Bee stings

[Raven]

making a paste of baking soda
smeared on the spot helps greatly
as well as an ice pack

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by Raven

making a paste of baking soda
smeared on the spot helps greatly
as well as an ice pack

Been icing down.Forgot about baking soda.

Was only able to handle about two hours fishing lastnight before my leg swelled up to the point I couldn't stand on it anymore.

[JamesJet]

actually meat tenderizer works very well when applied to a bee sting. With that kind of swelling, did you get the stinger out?

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by JamesJet

actually meat tenderizer works very well when applied to a bee sting. With that kind of swelling, did you get the stinger out?

Couldn't see the stinger afterwards so I'm assuming it came out right after.

I was just googling bee stings and both baking soda and meat tenderizer were mentioned.One thing I found in common on several sites is that bee stings on the lower leg/ankle area tend to cause the whole lower half of the leg to swell.