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Is It Safe To Use Bacitracin For Pain And Redness On Skin?
My daughter was outside and stared complaint of pain on her neck it appeared as if she was stung as there were 2 welts on her nec as well as reddening of her skin in that area. I took her inside washed the area and sprayed it with bacitracin today it looks as if her skin were burned. Is this a normal reaction?
Mon, 7 Sep 2015
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Redness and swelling can occur as part of an allergic reaction to an insect sting.
In severe cases of allergic reactions there may be additional changes.
Using an oral antihistamine and anti inflammatory pain killer may help.
Eg of anti histamines are benadryl, claritine, allegra, zyrtec
Anti inflammatory pain killers eg ibuprofen, naproxen, cataflam
I hope this helps
Redness and swelling can occur as part of an allergic reaction to an insect sting.
In severe cases of allergic reactions there may be additional changes.
Using an oral antihistamine and anti inflammatory pain killer may help.
Eg of anti histamines are benadryl, claritine, allegra, zyrtec
Anti inflammatory pain killers eg ibuprofen, naproxen, cataflam
I hope this helps
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