PARENT CARE: BEE OR YELLOW JACKET STING
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Bee Sting of Right Elbow
- Typical localized reaction to a bee sting.
- There is moderate swelling and a slight pink color to the skin around the right elbow. There is mild pain and itching.
- This bee sting occurred 12 hours ago.
Bee Sting of Upper Arm
- Typical localized reaction to a bee sting.
- There is mild redness in an oval 4 inches (10 cm) wide of the left upper arm.
Bee Sting of Left Hand
- Moderate swelling of left hand from a bee sting that occurred the day before.
Honey Bee
Hornet
Wasp
Symptom Definition
- The child was stung by a honeybee, bumblebee, hornet, paper wasp. or yellow jacket. Over 95 percent of stings are from honey bees or yellow jackets.
- The sting involves injecting venom into the human from the bee's stinger
- The main symptoms are pain, swelling and redness at the sting site
- A severe allergic reaction is called anaphylaxis
See More Appropriate Topic(instead of this one) If
- Not a bee, wasp or yellow jacket sting, see INSECT BITE
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Pediatric SelfCareNavigator. Copyright © 2000-2004 Barton Schmitt, M.D. FAAP
Reviewed 8/2004
Revised 7/2002
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