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A 28-year old asked:
Do lots of people get centipede sting, or is it unusual?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can a centipede sting be dangerous to a child? How can you tell the crawly thing is a centipede?
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A member asked:
What is the best treatment for centipede sting?
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A 30-year old asked:
What's the best treatment to get rid of centipede sting?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: insect sting?
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A 43-year old asked:
How can I tell if I am developing a sensitivity to insect stings?
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A 33-year old asked:
What do you use to calm and help soothe mosquito and other insect bites and stings?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is neosporin good for insect sting?
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A 48-year old asked:
What are the symptomsof an insect bite or sting?
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A 37-year old asked:
Please tell me all treatment for insect bites and stings?
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A 43-year old asked:
Please tell me home treatment of insect bites and stings?
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A 30-year old asked:
What is the procedure for treating minor bee/insect stings in a hospital or ems field setting?
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A member asked:
I got stung by some insect (I guessed a bee or wasp?) while riding on my bike two days ago. It was a bit painful for maybe an hour after the sting, bu
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A 23-year old female asked:
I'm 23 yo and have never been stung by a wasp, bee, scorpion, other stinging insect. Does this increase my likelihood of being allergic if I get stung ?
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A 42-year old asked:
How can I avoid insect stings?
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A 46-year old asked:
What can cause an insect bite or sting to get infected?
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A 65-year old female asked about a 66-year old male:
How long does it take for swelling to go down after a few wasp stings? No allergies to insect stings/bites.
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A female asked:
Is a 20 CM local reaction to insect sting exaggerated? and what harm can it cause if left untreated?is this person considered atopic?
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A 34-year old asked:
I have an insect sting what bug could it be? Was in my sports bra.
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A 34-year old asked:
Can an insect sting on the arm cause a line of small spots to appear there?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is steroid injection neccessary for large local reaction to insect sting(20 cm).and is one at greater risk of having systemic reaction next time?
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A 40-year old asked:
Signs and symptoms of life-threatening reaction to an insect sting include intense itching and firm bump?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can someone plesae help me figure out what kind of insect sting I just got? Really itchy then bumps then red on pink base but no itch.
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A 42-year old asked:
Had reaction to yellowjackets or bumble bees as child. Nothing till today when had intense itchy bumps. Could I be allergic to insect sting?
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A 17-year old male asked:
My upper left eyelid is swollen. I woke up yesterday with it already swollen, and it stings a little when I blink. No visible signs of insect bites ?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Poss. bee sting/insect bite 1wk ago. Had pain for 2days, itchy 1day, then ok. Woke up yesterday w/ red itchy blotches around sting area. What's wrong?
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A 21-year old male asked:
I got a sting by some unknown insect on my hand it got a small hole and white pus was devloped.Hand was swollen.Used anti inflamatory.Leg pain lot?
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A 52-year old male asked:
Symptoms due to a large yellow jacket sting (~ 2 months ago) under my right armpit. By accident, insects stinger was absorbed into my system for ~6 hrs, before it was pulled out. WBC in range. Is bacteria or its venom causing pain at site? Treat?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have 4 insect bites that have caused my ankle to swell, sting, are oozing. I've taken benedryl and applied Cortaid (hydrocortisone) w no change. What should I do?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I am anaphylactic to vespids. I carry epipens with me. Will they help if I get stung by a centipede?
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