OUCH!!
@GardenGerty (161881)
United States
May 25, 2023 5:52pm CST
Somehow a wasp got inside. It happens often.
Because I have been working outside and I am sweaty I guess it was attracted to me. It landed on the back of my neck/shoulder and I did not know what it was. If I had I would have not done anything, but I did not know it was a wasp, and it itched. I reached my hand back there.
I promptly got stung, and those stings burn like fire.
So I walked out to my weed patch of a yard and picked some plantain/plantago.
I squished it up and had Bob apply it to the sting. Great relief.Still a little sore but it does not feel like a red hot poker.
Not sure what my lesson is here, except make sure you do not aggravate a wasp, and know what wild growing things make good remedies.
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@AmbiePam (95623)
• United States
26 May 23
I didn’t know that was what you did for a wasp sting. Good to know! I currently have three wasps living between my patio door screen, and the glass patio door. To avoid being annoyed that they are always there I have named them Jimmy, Tom, and Lou. I’m not sure if Lou is male or female, by the way. 
I’m trying to form an emotional connection so my aggravation with their presence ceases.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
I would not like them being there all the time, can you set them free somehow. I remind myself that the kill some spiders and other pesty critters. I guess it is good to personify them.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
@Fleura They are. I do not know which ones are which. I had assumed these were paper wasps--the kind that make the many chambered paper nests, but I found (and removed) a mud dobber nest today. I am going to have to do some research.
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@wolfgirl569 (110570)
• Marion, Ohio
26 May 23
Glad you had that to help. I usually use baking soda.
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@wolfgirl569 (110570)
• Marion, Ohio
26 May 23
@Fleura The soda still draws enough poison to help
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
Grandma used to scoop up dirt and make mud. It was probably a clay dirt.
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@JudyEv (344821)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 May 23
Some of the natural remedies are very effective. One that always intrigued me was putting cobweb on a would that wouldn't stop bleeding. My Mum mentioned it to me once. I've never seen it done but, when doctors were hard to come by, these solutions would have been important.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
I have also been stung by a hornet and that is even worse, if you can imagine. And they are aggressive and will come for you in large groups.
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@RubyHawk (99404)
• Atlanta, Georgia
3 Jun 23
@GardenGerty They will, the whole hive will come after you. We once had a hornets nest in our chimney. We smoked them out and they built a nest in a tree our yard.
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@BarBaraPrz (48296)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 May 23
Yeah, ouch! Hope it's better today.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
It quit hurting as soon as I put the plantain on it. There is a bump but no pain.
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@rebelann (113176)
• El Paso, Texas
26 May 23
I need some plantain or whatever cuz eventually I'll probably get stung too. I have those paper wasps here and I'm trying to figure out a way to get rid of their nests when they finally leave either in late fall or early winter .... yeah, as if we get winter.
I really hate to kill them because they help control a lot of those nasty gnats that always attack my eyes in spring, this year there weren't very many gnats thankfully but the trade off is wasps.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
It is a hazard of summer, but thanks. I am surprised it does not happen more often.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51131)
• United States
26 May 23
I’m glad that the plantain gave you some relief.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
Me too! It grows very freely here.
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@DaddyEvil (139952)
• United States
26 May 23
I'm sorry that happened. I do wish I'd known that remedy about six years ago when a wasp located its nest beneath the pampas grass right outside our front door. I kept getting stung when I walked past the plant. After a few times I became allergic to their venom and had to be hospitalized every time I got stung. It was fun.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
I trust you have gotten rid of the nests. Are you sure it was not a hornet. They are nasty aggressive.
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@DaddyEvil (139952)
• United States
5 Jun 23
@GardenGerty No, I'm not sure at all. That's what an ER doctor called the one we took in with us when I started having an allergic reaction to their stings.
The guy that bought the house we were renting destroyed their nests after we moved almost six years ago.
@RasmaSandra (82052)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 May 23
Ouch is right poor you, I hope that nasty bite stops hurting and heals up quick. I had a bee go into my ear when I was little and bit me there. By the time my grandma got the bee out it sounded like someone had turned on a fire alarm the way I was carrying on,
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
Oh that would be awful. Bees also usually die after stinging, and they are very painful.
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@LindaOHio (183840)
• United States
26 May 23
Sorry you got stung. I got stung by a wasp once. He was on the door handle; and I didn't see him.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
That has happened more than once here.I even got one rolled in the waistband of my shorts once.I got three stings on my body and one on my hand.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
When I see them I do shoe them out. This one it seems saw me first.
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@popciclecold (39743)
• United States
26 May 23
Thanks for sharing, really good advice. Glad you found some relief.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
Best advice is to avoid them if possible. Hornets are worse.
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@Fleura (30826)
• United Kingdom
26 May 23
When I was about ten years old a wasp got inside my trouser leg and started crawling up my leg. Like you I swatted at it, not knowing what it was. That was very painful! If I had seen it I wouldn't have done as I wasn't afraid of wasps, I remember my school-friends being surprised I didn't flinch when one landed on my nose!
Vinegar is good for neutralising wasp stings.
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@GardenGerty (161881)
• United States
2 Jun 23
I got a wasp trapped in the waistband of my shorts once, got a total of four stings out of that experience. I do always have vinegar on hand. The plantain was just a step out the door though.
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