joke, popular in this part of the country during the 'twenties, about the man who tells his wife, ''I'm going out for a drink,'' but comes back home right away, shaking his head in discouragement.

''What happened?'' asked the wife. The man says, ''It's about time Doc got himeself a second tree viper. The wait to get bit was an hour and a half...''

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gahorN

07-26-2007 10:28:41




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 Re: Points for Dunk! and Cliff! in reply to A. Bohemian, 07-26-2007 08:43:41  
third party image

Cliff Clavin, explaining his "Buffalo Theory" of beer drinking to Norm Petersen:

“Well, you see, Norm, it’s like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted by a predator, it’s the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

And that, Norm, is why we always feel smarter after a few beers.”

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