[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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