BEE, WASP, YELLOW JACKET AND HORNET STINGS

Millions of people are probably stung by these insects every year. Although these stings can be very painful, most of them usually cause relatively non-threatening symptoms for only 2 or 3 days. However, multiple stings can be potentially dangerous, and individuals that are hypersensitive to the toxins from these insects have been known to die from a single sting.

Bees and wasps, the latter of which include hornets and yellow jackets, are a rather complex group of insects that belong to the order called Hymenoptera. Most people are not able to distinguish between bees and wasps because the anatomical differences are rather subtle for the untrained eye to recognize. For our purposes it is not important to be able to distinguish these stinging or biting insects, but to know what to do with the NonScents product if they inflict you with a wound. Most bees inflict pain by a stinger that is injected into the skin of the host. Many of the wasps, on the other hand inflict their wounds by biting.

NonScents does not make any medical claims that it promotes healing of bee and wasp stings. However, NonScents does have some physical and chemical properties that could explain how and why it seems to relieve the pain and swelling from such a wound.

Regardless of whether a person is stung by a bee or bitten by a wasp the result is basically the same. The venom from these insects is moderately complex. The immediate, intense burning sensation from these stings or bites is caused by formic acid (HCOOH). This acid causes a similar type of burning sensation from fire ant stings and stinging nettles. However, bee stings and wasp bites also have alkaline neurotoxic compounds in their venom, which are responsible for the more serious symptoms that can be associated from these wounds. Both the formic acid and neurotoxic compounds are polarized molecules, because they are adsorbed by NonScents very effectively. NonScents may eventually prove to be a very effective means of removing many different kinds of potentially dangerous toxins from the body.
Case history studies indicate that the most intense burning pain from these stings is usually removed in 5-15 minutes. However, if the injured area is left exposed to NonScents longer it will probably be more effective. There may still be some pain and swelling from the sting, but after a night of rest those symptoms are usually almost completely gone. These stings and bites have been treated successfully with NonScents by making it into a mud poultice or by putting it into a small pan of water. The wound is then covered by the poultice or immersed in the water.