Swollen hands after being stung by bees should first take out the stinger, then clean and disinfect, as well as follow the doctor’s instructions for local medication and oral medication.
1. Remove the stinger: When a patient is stung by a bee, he should first see if there is a stinger on his hand, and if there is, the stinger should be removed in time.
2. Cleaning and sterilizing: after taking out the stinger, the patient can use soapy water to rinse the wound area repeatedly, which can reduce the residual bee venom. If there is redness and swelling, ice can be applied to reduce the swelling.
3. Drug treatment: local redness, swelling, itching, can follow the doctor’s instructions for external use of glycerine lotion, hydrocortisone butyrate ointment and other medications to improve the symptoms; if the redness and swelling is serious with blisters and oozing, can also follow the doctor’s instructions to use 3% boric acid aqueous solution wet compresses; itching is serious, can be taken as prescribed by the antihistamine drug therapy, such as loratadine, cetirizine and other medications to improve the symptoms.
If the patient was stung by a bee hand swelling is more serious, should be sent to the hospital in a timely manner, and under the guidance of the doctor to use drugs, not self-medication.