Bee stings can be life-threatening if you have an allergic reaction. Here’s when you need to go to the hospital and how you can treat a bee sting at home.
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There’s A Better Way To Treat A Bee Sting | Better | NBC News
2 days ago i was too but the sting is out just the bee was out thats my first time in a camping and thats hurt😥
And im very ok
Jo mom
I just got stung by a bee-
I got stung too, on my foot ):
Bruuhhhh same
I got school and a bee sting me today
I just got stung by a bee three times in by butt!!!! Uhhhhhh it’s in my bed and I sat on it!!!
Bee stung me , Just got done committing genocide on their nest 😉
I’m sorry, what did he teach us??
Lol….
I got stung by a bee and jump bopped it with shotgun
it was already dead
Idk about y’all but I’ve never been bitten by a bee lmao
Just got bit for the first time that’s why I’m here
I got bit 2 times 1 years ago when I was just playing in the PS4 not bothering anything and it bit me and today ..
My cousin just got stung by a bee
got stung by a wasp surprisingly did’nt hurt much only a second of pain a thats it
A bee stung my neck this vid help a lot so I will subscribe
I watch the video before this and it said not to use tweezers
i got stung two days ago and my whole forearm is still swollen
SAMEEE
@Shenice Stanislaus lol since I didn’t want to wait around I just walked like I normally do on my big toe and the swelling went down after two days. I realized that for me, if I tend to the sting and rest the foot, the swelling takes such a long time go down.
@Sumith Just got stung on my finger yesterday. This morning, it’s swollen to the point that i can’t make a closed fist. Have an ice pack on it now.
I was walking outside yesterday and I felt something fall on my head I thought it was a leaf or something so I grabbed it. Turns out it was a bee and it stung my finger now it’s swollen and red.
@NEVERMIND SAME thing happened to me recently. It swelled up the next day, was itchy, and painful. It goes away in about 3-4 days.
Since when do bees bite?
The fact that the doctor lasted more than 30 seconds to remove the stinger and said to remove it as fast as possible.
You know that part at 0:19 where he says “This is a simulated bee sting”?
Its a fake bee sting. They used makeup to make it look real.
I got bee stung on my leg
The thumbnail that was a yellow jacket not a bee
I recommend you buy sting killer you put it on your skin and it heals fast.
I was walking the forest and all if a sudden some bee attacked me through my aock and somehow make a deep stibg through my sock and it ia not even that thin and I walked down a path checked my sock and I found put there was still a bee there after I jumped around and hit my sock with a stick at the bee as fast as I could and it is like something dug into my skin
All bs cut a tomato put on sting goes away in 2 seconds done!
I’m trying this right now
And just grab the tweezers ? U mean stinger
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I got a different one it hurts and I can’t see the red dot where it stung from the swelling
Ive got stinged
Today I got stung a wasp in the neck ow
My dad was sting but their was no black dot what should I do
What did I just watch…? You get STUNG buy a bee not bitten. And do NOT remove a stinger with tweezers or forceps. Scrape the stinger out with something like a credit card. If you remove the stinger with tweezers you may actually inject more venom into the surrounding tissue and that’s what you want to avoid.. this is basic first aid and this “doctor” should know better.
Please do not follow this man’s advice. Sincerely, a medic.
He sounds like Dr Steve Brule
Here’s my tip: First remove the stinger if there is one. Then wash the area with soap and with water as hot as you can tolerate. Dry the area, THEN rub toothpaste that contains baking soda on to the area. What that does is that neutralizes the pH levels of the sting. The alkaline from the toothpaste will counteract the acidic bee venom. Plus it will cool the sting and reduce the pain.
What do we do after a day? When the whole area is swollen
@John Israel Ratnam Go to the emergency room obviously
@William Sanchez thats only for other symptoms, its just swollen
@John Israel Ratnam add some cortisol to it ex.cortison 10 or fusicortison
As a beekeeper, I’ve been stung by over 20 bees at a time on numerous occasions (in all sorts of places), and had no trouble without all this fancy technique.
Just:
1. remove the stinger from the direction it came (so that the needle doesn’t break) and careful not to squeeze the venom bag (easiest way is to drag your nail on the skin)
2. don’t rub the area (don’t get the blood circulating there) or even use the muscles there because that will carry the venom into other areas and they will hurt too. The worse your peripheral circulatory system is (cold hands/feet/nose/etc) the better.
Having an anaphylactic shock is a different story, but most people don’t have this horrible allergy.
PS. whatever you do, don’t let the bee get into your mouth, as a sting there might suffocate you.
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I got stung by a bee riding my motorcycle down the road. It was stuck in my thigh above the knee. I brushed off the bee, then brushed off the stinger. It burned for a few minutes then was fine. Now I got a red radius about a foot round the sting point…. swollen and itchy. It’s 2 days later and I think it finally stopped getting bigger. This happened a couple months ago with a wasp on my knuckle. First day fine, no pain. Second day for about a week terrible swelling of the whole arm and hand and fingers.
What helped to make the inflammation go down?
@GraceDcastle resting it and elevating it would really keep the swelling down, but I was working and after an hour or so of work my arm would blow up again. Best to just let it rest and heal.
Once I got stung by a bee in the palm of my hand, and boy did I react badly, my whole hand looked like a boxing glove, my wrist literally swollen up, on the second day it was swollen almost to the elbow.
The only good thing is that I didn’t go to study those days xd
This video sucks that’s not how you remove a stinger you use a hammer an a chainsaw 🐝🐝🐝🪚
Wow. We are really surprised to see this video. Is the presenter a doctor or an actor? It’s extremely BAD advice to pull a stinger out with tweezers. I imagined all doctors would know this, because most beekeepers do. In the case of a bee sting, when you use tweezers or something similar, you actually squeeze venom into the wound. Thus injecting more venom into the patient from the bees venom sac that stays attached to the sting in most cases. The best way to remove a bee sting is scrape it out with a blunt knife, credit card or a long finger nail. Please NBC correct this info. If someone allergic to bee stings follows your advise, they could suffer very badly.
I guessed the presenter is an actor when the first thing he says is if you’ve been bitten by a bee or wasp. Bitten?
@Chad Dexter yeah disappointing bad advice on a few counts.
Watching in pain😭
So we all just got stung huh?
Man I got stung 4 days ago and It just left bumps on my neck no swelling nothing
Not me
I have been stung by a bee before it was so painful my hand started to sroll it looked like a boxing glove I’m not joking like ff thank you nbc news
Red wasp 15 min of pain tops. Yellow jacket 2 hours later I’m still screaming like I’m in labor
Baking powder is the best solution to bee stings. Just apply the baking powder a little mixed with water in concentrated form and I am sure the pain goes away in no time and also no swelling happens.
Tried that it didn’t work at all
@marishkaspirit not every swelling can be treated like this, some needs hours of workout in a gym..
@ekidmusic – Sometimes it doesn’t even take hours! I was stung by a honeybee yesterday, and this morning it was swollen & itchy….so I took your advice. After 43 minutes of HICT *every,* *single* muscle in my body hurts *SO* much more than the area in which I was stung, that I basically can’t even feel it anymore. I genuinely miss how I felt when the sting was the most intense pain I was suffering. 45 minutes ago.
I was stung an hour ago…
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I got stun by a bee and it’s getting bigger😭it’s growing
So we’re all in pain 😭🤧🤧
There was a beehive in my school bathroom
My eyelid 😭
@Sally Watanabe take care ✨ Everything’s gonna be fine
My four arm and I didn’t even fight it
I got attacked by a swarm and have stings all over my body 😢
12 seconds in this “doctor” says “bitten by a bee or wasp….”
My question is “WTF kind of doctor thinks bees and wasps bite?!
I didn’t watch any more of this video beyond 14 seconds.
OMFG SAME.
You know if you actually watched the video and weren’t such a severe nitpicker, you would know that the doctor fully acknowledges the fact that bees and wasps sting. The term bite is just a popular way of describing injury by an animal, especially insects and spiders.
@F-35A Lightning II a bite is not a sting
@Kentuckys Moose And Louimaylou True. Maybe read my last reply.
@Kentuckys Moose And Louimaylou That’s what it feels like.
Who else got stong by a bee and searched this up same time✋
You should NEVER use tweezers, as you may squeeze more venom through.
What. WhY, well if the little black stinger 🐝 is IN your skin and sticking out you want to get it out! Never be set in never .
@Jody Hakala you’re supposed to scrape it off sideways with something flat. Not a tweezer, he’s right
👍
owwww that looks painful
Bees ain’t cute ya know why
Cause it stung my dad in the head
I got stung now.very2 painful while searching for remedy
The fact that that’s not a bee on the thumbnail… 🤦♀️
‘Most of us have been bitten by a bee or wasp’ no but the majority of us have been stung
Whats the difference
I just got stung by one some hours ago
I got stung at the beach today. This dumb bee wouldn’t go away and I figured it would end up stinging me and it did. I stayed calm and immediately pulled out the stinger. I went to the lifeguard and she had lidocaine which was perfect numbing stuff. It completely healed the area. I worry about allergic reactions so every time I’m stung I wonder “Will this be the death of me” lol. I HATE bees. They’re such annoying pests and are always at the beach! I may start carrying raid to get rid of them.
I understand the fear for them and yes it’s painful and sometimes dangerous for some people if you do get hurt by them but they are essential for the environment, we have to always remember they are here for a reason
When the destructive human animal has killed off essential animals on Earth ecosystem then your gonna be really SCREWED ! MORE BEES PLEASE!!!!
I got stinged today 😭😭😭
I just got stung on my big toe and the swelling always lasts a while for me but I have stuff to do so I can’t just tend to it all the time. I need a remedy 😭😭 help meee
Why do Bees keep biting me here by the Beach in Florida, Saint Augustine?
I almost got stung in the eye
I don’t like bees
A doctor and says, bitten by a bee?
Never use tweezers to remove the stinger! There is a venom pouch attached to the stinger. The tweezers will squeeze venom into the wound. Scrape the stinger off with a credit card instead.
Really, wouldn’t that PUSH the venom IN.
Credit cards are useful for so many things it’s the only thing I carry with me
Very pain
@ 0:12 …… uh…. I never been bit by a bee or wasp tho….🤦🏾♂️
🤣🤣 @ 0:49 put the tweezer at the black spot and pull the tweezer out? 😂😂😂😂 why does he seem so nervous 🤣
that’s a Wasp on the thumbnail
Got stung by a wasp today on my ring finger. I flicked the wasp off of my finger and immediately removed my ring. This happened in front of the pharmacy (lucky me) went in and the pharmacist gave me an ice pack. Luckily there was no stinger left behind, perhaps it came out when i removed my ring. Thank goodness i removed my ring because my finger and part of my hand swelled up so much. When i got home and told my neighbour she brought me to the garden, mixed up a bit of mud and applied it to the sting. I later washed it off and rubbed a fresh piece of garlic. Before bed i massaged the area with black seed oil.
It’s still quite tender and my finger is bruised.
Wasps/yellow jackets are attracted to the CO2 from your breath. When they fly around your head or follow you with bad intentions hold your breath or at least close your mouth. This technique had saved me many, many times. If they are flying at your neck they will most likely sting you if you don’t follow my advise. The best way to treat a sting is to NOT get stung in the first place. Haven’t been stung in about 30 years and my method works. You might get zapped in the back or the legs but it’s your breathing that drives them NUTS.
Thank you
Your so right…
The girl is like: why the f am I doing this??? 😂
N E V E R U S E T W E E Z E R S T O S Q U E Z E A S T I N G E R ! N E V E R ! ! ! ! ! ! DOING THAT IS TO SQUEEZE ALL OF THE BEE”S POISON RIGHT INTO THE HURTING PERSON ! TAKE A KNIVE BLADE OR CREDITE CARD , AND SLIDE ACROSS THE SKIN ,ATTEMPT TO “LIFT” STINGER OUT OF THE BODY !
Me having an allergic reaction to find out what helps with stings. YouTube: imma make you watch five ads
I stepped on a bee and the bottom of my foot itches so baaaaadddddd
I just got stung and in my room of all places. I think I should leave the windows closed when I go out from now on.
scary
One Bee has stung my face and on first day it was normal but today i swelled and iam looking like a monster
There is no pain but just inflammation
I want to get rid of this inflammation but it is not going down 🥺
Samw:<
Bee stings on the face are usually the worst, once it bit me between the eyebrows and the next day my eyes swelled up so much they looked like tomatoes 🤣🤣🤣
The swelling went down in about 6 days.
If you squeeze with tweezers you squeeze more venom into your body. Just use a credit card to scrape off.
Im here watching this video with a fat face than I hear it can cut out breathing 😹
Nice, thank you so much
Bees don’t bite mr.doctor
It’s better to scrape it off with a flat surface like a credit card because if you squeeze the sting by pinching it with a tweezer or with your finger then it will release more venom inside the bee sting.
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How many people here just got stung by a bee
Tobacco is what my grandfather used to put on my bee sting
if a wasp ever stings u my tip is to remove the sting pour vinegar on it to reduce pain and swelling add some afterbite to it and put a big bandaid used for bee stings on it
How can you trust him when bees sting you and don’t bite, c’mon “Doc”.
Got stung about 15 times on feet and legs. They are so swollen 😭
Same thing happened to me a while ago…
It was my worst allergic reaction in my entire life, I only got stung by 7 bees, not 15 like you, and only those 7 made me have a bad week.
My feet were really swollen, my legs hurt when I bumped into them or touched them.
Other than that I got hives, and a little fever, not much.
But the only good thing about that experience was that from that moment on I became immune to its poison, I’m no longer allergic 😁
Did he say bitten by a bee or a wasp?
Pulling it with teasers actually squeezes the venom into the subject👎
I got stung by a bee on my thumb. I immediately put Elmer’s glue and sprinkled some salt on the my thumb. This did nothing to relieve the pain or swelling but I enjoyed removing the dried glue. I highly recommend this whether you are stung or not 😂
I just woke up in a bee sting my arm but there’s no stinger now what do I do
I’ve been beekeeping for 8years, my advice is:
1 remove the stinger from the direction it came (you can see the way the stinger is inclined) using your nail, careful not to squeeze the venom bag
2.don’t rub or even move muscles in that area, as that will carry the venom into adjacent areas (and they will hurt too).
From this perspective, it helps if you have a poor peripheral circulatory system (cold hands/feet/nose/etc).
Thanks! I actually do have POTS so my circulatory system helped me out on this one. I just always worry I’ll get stung and go into shock. I now carry a benadryl with me as a backup. Can I ask you why would there be so many bees at the beach? I’m in SoCal and they’re always there even during the coldest winter seasons.
@bluecali4na Don’t know, since I’m from Romania. Generally either
– they go for water (though even though they benefit from some salt in water, the ocean might be too salty to drink),
– or there are tall trees there and some bee hives “escaped” (swarm, either the normal family or the “children” hives)
– or there are flowers around (either natural or comerciants selling), or a market selling grapes or juicy sweet fruits.
@bluecali4na There are very few unlucky people that go into anaphilactic shock after a bee sting, otherwise its just a local sting pain which is harmless (many people ask for bees to sting their knees, because they feel their knees improving, so it could even be healthy in some cases). Personally I’ve been stung by 40+ bees in under 1 minute, and only then I felt my heart “cursing me”, while being stung 10 times a day is usual and i don’t even get swollen anymore – and can easily take the sting pain (a minor inconvenience).
What if you get stung and there is no stinger in your leg
So is her face gonna be like that for life or what👀
How did you manage not to squeeze more venom in with those tweezers?
LESS people MORE BEES PLEASE
Bitten by a bee. O’ okay then.
this is just a simulation …. 🤣
Use calamine on bee stings
0:11
*BUZZER!*
Sorry, champ. This “doctor” already lost credibility when he immediately referred to a bee or wasp “bite”.
He’s an actor, not a doctor.
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