I wrote a while ago about getting stung several times in my left hand
while hiving a swarm, this May.
My hand swelled up rather large, and by the next day the swelling was
going up my arm.
I was convinced by some people that I should get some medical help.
I was give Prednisone.
The swelling went down eventually - I wondered if the drug made any
difference.
 
Anyway, today I got a sting in my left wrist...first sting since the
multiple ones in May.  I went immediately to the nearest Walk-in Clinic,
in case I was going to have a bad reaction... I didn't!  So I never got
out of the car,  just drove back to the beeyard.
 
But as the day progresses, I'm finding the pain and swelling is
increasing....I took one Benadryl (over the counter antihistamine)..and
all it did was make me fall asleep.
 
The swelling is moving slowly...in three hours it has crept about two
inches up my arm. So now the area from my wrist to 3/4 up my arm is
slightly swollen and achy.
 
If it keeps moving I will go to the Clinic again... but I don t want to...
I feel that my body has to learn how to deal with this without a major
sort of drug that takes over for your adrenal system!
 
I dimly recall getting stung by some kind of insect as a child, in the
finger...the pain  (i dont recall swelling) moved up my arm all the way to
my shoulder over many hours... My parents (perhaps rightly) took us out
shopping and I just got better on my own...
 
...sorry to go on ... just the concerns of a new beekeeper who aint
accustomed to stings quite yet.
 
Rob
 
Robert C.L. Watson
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