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How To Treat The Pain And Swelling Caused By Wasp Sting?
Hi I got stung by a wasp I believe not a new last Tuesday, was in pain that day and night, now it s the weekend and I ve noticed pain from my top of my head where I was stung a few times travelling down the side of my right ear and pain in my neck, my gland feels swollen... What can I do? Thanks
Fri, 5 Sep 2014
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The discomfort that you are noticing would be related to the inflammatory reaction to the insect bite.
You can consider using both an oral anti histamine and oral anti inflammatory pain killer.
The combination should help to reduce your reaction.
Example of oral anti inflammatory pain killers are naproxen, cataflam, voltaren, ibuprofen.
I hope this helps
The discomfort that you are noticing would be related to the inflammatory reaction to the insect bite.
You can consider using both an oral anti histamine and oral anti inflammatory pain killer.
The combination should help to reduce your reaction.
Example of oral anti inflammatory pain killers are naproxen, cataflam, voltaren, ibuprofen.
I hope this helps
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