In nature, there is no more amazing creature than a bee. In her small body, she manages to produce two completely opposite substances: healing honey and a poison that has killed many representatives of the animal world. For a person, a bee sting in most cases is not dangerous, but rather unpleasant.

When does the bee attack?

Honey attracts many. Flies, wasps, hornets, as well as bees from other apiaries hunt for him. They like to eat the sweet product of mice and martens. And even a preschooler from various fairy tales knows how a bear loves honey. Naturally, it is impossible to survive in such conditions without effective protective weapons. Nature has armed these little workers with perfect protection - a sting with poison.

Pitying and destroying, the bee without hesitation rushes into a fight, often fatal, with uninvited guests posing a threat to her family.

Insects, if bitten by a bee, die immediately, and the little warrior, which is important, survives. Birds and mice die within 1-2 hours after being attacked. The bees also die.

The death of representatives of the bee family when meeting with warm-blooded ones is due to the structure of their sting. It is equipped with notches, like a harpoon. Having pierced the skin of a person or animal, the sting is firmly stuck there. The warrior can fly away only by getting rid of her weapon, after which she inevitably dies.

Color. People dressed in dark clothes are more likely to be attacked by bees. By the way, this observation is also true for other stinging insects. Therefore, based on thousands of years of experience, beekeepers dress in white clothes, to which these insects react calmly.

Smells. For unknown reasons, bees sting people or animals with strong smell:

• perfumery (cologne, eau de toilette, perfume);
• tobacco;
• alcohol;
• sweat;
• bee venom.

Numerous cases of death of horses from bee stings are known, when careless owners left them near an apiary or a mass collection of nectar. There was a chain reaction going on here. One or more bees sting the animal because of the strong smell of sweat. After a bite, the smell of sweat was mixed with the smell of bee venom, which provoked a massive attack by other representatives of this species. The horse has practically no chance of surviving after the first bite.

Family danger. Approaching the apiary, a person begins to pose a potential threat to the inhabitants of the hive. He can destroy their house, take honey. In this case, an innate instinct is triggered, aimed at preserving the species. Even at the cost of your life. They attack until the danger is gone.

A bee can also sting if a threat arises personally for her. You can not squeeze this insect with your palms or between your fingers, as it can easily use its weapon. This result is also possible when a bee gets into the hair, if, out of fear, you start to get it out of there.

There is an opinion among beekeepers that having lost a sting after an attack, a loaded bee will definitely return to the hive in order to free itself from a bribe. However, such a judgment is not true. Having filled the goiter with nectar, the bee is not able to sting. She just doesn't bend her belly to attack.

This is used by beekeepers all over the world to calmly remove frames with honey. Fumigating the hives with smoke, they create the illusion of a fire, to which the inhabitants of the house react adequately. They instantly fill their stomachs with honey, which will allow them to survive elsewhere. Naturally, loaded with honey, they cannot sting.

The benefits and harms of bee venom

Bee venom (apitoxin, consisting of the Greek "apis", which means bee and "toxikon" - poison) is the result of a biochemical combination of various substances with pronounced biological properties. It is a clear, slightly yellowish liquid. Smells like honey. Has a pungent taste. Apitoxin is indestructible when exposed to acids and alkalis. Retains its properties when frozen and heated up to 100 degrees. When dried, it remains active for several years. However, human digestive enzymes, when poison is ingested, completely destroy it.

The chemical composition of bee venom, like honey, cannot be accurately described.

So, on the 10th day of life, it produces more melitin, and on the 35-40th day - more histamine. If we decompose apitoxin into components, we get 18 chemical elements from the periodic table. Entering into various compounds, they form proteins, fats, carbohydrates, hydrochloric and phosphoric acids. But the properties of the poison are determined by 3 groups of biologically active substances:

• Squirrels. These are hyaluronidase, acid phosphatase and phospholipase A2;
• Toxic peptides and polypeptides are represented by melitin, apamin, tertiapine, secapin;
• Biogenic amines - histamine and dopamine.

Among these substances, pheromones and toxins can be distinguished. Pheromones serve as a means of signaling to the rest of the species. Standing out during a bee sting in environment, they announce an alarm within a radius of several tens of meters. Toxins are designed to neutralize the enemy.

Melitin. The most dangerous ingredient in poison. Destroys red blood cells, slows down metabolic processes, violates the integrity of the walls of blood vessels, causes muscle spasms.

Apamin. It affects the central nervous system, disrupting the connection between its departments.

Phospholipase A2. By damaging membranes and mitochondria, it destroys cell walls.

Histamine. Participates in the formation of a tumor around the wound. It causes bronchospasm and vasodilation, resulting in a sharp decrease in blood pressure.

Hyaluronidase. Destroys mucopolysaccharides, which contributes to the hurricane spread of edema.

It should be noted that the toxins themselves are not fatal to a living being. But acting simultaneously, they complement each other, turning into a substance that kills all living things.

The complexity of the composition of bee venom also determines the complexity of the effects of toxins on human body. Each person has their own reaction to a bee sting.

An absolutely healthy adult without any serious side effects can withstand up to 15 bites at a time.

But the danger arises in the case of various diseases:

• cirrhosis of the liver;
• renal failure;
• cardiac arrhythmias;
• diabetes;
• allergies.

In such cases, without urgent medical attention, a fatal outcome is possible.

However, nature has provided that the toxic components of bee venom can produce a unique healing effect on the human body. AT traditional medicine a special direction was formed - apitherapy, in which many diseases are treated with bee venom. As a result of human exposure to small doses of apitoxin, analgesic, antispasmodic, cytostatic and antibacterial effects are achieved. In addition, the ingestion of poison into the body leads to:

• strengthening the process of restoring bone mass;
• restoration of the heart rhythm;
• cleansing the walls of blood vessels from cholesterol, resulting in lower blood pressure;
• increased production of serotonin, which leads to increased potency;
• improving the process of digestion.

The components of bee venom allow you to restore the work of the central nervous system, strengthen immunity, as well as rejuvenate the blood. They treat sciatica, gout, rheumatism and many other diseases.

Allergy to bee venom

After a bee sting, it is important not to overlook the beginning allergic reaction for apitoxin. The first symptoms of an allergy include:

• severe burning and itching of the bite;
• acute pain;
• redness and rapidly growing swelling around the wound;
• rash on the body.

A mild degree of an allergic reaction is characterized by:

• itching and burning of the surface of the whole body;
• swelling of the mucous membrane and skin at the site of the bite;
• fever and, as a result, chills;
• the appearance of lethargy, apathy.

The average severity of allergies is characterized by adding to the above symptoms:

• swelling of the mucous membranes on the internal organs;
• pressure drop;
• the occurrence of cardiac arrhythmias;
• the occurrence of seizures.

A severe allergic reaction from a bee sting requires immediate medical intervention, because due to developing acute heart failure and the onset of anaphylactic shock, the stung person dies.

How to properly remove a bee sting

Having hit a person, the bee mortally mutilates itself, leaving a stinger, part of the abdomen and a bag of poison in place of the bite. Such a scenario of the development of events ends badly for the insect - it dies. It can end badly for a person. The jagged spear with poison left in the wound is able to independently pulsate for about 30 minutes more, plunging deeper into the body and introducing more and more poison from the sac into the body of the victim.

If at the time of the bite the dose of toxins is insignificant, then after half an hour it increases many times over. In terms of strength, bee venom is comparable to snake venom.

Therefore, it is important to prevent further penetration of apitoxin into the wound. To do this, immediately remove the sting. If this is not done, then with the cessation of its pulsation, the poison still for a long time(up to several days) will enter the body.

The first thing to do if a bee has bitten is to inspect the bite site and find the sting. It looks like a black dot on the human body. Remove it carefully and carefully.

Be careful not to damage the skin around the wound, which is fraught with the occurrence of a focus of infection. Be careful not to squeeze the venom out of the pouch into the wound.

With a fingernail or a sharp object, strongly pressing it to the body, you should scrape the skin at the site of the bite. Thus, the sting is easily removed. If such an operation is not successful, you should use tweezers or nails. Covering the sting near the skin itself on both sides, it is removed with a jerk upwards. There is no longer any danger of squeezing the venom out of the pouch into the wound, as it is squeezed out of the glands during the scraping.

You can immediately remove the stinger with tweezers or nails by pulling it up, despite the fact that in most recommendations this method is considered dangerous. It is believed that in this way all the toxins from the sac are squeezed out into the wound. Indeed, the amount of poison entering the wound increases significantly.

But this misses one point. A person can withstand without serious consequences for the body up to 15 bee attacks carried out in a short period of time. If all this is stretched for several hours, then 5 bites can lead to serious health problems. Therefore, the amount of apitoxin that has entered the body has no of great importance if the sting is quickly removed.

First aid after a bite

The next step in helping is to disinfect the wound. If the bite occurred near the house, then with the help of gauze or a clean cloth, as well as antiseptics (hydrogen peroxide, iodine, brilliant green, alcohol, vinegar, furacilin, soda solution or cologne), we treat the wound. To reduce pain and slow down the development of the tumor, we apply the same tampon in the form of a lotion to the bite site and hold it for as long as possible.

A similar effect is achieved if the damage is washed with laundry soap and a cold object is applied to the wound: ice, a knife, a spoon, etc. It is necessary to apply several times. For prevention, you can drink antihistamines, if they are available in the home first aid kit.

It is more difficult to have if the bee has stung far from home. The main thing here is not to panic, but to act calmly and competently. After removing the sting, the wound should be treated with plantain leaf juice, which will disinfect the skin around the bite. After that, any dirt is applied to the damaged area. It will reduce itching and swelling. After about half an hour, the dirt is washed off.

The biggest problems arise when allergic reactions occur. Here, by simply removing the sting and disinfecting the bite, it will not be possible to completely avoid the consequences of a bee attack. You need to take antihistamines. This is Suprastin, Zodak or Tsetrin. Then, after a couple of hours, you should drink Activated carbon(one tablet for every 10 kg of the patient's weight) to remove toxins and allergens from the body.

Important: Do not scratch or rub the skin around the wound.

With an average allergy to the components of bee venom, a compress of ascorbic acid (aspirin) and activated charcoal will help. One tablet transferred funds dissolves in 100 ml (half a glass) of water. A gauze or cotton swab soaked in the solution is applied to the wound for 5 minutes. The procedure should be carried out several times a day for 5-6 days.

At the slightest suspicion that symptoms of the onset of a severe stage of allergy appear, the patient should be immediately taken to the hospital or called " ambulance". Before the arrival of doctors, the victim should be given a tablet of Dimedrol and 25 drops of Cordiamin. In the event of suffocation, apply artificial respiration.

Properly provided first aid for a bee sting will minimize the consequences of toxins entering the body and quickly restore the health of the victim.

Features when biting into various parts of the body

The harm caused by bee venom to a person largely depends on the site of the bite. The legs, arms or body will give the usual reaction to the penetration of toxins. Another thing is the neck, head or eye. It is here that blood vessels, nerve endings, lymph nodes, vital points are located in large numbers.

Therefore, the reaction to poisoning from a bee sting in the head or neck area is completely different - weakness is added throughout the body, apathy, headaches, and in some cases convulsions and angioedema.

Important: Quincke's edema is fatal. Found in all age categories but more common in children and young women.

An attack by a bee on the neck or tongue leads, due to expanding edema, to impaired blood flow and respiration. The development of the process is very fast, which can cause suffocation. In such cases, you should immediately consult a doctor. Before examining the victim by medical staff, it is necessary to remove the sting and disinfect the wound. The development of edema can be stopped with cold compresses. Be sure to give antihistamines if you have them in your medicine cabinet.

A bite near the eye or in the eyelid is especially dangerous. Many underestimate the emerging danger. Due to the entry of toxins into the wound, the eyelid swells, completely closing the eye, which often leads to various complications. The result can be complete or partial loss of vision. Therefore, it is dangerous to rely on folk remedies, instead, you need to contact an ophthalmologist.

If a bee stings a child

The reaction of the child's body to bee venom is more violent. This is explained very simply. During the attack, the bee injects the same amount of toxic substances into the wound. because of different weight between an adult and a child, there are several times more toxins per unit mass of the latter. In such cases, you should not panic.

A series of simple, consistent steps will help to cope with the problem. Small children should be soothed, put to bed or on the grass in a quiet, dark place. Be sure to make sure that the child does not touch the wound, as two problems may arise:

1. Poison from the sac can be squeezed out into the body.
2. The stinger will be damaged, making it impossible to remove it. It will have to be removed surgically.

Adolescents treat the situation more calmly and accurately follow the instructions of adults.

Then the sting is carefully and carefully removed, the bite site is treated with an antiseptic and lubricated with Fenistil-gel or Psilo-balm. The damaged area is bandaged. Any clean cloth will work as a bandage. Then the child is given last-generation allergy pills: Zirtek, Telfast, etc.

Within a few hours, mineral water or tea replenishes the loss of fluid in the body. Be sure to monitor the condition of the stung. If redness of the body and swelling develop or do not subside within 3-4 hours, the help of a doctor is needed to avoid complications leading to serious disorders in the body or death.

Folk methods for treating bee stings

In folk medicine, dozens of ways are offered what to do with a bee sting. Quickly reduce swelling, itching and pain at the bite site will help:

• Aspirin, validol and activated charcoal. Neutralize toxins, relieve pain;
• Juice of plantain leaves, mint, parsley and celandine. Well disinfect the bite site, relieve pain and redness. At least one of these plants can always be found at the site where the bite occurred;
• Onion. Binds toxins, cleanses the bite site of bacteria, relieves redness. It is used in the form of gruel or cut in half. In both cases, it must simply be applied to the wound.
• Olive oil. A few drops of this product will help reduce redness and itching, stop the development of edema;
• Juice or piece of aloe leaf. Applied to the wound, they will relieve swelling and redness, reduce itching.

How to protect yourself from bites

A bee sting can be prevented by following a few simple rules:

• Do not appear in the apiary or at the place of collection of nectar in dark clothes and with a strong smell of perfume, tobacco, alcohol, sweat;
• Wear protective clothing while extracting honey;
• Do not shout, do not wave your arms and do not run away when you meet a bee;
• Do not touch the striped insect if it has sat on the body or tangled in the hair;
• Do not eat or drink sweet or sweet-smelling things when visiting places with apiaries or honey collection;
• Try not to approach the buckwheat fields while collecting honey. The weak secretion of nectar by buckwheat makes striped insects very aggressive;
• Do not walk barefoot and do not wear loose clothing near apiaries.

Possession of primary information on how to avoid a bee sting and what to do if it nevertheless stings will allow you to protect your health when visiting places with a nearby apiary or a massive collection of nectar.

Bees are the most efficient pollinators flowering plants, so their role for Agriculture priceless. The more bees lead their lives near blooming gardens, the greater the yield will be obtained later.

In addition, these little hard workers produce a sweet food loved by many - honey. The obvious practical benefits brought by bees are overshadowed by the only drawback - these fluffy insects bite painfully. Therefore, you need to know what to do if a bee has bitten.

Why do bees sting?

In fact, a bee sting is not a sting at all. The bee uses its oral apparatus exclusively for peaceful purposes, while defending itself with the help of a sting, which is hidden in the last segments of its abdomen. If the insect is restless, feels danger, or is worried about the safety of the honey supply, as well as its hive, it can "bite", that is, sting. But this is done solely out of fear or for the sake of defense.

The ancestors of bees, prehistoric insects from the sand wasp family, in the process of evolution lost interest in food of animal origin, as well as ceased to be “naturally aggressive”. What can not be said about the closest relatives of bees - wasps and hornets, who love meat.

The bee sting is defensive, not offensive. The structure of the insect is such that it can sting a person only once, after which it dies. Although, when defending a hive, angry insects can sting wasps and alien bees more than once, but not die.

First aid for a bite: how to remove a sting and why should it be done?

If the bee still stung, be guided the following rules which will help to avoid complications and reduce pain.

1. First of all, remove the stinger from under the skin.
2. Treat the wound with an antiseptic.
3. Refrigerate the bite site.

Usually the bee plunges its sting under the skin of the victim for its entire length. In this case, a person experiences the same symptoms as when a foreign body, like a very thin and sharp needle, gets under the skin. The more time passes from the moment of the bite, the more bee venom enters the body. In addition, the likelihood of suppuration of tissues in the vicinity of a foreign body increases.

First aid for a bee sting is as much as possible fast removal sting. The insect's venom resides inside special reservoirs in the sting, and continues to penetrate human tissue as it deepens into the body over time. If you pull out the sting immediately after the incident, you can reduce the portion of bee venom that enters the body, and thus reduce the associated unpleasant symptoms.

Sting removal:

• The sting is easiest to remove with tweezers, which are preferably disinfected beforehand.
• If there are no tweezers nearby, you can remove the sting without any tools, simply by picking it off with your fingernail, but it is advisable to wipe your hands with alcohol beforehand.
• At home, you can use a disinfected knife to remove the sting.

These manipulations will help to avoid inflammation near the bite site or reduce it. After removing the sting, you need to rinse and disinfect the wound.

The easiest way to reduce the pain, itching and swelling that come with it bee sting- this is to wash the wound with laundry soap and apply an ice compress. You can also use compresses with vinegar, alcohol, soda solution and diluted potassium permanganate to disinfect and relieve inflammation.

From medical preparations to remove swelling after a bite will help: fenistil ointment, psilo-balm, hydrocortisone ointment.

Allergy to bee venom

The harm caused by a bee sting depends on several factors:

• individual tolerance.
• The amount of bee venom per unit mass of a person.
• Location of the bite.

For a healthy person, 10-15 bee stings at the same time do not carry a significant danger. At normal reaction The body at the site of the bite only forms a small, pea-sized, itchy swelling that disappears within 1-2 days.

But a sensitized organism can react not only with localized reddening of the skin, but also general reaction: detected by swelling of a large area of ​​the body adjacent to the bite site, indigestion, suffocation up to anaphylactic shock and death.

If a person suffers from an allergic reaction to bee venom, the following set of measures should be taken:

• take an antihistamine;
• control body temperature, pulse, pressure every half hour;
• take a sedative;
• provide the victim with plenty of fluids, as well as bed rest;
• if the condition worsens, seek medical attention immediately.

There are cases when an allergic reaction to bee stings was so strong that it was necessary to take resuscitation measures: provide the victim with artificial respiration and heart massage.

The most dangerous points for bee stings

As already noted, the harm caused by bee stings is determined by the location on the body of the victim. It's one thing if a bee stings in the arm, leg or back, and quite another if the sting hits the eye, neck or head. When bitten into such areas of the body, the likelihood of an allergic reaction increases significantly, because they contain many blood vessels, lymph nodes and nerve endings.

If a bee sting hits the neck or head, soft tissue edema, general weakness, lethargy, severe headache and even convulsions.

Bites to the tongue and neck are dangerous due to swelling of the tissues in which the poison spreads, which will interfere with normal blood flow and breathing. The development of such complications usually occurs very rapidly. Therefore, you need to urgently contact an ambulance to prevent anaphylactic shock, and at home take an antihistamine and try to relieve swelling with cold compresses.

A bee sting in the eye causes inflammation of the tissues of the eye, and in case of complications, glaucoma, cataracts and even blindness can occur.

If a bee stings a child

Usually an adult already knows his reaction to bee venom. But in the case when a bee has bitten a child, it may not be known how his body will react. In addition, the body weight of a child is less than that of an adult, so there is a large concentration of bee venom per unit mass.

Therefore, if a bee has bitten a child, you need to give him first aid and carefully observe the development of the reaction or its subsidence. If there are signs of an allergy to bee venom, you should immediately go to the hospital. If the reaction of the child to a bee sting is normal, the treatment is no different from the case when an adult was injured.

The benefits and harms of a bee sting

Bee venom contains 50% of the toxic substance melittin. Therefore, if too much bee venom enters the body, the person experiences symptoms of toxin poisoning.

At the same time, it has been proven that melittin has antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. Being a surfactant, melittin can destroy the envelope of human immunodeficiency viruses and hepatitis.

When ingested in high concentrations, melittin destroys red blood cells and can lead to anemia.

In small quantities, bee venom stimulates the nervous and cardiovascular systems, promotes tissue regeneration, heals and restores the skeletal system, and also has a beneficial effect on the human immune system. Treatment with bee stings was recommended by Hippocrates himself.

How to avoid a bee sting

To avoid a bee sting, do not provoke insects. If there is an apiary nearby, you should not use strong flavors, because they irritate the bees (alcohol, perfume, tobacco) and make them want to drive away the irritant. Also, bees do not like the smell of sweat. There is no need to eat sweets near the apiary, because they attract bees. Do not walk barefoot as the bees may collect nectar from the flowers.

It has long been noted that centenarians are often found among beekeepers. The explanation for this fact is very simple: in small quantities, bee stings do much more good than harm. In addition, communication with bees, watching them has a calming effect on the nervous system.

Symptoms of bee and wasp stings

Summer is the time for outdoor activities. In the heat, one wants to go to the lake or to the forest, but various dangers await us there. One of them is a potential meeting with poisonous insects. A large number of people are annually attacked by wasps and bees. However, not many people think that there is a big difference between the bites of these insects.

Bees attack only for reasons of self-defense, when a person accidentally discovered and disturbed the nest. These insects have no reason to attack anything that moves. The sting of a bee is very painful. The sting stays inside skin. It has notches and resembles a harpoon, which is firmly held in the body of the victim.

After a sting, the bee dies, having fulfilled its duty to protect against intrusion into the family's territory. The danger of being stung by a bee increases when you are directly near the place of its residence. Bees, together with the poison, inject a special substance into the wound, the chemical nature of which resembles insect communication hormones. In this way, other companions of the bee are given a signal to attack. There is evidence that bees feel fear. Therefore, they are sure to sting all those who are afraid of them. The validity of such claims has not yet been sufficiently studied.

Although the dislike of insects for human sweat has long been proven. Traces of natural human activity increase the aggression of bees. But wasps are still more aggressive. Their unfriendliness reaches its peak during a drought, when heat causes the wasps to leave the nest and go in search of water. Unlike bees, wasps do not die when they sting, and do not make up their sting. Their attack weapon has no notches, respectively, they sting repeatedly.

In the spring-summer period, bees, like other insects, become the most active. During this period, they collect nectar and pollinate plants. Unfortunately, sometimes these beneficial insects deliver easy for people discomfort or serious problems biting people. The reaction to a bite depends on individual characteristics body, and we will now explain what to do to avoid unpleasant consequences in the form of allergic reactions or anaphylactic shock.

How to avoid a bee sting

We will figure out how to help ourselves or another person with a bee sting. As you know, it is usually easier to prevent trouble than to deal with the consequences. Various actions and circumstances can provoke an insect to bite:

• A strong aroma of perfume, spices or alcohol. When relaxing in nature, keep this in mind.
• Waving your arms or trying to swat a bee flying around you. It is better to freeze in place, covering your head, or calmly step aside.
• Approaching the beehives in the apiary.
• Pumping honey from bees makes them more aggressive. Approaching such insects, you risk being stung.
• Walking barefoot, especially near water, increases the risk of bee stings.

There are other situations that provoke bee stings, but the reasons are always about the same.

How to understand that a bee has bitten?

To take the right measures first aid and further treatment, you need to know who bit you. If you haven't spotted an insect, you can easily spot a bee or wasp sting. In the first case, the following symptoms occur:

• A bee sting always leaves a sting. There are notches at its end, as a result of which it comes off. By the way, the insect itself then dies.
• The affected area was reddened and swollen, and the skin in the place where the bee had bitten turned pale. Similar symptoms are detected even in people without an allergic reaction.
• Puffiness is a common consequence of a bite, especially for people with a tendency to allergies. There is a risk of Quincke's edema, which makes breathing difficult and increases the heart rate. If you do not seek medical help in a timely manner, the consequences can be fatal.
• Pain and burning are also signs of insect bites such as bees.

The longer the sting remains under the skin, the more pronounced all these symptoms will be.

Proper first aid for a bee sting

The components of bee venom are proteins that affect skin cells and immunity. They provoke swelling and pain. The faster you can remove the sting, the less bee venom will penetrate the skin. Based on all this, one can best recommendations for first aid for a bite:

• As soon as possible, you need to remove the sting with nails or tweezers, but do not press hard so as not to squeeze out the poison. You can simply run a plastic card or ruler over the skin, and the sting will pop out painlessly.
• Next, wash the affected area with soap and water.
• Ice or a cold compress is applied to relieve pain and swelling.
• If a person is allergic, it is better to lubricate the place with hydrocortisone or other antihistamine ointment ( full list see below).
• Do not scratch the skin to avoid infection.

When to go to the hospital?

Most often, it is possible to overcome the consequences of a bite at home, without contacting medical institutions. In rare cases, the lack of professional help can be dangerous to health or even life. Mandatory health care required by people in the following situations:

• If a person has been attacked by several insects. In this situation, the likelihood of toxic shock increases significantly, even if the person does not have allergies.
• With a bee sting on the lip, tongue, eyelid, eye or neck. Proximity to the respiratory tract increases the degree of danger in the form of mucosal edema or anaphylactic shock.

Thus, you need to control your condition or follow the person who was bitten by a bee.

What should not be done when bitten?

An insect bite can be dangerous, and the wrong actions of the victim sometimes exacerbate the situation. What should not be done with a bee sting in the neck, eye, lip, or any other place on the body?

• Squeeze or slap the insect. Otherwise, pheromones will be released from its body, which will make other bees nearby aggressive.
• Massage or comb the lesion. These activities spread the poison and can lead to infection.
• Trying to squeeze out a sting or poison.
• Drink alcohol, which will dilate blood vessels and accelerate the distribution of poison throughout the body.
• Rinse the bite with water from a river or pond.
• Take any sleeping pills.

How to remove puffiness and swelling?

The best remedy for preventing swelling or swelling at the site of a bite in the ear, eye, and any other place is Aspirin. Crush the pill with any convenient way, dilute with a couple of drops of water and apply this gruel on the wound, and cover with a bandage or cotton pad on top. After removing the compress after 10 minutes, you will notice that there is no swelling. Similarly, an activated charcoal tablet can be used instead of Aspirin.

If the eye is swollen from a bee sting, these remedies will be ineffective, and you cannot do without medical help. Improvised remedies for edema and swelling from a bee sting in the neck, arm, leg or other place on the body include:

• applying cold to the affected area;
• use of any disinfectant solution;
• taking antihistamines;
• usage folk remedies(we'll talk about them later).

What to do with a bee sting

There are a huge number of ways and means to alleviate the condition of the victim with bee stings. Practice shows that the best drugs to treat the affected area are Psilo-balm and Fenistil gel. They provide comprehensive assistance with a bite:

• reduce the likelihood of allergic manifestations;
• remove redness, puffiness and swelling;
• relieve itching;
• relieve pain.

The main thing before applying the product is to pull out the sting, and ideally treat the affected area with hydrogen peroxide or a solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection.

The best medicines for a bee sting

So, what helps with a bee sting from medications? Most of them are in the form of ointments and gels, the list of which is very extensive. Fenistil and Psilo-balm have already been mentioned, but there are other good drugs:

• Bepanten is a time-tested healing and anti-inflammatory agent.
• Nezulin is a cream based on natural ingredients, suitable even for children. It has bactericidal properties, removes itching and redness.
• Menovazin - has cooling and anti-inflammatory properties. The composition contains menthol, which creates these effects.
• Advantan - it contains a hormone that accelerates the onset of relief after a bite.
• Akriderm is also a hormonal ointment that relieves itching, redness and burning after a bee sting.
• Smazatel - ointment that removes inflammation and irritation.
• Levomekol is a drug with antibiotics that quickly heals the affected area and relieves inflammation.

In pharmacies, you may be offered other remedies that help after a bee sting if your eyes, ear, cheek, or any other area are swollen.

Some people are allergic to bee stings. What to do in this case, it is better to ask the doctor, and in dangerous situations you need to call an ambulance (for example, with anaphylactic shock). If allergic symptoms are mild, you can take antihistamine Dexamethasone or Prednisolone.

If a bee stings a pregnant woman

In women during pregnancy, the reaction to a bee or wasp sting may be more pronounced, and the main problem lies in the impossibility of using most of the proven and effective means. The list of safe drugs that help relieve swelling, pain and swelling after a bee sting of a pregnant woman includes the following:

• Paracetamol. Alleviates pain that is difficult to endure. One tablet will relieve the condition without affecting the developing fetus.
• Menovazin. Ointment that cleans discomfort after being bitten by bees and other insects. Safe during pregnancy.
• No-shpa. A time-tested antispasmodic that relieves pain and is harmless to pregnant women.

You can also treat the bite site and remove the tumor with folk remedies, and it is also important to ensure that you drink plenty of fluids in the absence of severe swelling.

What to do if a bee stung a child

Parents of children who are bitten by a bee often behave incorrectly and begin to smear the baby's skin with gels or ointments that fall under the arm. This is mistake! It is strongly not recommended to apply two or more funds at once. The correct algorithm of actions when a child is bitten by a bee is as follows:

• soothing the baby and removing the sting;
• control so that he does not comb the wound;
• treatment of the affected area with a disinfectant composition (alcohol, potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide);
• applying Psilo-balm or Fenistil-gel;
• applying a sterile dressing;
• taking an antihistamine drug by a child: Cetrin, Claritin, Zirtek, Fexofenadine or their analogues;
• active drinking clean water;
• control over the condition of the child: if the swelling does not subside or the mucous membranes begin to swell, you need to urgently go to the hospital or call an ambulance.

If the symptoms do not worsen in the first few hours, you can not worry - the swelling and redness will soon pass without additional help.

Allergic reactions to bee stings

There are people who are allergic to bee stings and other insects. In most cases, they are aware of this problem, but do not always act correctly in emergency situations. Allergies can manifest with symptoms such as:

• Urticaria in the form of pale pink blisters. The rash does not always appear at the site of the bite, but may occur randomly.
• Quincke's edema, in which the neck, face, tongue, lips and even Airways. There is a risk of strangulation, so medical attention is needed.
• Anaphylactic shock is the most dangerous consequence of an allergic reaction. Occurs instantly and requires medical attention.

When an allergy develops after a bee sting, you need to know exactly what to do and act strictly according to the rules. It is better to play it safe and call an ambulance, but while the car is driving, be sure to take an antihistamine.

Doctors arriving at the patient will most likely administer Dexamethasone or Prednisolone intravenously. Hormonal drugs quickly eliminate allergy symptoms. In rare cases, a conicotomy is required: an incision above the trachea into which a tube is inserted to allow air into the swollen airways.

Folk recipes for bee stings

There are a considerable number of folk remedies that help to quickly deal with the symptoms of a bee sting, preventing the spread of poison and aggravating the situation:

• Parsley is known for its anti-inflammatory qualities that can be used. It is necessary to pour boiling water over the greens and apply to the affected area after removing the sting.
• Aloe quickly removes itching with swelling, so it is used in the form of compresses. You can simply cut the sheet and apply to the affected area.
• Olive oil helps relieve redness and irritation after a bee sting. You just need to lubricate the affected area with it.
• Onion, thanks to bactericidal abilities, removes swelling and redness. Squeeze juice out of it with any possible way moisten a cotton pad and apply it to the skin.

All these remedies only facilitate the signs of the manifestation of the consequences of a bee sting. They are of little help to allergy sufferers, as they struggle only with visible symptoms.

A bee sting is fatal only to the insect itself. She leaves a stinger at the site of the bite and then dies. For a person, the consequences are not critical, but can have unpleasant consequences.

What to do with a bee sting?

The first thing to do is to disinfect the wound. It is washed with soap, dirt and particles of poison are washed off. Next, you need to prepare tweezers, antiseptics, a cold compress, anti-allergic drugs. A good warm drink neutralizes the effects of a bee sting. It can be sweet teas and fruit drinks. Drinks help relieve swelling.

Bees rarely bite a person for no particular reason. There are some features of their behavior. So insects do not tolerate the smell of sweat. It causes aggression on their part. It's also best to stay away from the hives. The insect will defend its territory. During a bite, a bee not only leaves a sting in the wound, but also releases a special substance that, as it were, marks a person. As a result, the rest of the insects perceive it as a target and begin to attack.

Tumor after a bee sting: treatment

The poison of the bee is located at the end of the abdomen, in the same place as the sting. The sting is not smooth, has notches. It remains in the wound and continues to secrete toxic substance. Under the influence of poison, a tumor is formed in the field of a bee sting. It is the tumor that can show the presence of an allergy to a bite. In allergy sufferers, it has big size, may increase over time. With normal tolerance, it subsides after a few days.

Allergic reaction to bee sting might be strong enough. Allergy sufferers should definitely take an antihistamine immediately after being bitten. Suprastin, Tavegil, Dimedrol can help. Next, you need to look at the condition of the patient. If it continues to worsen, then you should definitely call a doctor. For some people, bee venom can be fatal. Almost the only remedy during anaphylactic shock and loss of consciousness from a bee sting is an injection of adrenaline.

An allergic reaction is stopped as follows:

1. Disinfect the wound, pull out the sting. Its location can be determined by the white dot.
2. Lay the patient on a flat surface.
3. Give antihistamine and warm sweet drink

What to do after a bee sting?

Wash after a bee sting sore spot. Next, wash your hands, disinfect the tweezers. Find the sting and carefully pull it out. You can't squeeze it out! The venom may spread more, and the bite site will swell more. Disinfect the wound again. You can use hydrogen peroxide or diluted in a ratio of 1 to 5 ammonia. Apply a cold compress to the affected area. It can be a piece of ice or a towel dipped in ice water. Then the person needs to drink an antihistamine.

bee sting on the head, as well as in the oral cavity and chest, is considered quite dangerous. Therefore, you need to especially carefully monitor the condition of the person who was bitten there. Usually, complications begin to occur after a few minutes (in rare cases - after a few hours). The sequence of actions for a bite in the head is the same as for a bite in any other place. With a large edema and deterioration of the condition, it is urgent to call an ambulance.

The consequences of a bee sting can be different. Abscesses may appear on the sore spot. The patient may have fever, fever, pain.

The risk group, which may have a deterioration in health after an insect bite, includes children under 12 years old, the elderly. You can avoid stings by knowing what attracts bees. Usually they fly to cloying smells, sweet and bright clothes. When they appear, do not wave your arms so as not to provoke an insect. Try to behave calmly, step aside or, in extreme cases, knock down the bee with improvised means.