Never been stung by a bee ?

Question

In my 35 years this is the first time ive been stung by a bee. no stinger was left and finger turned a little red and swollen. If i were to have a bad allergic reaction how long would that take??

Answer 1

if you were allergic to bees.  You would not be writing this message because you would be very swollen and have so much trouble breathing you'd have to go to a hospital ASAP.

Answer 2

You're just fine.  Don't worry because if you were allergic you would already know by now.  Just make sure the sting area has been cleaned and put a bandaid on it so to prevent infection if you have an open sore because of it.

Answer 3

It's normal to have redness and swelling after a sting.Take some benadryl and put some ice on the sting it should help the swelling and pain.

Answer 4

Chill. if it was serious you would know.

Answer 5

A person can not have an allergic reaction on the first "exposure" to any toxin.  It will only occur with subsequent exposures as a result of your bodies attempt to neutralize the toxin be it bee venom or weed pollen.

Answer 6

Usually the reaction is immediately, I know this because I am allergic to bees.

Now if you are not allergic and just got stung and it hurts, the best home remedy is :

Take a cigarette and destroy it you are only going to use the tobacco, u are going to mix it with some drops of liqueur ( vodka or anything handy ) you will make it like a paste and put this on top of where the bee stung you, this will make the swelling come down.

Hope this helps.