How do you get rid of a bug bite?

Answer 1

Go to your doctor or the Emergency room. If it is poisonous you may need antivenom, and if it is really infected it can be very dangerous. If it is swollen, hot, red, and painful; and especially if your ability to use that body part has changed, you should definitely see a doctor right away.

Answer 2

Below is the treatment for a spider bite. If any complications occur, seek urgent medical aid.

• Apply an ice pack to the bitten area for up to 10 minutes. Reapply the ice pack at frequent intervals or whenever pain relief is needed.
• Raise affected limb, if possible, to reduce swelling
• Seek medical aid if the patient becomes unwell. Call 111 for an ambulance (in New Zealand) if the patient shows any of the following: fine rash over their trunk; wheezing or coughing; difficulty breathing; swelling around face, eyes and neck.

If in doubt, always call an ambulance.

Answer

If the bite was from a brown recluse spider, seek medical help immediately.

Answer 3

An individual who is bitten by a bed bug will not feel the initial bite, and while not everyone has a reaction to the bites, those who do can experience severe inflammation, redness, and itching.

The following are the Top Treatments we have found to be successful.

1. Do not scratch the bite.
2. To ease itching, use an anesthetic cream
3. Calamine lotion can be used to ease itching.
4. Creams and lotions created for mosquito bites will effectively reduce itching.
5. When applied directly to the bite, Peppermint oils and extracts will remove the itch.
6. The use of over-the-counter Benadryl can help to reduce the allergic reaction.
7. Apply ice on and around the bite to reduce swelling
8. Wear loose fitting clothing in the areas where bites are apparent. This will reduce the irritation
9. Should the bite become infected, or symptoms to not begin to diminish, contact your physician immediately.
10. Have your home/office inspected and treated for bed bugs - while this may seem cliche, the best treatment for bed bug bites is the extermination of the bugs themselves.

Answer 4

When i was 10 I woke up one morning with 2 bug bites so my dad and mom tried to calm it but the bug bites were HUGE. So they next day we went to the pharmacy and the y said it looked infected. So we went to a urgent care they prescribed some pills and the next day the bug bite was much better so go see the doctor if you have a infected bug bite.

Answer 5

It really depends on what kind of a spider has bitten you. If you can capture the spider that bit you, or kill the spider without damaging its body, your doctor can check what kind it is.

In the United States, only the Black Widow Spiders can kill human beings, and then usually only children or infirm adults. So if you brought in the body of one of these spiders, your doctor would know exactly what to do. There is even an antivenom for these bites that can be used if the bite is bad enough. If you know you have been bitten by a Black Widow, it would be best to see a doctor fairly promptly. The younger the patient, the more important it would be to get to the doctor promptly. If you are in Australia you probably know what the Sydney Funnel Web spider looks like, and if you are in S. America you probably know what Phoneutria (armed) spiders look like. They are both hard to miss.

The only other U.S. spider that is a major problem is the Brown Recluse. These spiders are sort of "anonymous-looking," i.e., they are brown, medium sided, etc., like many harmless spiders. So it would really help to have the culprit in hand if that is what bit you. Their bites cause local tissue death, an effect that is manifested relatively slowly, so knowing that you were bitten by this particular kind of spider could be very useful in guiding treatment before any severe symptoms developed. (Spiders in the same genus occur in S. America and can be more dangerous.)

Spiders can best be caught by putting a drinking glass down over them and then sliding a 3 x 5 card under the edge of the glass, turning it glass right side up, and taping some kind of cover on the glass.

The bites of other spider may be painful (about like a bee sting), but the pain will go away. The only big thing to worry about would be the same kind of shock that some people get from an allergic reaction to bee stings. If somebody is going into shock it is clear that they need to be seen immediately.

Some bites are suspected of introducing germs into the wound. Spider fangs are sharper and thinner than hypodermic needles, so it may be useless to apply antiseptics since the wounds will seal as soon as the fangs are withdrawn, but it would not hurt anything to dab on some Isodine (buffered iodine) or other good antiseptic.

An ice cube wrapped in a wash cloth and held on the wound might make you feel better, and it also might let the body deal with the venom bit by bit instead of all at once. I think that treatment is useful for bee stings. It has been a long time since I have been bitten by a spider (my fault) even though I study them and "play with them" frequently, but I think that is what I did the last time I pinched a spider and got a defensive bite.

If you are only noticing local pain, then probably all you need to do is to clean the wound, treat the symptoms, etc. If your whole body is reacting somehow (e.g., cramps), then it would be safest to get medical help. If the local wound seems to be getting worse instead of getting better, it probably would be a good idea to be seen by a doctor too.

Answer 6

Put the mosquito bite under the hottest water you can stand without getting burnt and keep it there for five seconds. It stops the itching immediately :)

Answer 7

well to get rid of bug bites is to maybe put vinager,cream,or not to itch. It DEPENDS ON which bug bit you.

Answer 8

Consult a doctor not internet.Usually bug bites hurt!! And their very itchy just put anti-itch lotion and the next day they should be gone