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| Past Blessings |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 10:04:19 AM
Just thought, since spring is rapidly approaching (the ground hog didn't see his shadow you know!) this might be helpful. A few years ago my mom told me that when you get a bee sting to dab clorine bleach on it. I have used this many times now with my boys (my youngest seems to be a bee magnet) and myself when I got stung twice while discovering a bee hive in our barbeque. With two minutes the sting was gone and the pain never returned. Of course, since this is bleach, let it dry before touching anything fabric! Hope this helps as we all venture out in the gardens this spring!
Blessings!!
Brenda
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Apr 22 2011 : 2:43:05 PM
I'm not sure. But, I do know that I have been told over and over by drs you have to pump and dump only to find out later that the medication would have no effect on my milk at all! So they really don't know they have been given false info in the 70's. So now I just go directly to Hale's. Hale's rates the medication on the amount, you get a 1 to something (either 3 or 5) rating on how safe it is to take. I will tell you drs to just be on the safe side will tell you ALL medications can't be taken. But, in reality there is very very very few that have any effect on your milk. VERY few! You would be surprised. So in the future when they tell you that about a medication just call up your local LLL leader and they can always look it up for you. LLL is free (although you can buy membership with them for 40 dollars a year) breastfeeding support group that is world wide. I highly recommended them as they are so knowledgeable and very helpful and offer ALL women free support and free help. And all the leaders have a Hale book. So they can always help you in knowing that.
BTW, Hale's book is renewed every year, so it's also very accurate research, and should always have the latest medications listed.
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| walkinwalkoutcattle |
Posted - Apr 22 2011 : 05:10:04 AM
Yeah, I think my doctor also doesn't want to be liable for anything that may happen. The reaction is quite less severe now, and hopefully I will remember to wear gloves when getting firewood. The doctor said he would've given me steroid pills, not a shot, so I'm wondering if that is a difference as well.
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Apr 21 2011 : 1:28:06 PM
I have not tried Lavender oil on bee or wasp stings BUT it works great for mosquito bites and relieves swelling and itching. I get bit all the time by Deer Flies (in the summer) and they are mean little buggers. I would get redness, hives and pain. I just dab a bit of Lavender oil on them and it prevents the above from happening (not as much pain I should say, but takes care of everything else)
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Apr 21 2011 : 06:48:19 AM
Megan I would have your local LLL leader look up the specific steroid shot they want to give you. Most doctors are very uneducated about what you can and can not take while breastfeeding. I have no idea why you wouldn't be able to take a steroid shot while breastfeeding since they regularly give pregnant women steroid shots to help develop fetus's that they think will have early birth's lungs faster.
The great majority of medications are perfectly fine for a breastfeeding mother to take, most drs just go by outdated info though put out by formula companies back in the 1970's to get mothers to stop breastfeeding and start using formula. Dr. Hale (sp) has done breast milk testing though to test almost all medications available to let you know the amount of each medication that comes through to your breastmilk. The great majority has no effect on breastmilk at all. Your local LLL leader should have the latest copy of his book so she can tell you specifically about the steroid shot your doctors wanted to give you. You can also check out kellymom and see if she has it listed on her site as well.
Here's a exert from Kellymom, I'm not sure if this is the same kind of steroid though or not, I will keep searching-
The recommended treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome is conservative, with rest, diuretics, hand splint, and local corticosteroid injection, because it is usually reversible. No women had residual signs or symptoms, so perseverance with lactation and symptomatic treatment is appropriate.
-- Lawrence & Lawrence, in Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1999, p. 533.
Treatments have proven helpful for carpal tunnel syndrome
Resting the affected hand and wrist, avoiding activities that aggravate symptoms
Immobilizing the wrist in a splint
Stretching and strengthening exercises, massage
Use of cold compresses (if inflammation is present)
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen
Diuretics ("water pills")
Steroid injections (these are compatible with breastfeeding)
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) supplements
Yoga and other relaxation techniques
Use of electrical stimulation (TENS unit, etc.)
Acupuncture
Chiropractic care
Surgery
Another quote about steroids, but again not specific to the kind you may be offered. Make sure to have the exact name of the kind they want to inject you with when you call the LLL about Hale's book. Just in case you are stung again especially, as I believe it builds up and you may need it to save your life next time. However, I would be leaning towards it being perfectly safe, so for sure have this looked up, so that you can get the shot, and not worry about harming your child.
"Ingestion of hormones of pregnancy through human milk should not be harmful to the
breastfeeding child, according to Thomas Hale, PhD, author of the authoritative text
Medications and Mothers' Milk. In lay person's terms, he says, the steroids, including
many estrogens and progestins, pass poorly into milk due to their steroid structures.
Secondly, these hormones are not readily bioavailable in humans.
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| walkinwalkoutcattle |
Posted - Apr 21 2011 : 05:49:52 AM
I ended up going to the doctor-I was having a toxic reaction. The only form of relief is steroids, and since I'm breastfeeding, I got a steroid cream. I used it twice and then put it away, it didn't seem to help that much. I still have a hole in my wrist where the bugger got me, and it still itches, even weeks after. I guess wasps and I don't get along!
Farmgirl #2879 :)
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Apr 01 2011 : 1:00:52 PM
My mom always used the baking soda paste on all stings (wasp/bee etc) Megan.
That being said some one asked about lavender oil. About 6 years ago my mom was told the same thing at a local health food store. My husband and I went camping with her, and I am highly allergic to mosquito bites. I mean from one bite my whole arm from shoulder to fingers will swell up 3 times it's size. When I was little my mom used to have to take me to the ER to get shots when I was bitten by mosquitoes. I usually try to avoid them like the plague, but as some one else said, I'm still a outdoors person so don't always succeed. lol So during our camping trip I inevitably was bitten by mosquitoes. My mom gave me the lavender oil to put on the bites and with in seconds the itch and any swelling went away and never came back for those bites! It turned my husband and I into believers on the lavender oil. So as soon as we got home to NYC I went to the health food store and bought some of our own lavender oil.......it must of not been a good quality cause it did nothing for us! My mom bought hers at a health food store that she has been shopping at for about 40 years......all their stuff is slightly expensive, but it's always top notch! So we learned the hard way, don't go cheap on the oil, and make sure you are getting a good quality lavender oil. Not all lavender oil apparently is good quality or something, cause what ever we bought was useless! If you want to know the truth, I don't think they sold us REAL lavender oil, I think they told us it was lavender essential oil (which means the oil actually came from the lavender) but I think they were telling us that, but actually selling us olive oil or other such oil infused with lavender, cause it was totally different then what my mom had. And my mom had the essential oil. So make sure you are getting the essential oil, and not some other oil infused with lavender. Sadly the store mom bought hers from was in Kansas and being in NYC we were far away from there. We should of just called the store and had them mail us some, we had done that many times with the health food store my mom shops at, and learned our lesson on the oil!
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| walkinwalkoutcattle |
Posted - Apr 01 2011 : 10:47:44 AM
I'd like to ask about wasp stings. Since the wasp keeps it's stinger after stinging you, there's no need to pull out the stinger. I was stung quite a few times this week, and was unable to get any venom out. I ended up having to go to the doctor and getting a steroid cream due to having a toxic reaction. My arm and hand have swelled, itch like the dickens, and have tiny (pore size) blood blisters on them. I'd love a way to avoid this in the future! Dumb things were building a nest (It was the black/brownish wasps) and burrowing in a piece of wood on the woodpile, and I grabbed the piece of wood that had a few burrowed in it. I got stung at least 3 times that I can see. The stings weren't that bad, and I thought bee stings always hurt worse, but this toxic reaction is horrible! Allegra/Benadryl won't work since it's not an allergic reaction, it's a toxic one. Any tips?
Farmgirl #2879 :)
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| gardenancy |
Posted - Mar 19 2011 : 5:06:39 PM
My husband and I are beekeepers. You must pull the stinger out immediately. The stinger will keep pumping venom in for up to 15-20 minutes. The bee dies after it stings. My friend is an Apitherapist who gives bee stings for health benefits. We get stung regularly. It is really good for you, especially arthritis.
Plantain was mentioned and that is the best. Find some in the grass (be sure it has not been fertilized with chemicals), pick some leaves and chew them quickly to release the juices and make it soft then put it on the sting as a poultice. It will draw the venom out.
The baking soda works too but the plantain is best if you are outside and the plantain is readily available. |
| MTwoman |
Posted - Jan 22 2011 : 06:39:45 AM
I use bakeing soda with salt a water to past works on all my boys seems anykind of bit they get u can see the poisin come to the top. And the best I always have the stuff I need lol. |
| mspence |
Posted - Jul 24 2009 : 09:27:44 AM
Hey, I know this is an old post, but tobacco works well too. Im not sure if any of you smoke, I dont but my parents did. I got repeatedly stung in the head by a bee when I was little and my dad broke open a cigarette got it to stick together with his spit (EEWWW) and stuck it on my wounds. It worked immediatley. Just a thought. |
| Libbie |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 10:02:42 AM
Thanks, Babs, for the identifying information! Now, I just can't wait for things to start growing so I can see where it is!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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| Past Blessings |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 08:33:59 AM
I had always done baking soda paste prior to learning about bleach. Baking soda makes it bearable. Bleach makes it like it never happened. The difference between the two is huge! I will never do baking soda again when I can have it feel completely gone.
brenda
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 1:13:28 PM
Oh, yeah, Babs. I've weeded that out of flower beds before. And my dh is diabetic. So I'm sure your tip will get used by us this season. Thanks! These are all great tips. And I planted some Comfrey last year, too.
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| babs |
Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 12:59:56 PM
Hey you go Libbie -
http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_plantain.htm
It grows everywhere and was even commonly called "white man's footprint" by the Native Americans, as wherever the english stepped plantain seemed to grow.
Babs |
| Libbie |
Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 12:09:03 PM
How do you identify Plantain? It sounds like such a good one to be able to find quickly in a "pinch." I'll bet I have some around here, I just don't know what it is!
XOXO, Libbie
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| babs |
Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 09:26:45 AM
We use Plantain. My daughter is diabetic and a lot of the "proper" remedies don't work for her at all. If the stinger is removed and the wound is clean it is then packed with plantain. Frankly I simply have her chew and spit. Plantain reduces swelling, is antiseptic and provides unexpected pain relief.
And it's good in a wild woman salad. ;)
Babs |
| Terre |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 6:41:25 PM
I have always used the baking soda paste. Once on vacation I made a paste from a cornstarch baby powder and that worked as well.
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| sweetproserpina |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 6:23:08 PM
I was at my local aromatherapy shop today and was told that lavender or tea tree essential oil will work on a bee sting. Has anyone tried it? Does it work?
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 5:31:45 PM
Yes baking soda is the tried and true remedy...BUT...but if you are not near any of those great remedies....good old mud is the best. Native Americans used it and that is how I learned it. Although I seldom get stung, bees seem to like me I guess I don't smell sweet enoough. MB
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| kitchensqueen |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 3:54:23 PM
When I was five I stepped on a ground hive of hornets and got stung all over. The only thing that made me stop crying was a baking soda paste-- for me, a whole box with just enough warm water to make a thick paste, but for a single sting use much less of course. Fortunately the experience didn't deter me from being outdoorsy!
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| faithymom |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 3:43:56 PM
I have always used Dock (I think it's Yellow Dock or Green Dock...not to be confused with Burdock, which is the plant with the cockleburs that stick everywhere) leaves to treat stings. Plantain also works very well. Dandelion and comfrey would work also, I believe. And since most of them happen outside, the treatment is right there!
I just pick a leaf and smoosh it up really good, so it's juicy and put it on the sting, making sure the juice gets right on there. You could make a poultice out of it and bandage over it to keep it in place for a bit. It takes the sting out really well and seems to help it heal faster.
Killing the little bugger that stung you also seems to help -or at least it makes ME feel better! LOL
(unless it's a honey bee, that is...)
Faith
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| shelle |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 3:35:29 PM
I recall hearing that a paste of meat tenderizer (unseasoned of course) placed on the bee sting helps. I believe you need to remove the stinger first though by scraping across it with a credit card or similar item making sure you scrape from the point that the stinger is in the skin out towards the stinging sac. If you did it the other direction you would push in more venom.
Shelle
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 10:55:50 AM
Those are both good ideas, and I'm sure I'll get a chance to try them both this season! :) I've also used plain aspirin(put one on a spoon w/ a dab of water and made a paste). It kept the pain and the swelling down.
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| MustangSuzie |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 10:18:17 AM
I had a bee keeper tell also that honey works for bee stings. Just dabbing it on. I have not tried it though.
Blessings....
Sarah
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