[Homestead] stung by a japanese hornet
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Fri May 23 17:37:33 EDT 2008
Nothing to mess around with, especially if you are swelling up. Go to
the ER, or at a minimum, head to an all night pharmacy and grab some
benedryl. I am late on this, so please give us an update Warren...are
you okay?
Bev
WF Smith wrote:
> I got stung 30 minutes ago on the pad of my thumb by a japanese hornet. I've
> been stung in the past by everything under the sun with no more than local
> effect but I now have huge hives all over my body. I do not have any
> antihistamine tablets here at the house and it is so late I couldnt purchase
> any if I wanted. My mouth and nose and ears are swelling up.
>
> My breathing is fine so my question is this, should anyone still be awake-
> will the hives pass and should I be concerned about going to sleep?
>
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