Do any of you get stung fairly often with no adverse reactions then all of the sudden get stung once and swell up like a dead hog?
I'm hard headed I guess, but I hate wearing gloves. I own a semi truck/trailer service and sales shop and my hands are rough and calloused, so the skin on my fingers and palms is like leather. I've been stung on the head several times, I get stung on my hands probably 2 out of 3 times that I inspect my hives. No big deal. Hurts a little for a few seconds and itches for a day, normally doesn't swell at all.
One time last year I got stung on the back of my hand and my hand and it swelled up considerably. This past Sunday afternoon I got stung on my wrist. By late evening the back of my hand, the tops of my fingers, and my forearm swelled 2 times its normal size. My arm was bright red and hot to the touch from mid forearm, to the middle of my fingers. The swelling has gone down mostly now, but that's just happened during the day today. I got stung on my left thumb Sunday. There was very little swelling and what was there was gone by Monday morning.
Next 20 times I probably won't swell at all. Does anyone know why my body would react that way just every so often? It's not just bee stings, I have no reaction to mosquito bites ever.
I'm hard headed I guess, but I hate wearing gloves. I own a semi truck/trailer service and sales shop and my hands are rough and calloused, so the skin on my fingers and palms is like leather. I've been stung on the head several times, I get stung on my hands probably 2 out of 3 times that I inspect my hives. No big deal. Hurts a little for a few seconds and itches for a day, normally doesn't swell at all.
One time last year I got stung on the back of my hand and my hand and it swelled up considerably. This past Sunday afternoon I got stung on my wrist. By late evening the back of my hand, the tops of my fingers, and my forearm swelled 2 times its normal size. My arm was bright red and hot to the touch from mid forearm, to the middle of my fingers. The swelling has gone down mostly now, but that's just happened during the day today. I got stung on my left thumb Sunday. There was very little swelling and what was there was gone by Monday morning.
Next 20 times I probably won't swell at all. Does anyone know why my body would react that way just every so often? It's not just bee stings, I have no reaction to mosquito bites ever.