It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket
while working in the yard.......... BEE STINGS !
A couple of weeks
ago, I was stung by
both a bee and hornet
while working in the garden.
My arm swelled up,
so I went to the doctor.
The clinic gave me
cream and an antihistamine. The next
day the swelling was
getting progressively
worse, so I went to
my regular doctor. The
arm was infected and needed an
antibiotic.
The doctor told me -
" The next
time you get stung,
put a penny on the
bite for 15 minutes".
That night, my niece
was stung by two bees.
I looked at the bite and
it had already started
to swell. So, I taped a
penny to her arm for
15 minutes.
The next morning,
there was no
sign of a bite. We
decided that she just
wasn't
allergic to the sting.
Soon, I was gardening outside. I got stung
again, twice by a
hornet on my left hand.
I thought, here I go
again to the doctor for another antibiotic.
I promptly got my
money out and taped
two pennies to my bites, then sat and sulked
for 15 minutes. The
penny took the sting
out of the bite
immediately.
In the meantime the
hornets were attacking,
and my friend was stung
on the thumb. Again the penny. The next morning
I could only see the spot where the hornet had
stung me. No redness,
no swelling. My friend's sting was the same;
couldn't even tell
where she had been
stung.
She got stung again
a few days later on
her back---cutting
the grass! And the
penny worked once
again.
Wanted to share
this information in
case you experience the same problem.
We need to keep a stock of pennies on hand.
The doctor said
that the copper in
the penny counter-
acts the bite.
It definitely works!
EDIT: I had to re-do this post, so it could all be seen - and that made me lose the comments that were here. Sorry!
13 comments:
Well that's great info but how terrifying to be in danger of being stung all the time . I'm scared s------- of hornets. Thanks for the great advice.
That's a really interesting trick. I feel sorry for those poor souls who got stung half to bits - all in the name of research, I suppose?
We have not tried this but we did hear about it for the first time about a month ago. This post definitely makes me want to be sure there is always a penny in my pocket.
I always went by the old saying "Bi-carb(onate of soda) for bees, vinegar for wasps". That worked too, but I shall try the penny trick next time.
What are your pennies made of, and how big are they? Our (old) pennies were copper and very large, but when the UK went decimal in 1971 the pennies were tiddly size. And I think they are made of a base metal now, especially seeing as how they are worth nothing, even the 2p ones.
I'll try it, but keep the b-carb in the cupboard! I am very allergic to bee and wasp stings.
I found that my allergic reaction to hornets while living overseas was less with each successive bite. I wonder if this penny thing works with tick bites...we have been getting mostly those this spring!
I'll have to add this to the dryer sheets. If you run across anything for ticks let me know. They don't bother the dog... she has her monthly stuff for them. But they seem to come in on me whenever I work in the yard. So far they haven't bitten, just annoyed me when I find them walking around.
One of those ideas that sounds great but you hope you never have to test. Will keep it in mind just in case.
Man - who gets stung that much? I'd move. :)
Wow, terrific idea. Thanks. I'll pass it along.
My dad used mud.....didn't change the fact that if i get stung my eip-pen had better be close by....but I will pass on the penny info.
This is GREAT information, Judy...I must remember this...! I thought, as I was reading this---it had to be something about the copper!
That is amazing Judy. I will definitely keep this in mind. I had always heard putting chewing tobacco on a sting draws the stinger out. But this is so much better. Thanks.
That's interesting. I read the other day that an onion cut in half and applied to the sting will have a similar effect.
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