Treating wasp stings in children

What you need:

• Pen
• Cool pack, ice cubes, etc. Quark
• Ribwort plantain

1. The child usually cries a lot after a wasp sting. So the first thing you should do, of course, is to calm it down. You usually do not have to remove a sting because it does not remain in the puncture site in the case of wasp stings in the normal compartment.
2. Following the sting, not only in children, usually signs of inflammation such as redness, swelling and pain or itching. To see if the redness is spreading, you can outline the reddened area with a pencil.
3. The injection site should be cooled as quickly as possible to counteract any swelling. When cooling with an ice pack, make sure that it does not come directly into contact with the
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   skin comes into contact. If the wasp sting is already swollen, excessive cooling over a longer period of time will rather prevent it from swelling, as the metabolism is greatly reduced in the affected area.
4. A gentle and therefore particularly suitable option for children, which at the same time also relieves itching, is the use of a quark wrap. You can use commercially available quark for this.
5. First, apply plenty of quark (refrigerator temperature) directly to the child's skin in the affected area.


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6. Then put a paper towel over it and model the quark on the part of the body.
7. Finally, wrap the whole thing with a towel to hold it in place. If the wasp sting is in the child's head area or in an unfavorable place for a wrap, you can also use a cold cherry stone pillow.
8. For stitches in the lip area or mouth- and throat area can be cooled with ice cubes. In this case, however, you should definitely consult a doctor. The sting can swell so much that the airways are narrowed and the child gets increasingly poor breath. The panic caused by the shortness of breath usually worsens the situation. Calm the child down, use ice cubes to cool them down and take the child to a doctor as soon as possible or, ideally, to the emergency room. You should act in the same way if an allergic overreaction occurs, which very quickly leads to severe impairment with shortness of breath, nausea with vomiting, Circulatory problems and skin irritation comes with itching.
9. Another way to treat a wasp sting in children, especially when you are out and about, is to use ribwort. It grows almost everywhere along the wayside and in meadows and is easy to recognize by its long, narrow leaves. You can either rub it between your fingers until the juice comes out or you can chew it. Then put the pulp on the wasp sting. This will relieve the itching and also prevent swelling.
10. You should consult a doctor if you experience severe allergic reactions as described above Stop your child if the wasp sting becomes infected or if your child has not been vaccinated against tetanus is.