How dangerous is a wasp sting?

Question

my friends daughter who is one has been stung on the sole of her foot it is very swollen and red but has not spread up her leg or to the top of her foot it is bleeding.what should she do

Answer 1

bath it in anti septic .i cant get stung not even once i have anafalactic shock syndrome even one sting could kill me .

Answer 2

not very unless your allergic  

Answer 3

Go and see the doctor. I was stung on the wrist thankfully im not allergic.

Answer 4

have been keeping honey bees for several years now and i feel pretty confident about answering this one. Some form of benidryl or antihistamine will help with the itching and possibly the swelling if taken soon after the sting. You will receive lots of input about thinngs like meat tendorizer, tobacco,baking soda an other topical treatments. they are all just wives tales. I have tried and none seam to work. the venom of a wasp is different than that of a honey bee. a honey bees venom is an irritant used to defend the hive while a wasps venom is used to kill its prey. My best advice is to not rub or scratch and let it run its course. it is normal for it to be sore for a coupel of days

I have had stings itch and be sore for as little as a few minuts or as long as a weak

Answer 5

If youre worried you could take her to your nearest NHS walk in centre, seeing as shes only little. you could also try some vinegar on it - i put that on my children when they get stung and it helps with the pain. Vinegar for wasp stings  - bicarb for bee stings !!!

Answer 6

Make sure there is no stinger in the foot, if so scrape it off with a credit card,

Ice it to relieve the swelling

Watch for signs of shock.

A pain reliever of choice would be nice too.

Answer 7

i am a nurse.... she may have a had a small allergic reaction... take her to the chemist and get some piriton.

if it gets worse take her to the doctors.

Answer 8

You can bathe an insect sting with with house hold vinegar to reduce the swelling, the one danger with a wasp sting is if the person is allergic and they go in to apoplectic shock then it is a triple nine call and an ambulance

Answer 9

depends from person to person really.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/health/...

http://www.ehow.com/video_3040_treat-was...

Answer 10

There are very different levels of danger depending on the individual , your friends daughter is at the lower level ,or you would not be at a pc ,you would be with her in hospital , try vinegar , as a home remedy , the bleeding is a funny one , did she scratch the area ?

Dont use bread soda , that is for a bee sting , a wasp sting is alkaline , a bee sting acid

Answer 11

that bad of a reaction shouldn't happen. your friend needs to call the pediatrician. The little girl should probably be seen by the doc. If she hasn't already she should be given children benedryl. An ice pack might help with the swelling

Answer 12

If anything life-threatening were going to happen, it would have happened in the first few minutes.  So at this point, she'll be fine.  Nothing much to really do, except ice it and get her a bowl of ice cream and her favorite DVD.

However, my doctor told me that the more times you are stung, the more severe the reaction can be each time.  So be careful as she grows older.  Here's my personal history:

When I was 2, I stepped into a hole that some hornets lived in.  I'm very thankful that I was too young to remember it.

When I was in grade school I got stung once in a while, and it would always swell up really big.  For instance, once I got stung on the top of my foot, and I couldn't get my shoe on, even after taking the laces completely off of the shoe.

When I was 9, a hornet stung me in the center of my back.  You can still see a small mark there.

The last time I was stung was when I was 14 (I'm 32 now).  I have an epipen in the house, and I bring it with me on vacations.  I don't carry it day-to-day, though.

Answer 13

Remove sting, clean wound add bicarbonate of soda [make a paste] no need to worry unless her breathing is effected, in which case call the emergency services  and tell them she is going into anaphylactic shock.

Answer 14

No problem at all except for in very rare cases where there's an allergic reaction, but you know about that within minutes.