Laura Corin Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 My work jeans were hanging up on the back of the door and I started to pull them on. I felt something sharp, like a forgotten tag, scooped it out and found a wasp in my hand. I managed to flick it to the floor and kill it, and I don't think it had fully stung me. I went and found Husband, just in case I had a reaction, but apart from feeling a bit shaky and having a sore hip I'm fine. Glad it was just the hip though.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Yikes! Glad you're OK!!!But I have to say, "Wasp in my Trousers" would make a great 80's era UK ska band song. Maybe something by Madness or The Specials. :D 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlossom Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Oh goodness. That sounds awful. My bil once put on a pair of swim trunks with a scorpion inside. I heard that his kids were quite shocked when he ripped them off poolside. 😨😂 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I would put on a baking soda poultice. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 I would put on a baking soda poultice. I had a look at my trusted medical site and it recommended ice for swelling but nothing else. It's not too sore so I think I'll just leave it, thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I would put on a baking soda poultice. The baking soda takes the sting out, if it is still stinging a bit. I'm not an "alternative med" person, but I've used it for bee/wasp stings, fire ant stings, and jellyfish stings. It really gives super-quick relief. You just mix up a bit of baking soda and some water into a paste and slather it on the sting. (Not trying to pressure you into using it Laura, just adding to Jean's post so other readers can file it away in their "just in case" mama toolbox.) Obviously, if allergies are involved, that's something else altogether for which baking soda is NOT a solution, but for removing the initial pain from the sting, baking soda is a good, cheap, quick solution. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I'm glad you're ok! I had a scorpion in my pants once. It stung me twice (while I was at WalMart) before I could get it out. I always shake my clothes before I put them on now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) The baking soda takes the sting out, if it is still stinging a bit. I'm not an "alternative med" person, but I've used it for bee/wasp stings, fire ant stings, and jellyfish stings. It really gives super-quick relief. You just mix up a bit of baking soda and some water into a paste and slather it on the sting. (Not trying to pressure you into using it Laura, just adding to Jean's post so other readers can file it away in their "just in case" mama toolbox.) Obviously, if allergies are involved, that's something else altogether for which baking soda is NOT a solution, but for removing the initial pain from the sting, baking soda is a good, cheap, quick solution. :iagree: Another way to take the sting out and keep swelling down is to apply apple cider vinegar to the spot. It really works, and it works amazingly FAST! (I know this from an unfortunate personal experience when I lost a battle with some yellow-jackets several years ago.) Vinegar also works for mosquito bites. :) I'm not telling you to try it, Laura -- like Jean and justaque, I just wanted to share what worked for me in case anyone else wants to file it away in their brain for future use. I'm glad you're okay -- that must have been so creepy!!!! Edited July 1, 2017 by Catwoman 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I'm glad you're ok! I had a scorpion in my pants once. It stung me twice (while I was at WalMart) before I could get it out. I always shake my clothes before I put them on now. :eek: :eek: :eek: Yikes!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Yikes! (And I'm filing away the helpful hints from above.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Yikes! When I was very young my big sister got stung by a wasp that had crawled into her jeans while they hung on the laundry line outside. It made such an impression that decades later as I take in my laundry I still give every piece of clothing a good shake in case of wasps! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 We used baking soda when I was a kid and got stung. For an alternative: we were in Austria visiting a family and the child was stung; the mom pulled out an onion, cut it and placed that on the wasp sting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I think wasps venom is alkali so try vinegar, while bees are acidic so baking soda... but I always found that baking soda helps the best even if it's wasp venom. As for wasps in clothes.... as a kid I had to bring the wash in from the line and no matter how much I hit the hanging clothes with an old golf club there was often a wasp or two who refused to vacate the clothes until someone tried to fold them or put them on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 Two big welts on my hip. Quite impressive really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I would put on a baking soda poultice. This reminds me of when I was a kid, we would slap a glob of mud on it. As the mud dried, the stinger would be pulled out. Didn't help with the pain, though, after the mud stopped feeling cool! Sorry about that awful surprise, Laura. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) Yikes! When I was hanging clothes on the line, a grasshopper started crawling inside my jeans, which I scrambled to remove without any regard to who may have been driving by. I've also used the baking soda mixture on a wasp sting before. Hope it doesn't swell too much. I was always more bothered by the intense itching a few days after than the initial sting. Edited July 1, 2017 by Word Nerd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Ouch! Glad you are ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Ouch! I'd be so scared of pants! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 My mom told me a story years ago about my grandfather having a wasp in his trousers that got in there somehow in the middle of a busy food court. It proceeded to sting him in all the wrong places. His response was to violently smack himself in order to kill the wasp! 😨😂 I can seriously only imagine what the onlookers thought of him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I'd probaby go out and buy a kilt after that. Just the thought makes me feel nervous, I suspect an actual wasp in my pants would give me a panic attack. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Ouch! I detest wasps. Feel better soon :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Wow! That's a nasty surprise! I wondered momentarily if that was an idiom, like "a bee in one's bonnet"; to mean something you're bothered about. "Well, I have a real wasp in my trousers over Betty taking an hour and a half lunch break every day when I'm hustling back to my desk in 45 minutes!" 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 wasps are just mean! Sorry that happened. I would have been dancing around and screaming! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 (edited) Feeling fine today. There's a very slight itch but no pain. The wasp is not doing well. I almost knelt on a bee whilst I was weeding this afternoon though. Edited July 2, 2017 by Laura Corin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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