Irritation
Posted: Tue 24 August, 2010 Filed under: Animals, Domestic 2 Comments »Following on from that hornet sting over the weekend – from which thankfully I haven’t had any unpleasant side-effects, results, or pain – I can honestly say the following from experience.
- Hornet stings hurt like fuck. It’s not agony, nor broken-bone type pain, but it’s certainly bloody unpleasant.
- Anti-histamines don’t do a great deal are bloody marvellous. (This got edited, because I didn’t think they’d done much, but on thinking more about it, the anti-histamine cream and tablet probably contributed a lot to it not being unpleasant for longer. Also, the tablets have helped with reducing the itching, a couple of days later)
- Once everything else is done, they itch like a total bastard.
I’m in the “itching” stage at the moment. Don’t know whether it signifies anything else, but Jesus God, it’s irritating.
Sorry this is OT but as soon as I saw it I thought of you
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/24/problem-solving-flow.html#more
Have you tried those little clicky gadget things you can get in the travel section of eg Boots? Pain relief on new and older bites without the need to take antihistamines. They use a small current (works a bit like a zippo lighter) to stimulate your body’s natural mechanisms.
Hornets will naturally be moving to warmer places to hibernate for the winter now that night temperatures are dropping. Like wasps and bumble bees (but unlike honey bees) only the queens survive over the winter. So, any killed at this time of year will be one colony fewer next year.