Shawnie

seems she got into some stinging nettles ..and her arms are totally inflamed and itching like crazy (like duh sweet child of mine!!!)
anyone know how to help her ?(short of me handing her a upside her bum!)

bolivianbaby

I just googled it. They say a paste from baking soda and water. So I guess it's like a bee sting for treatment. It also mentions the nettle has a histamine in it, so maybe give her some Benadryl to counteract it?

I hope this helps until one of our fishlore nurses sees this thread.

I hope she feels better. Bless her heart.

Shawnie

been googling too why couldnt i find that LOL (long week i guess) thanks darliN!
mind you shes almost 15 and did this on a dare...now i dare her to try it again and see what her mom does !!!!!

Shadowbeam

I always used vinegar on mine

bolivianbaby

OMG-on a DARE? Tell her next time to pick "Truth". Dare always got me in trouble

TedsTank

hydocortisone cream may help a bit besides handing her a upside her bum!!! according to nurse Patsy.

kcarmartinez

Some hydrocortisone cream would probably be good too.
Hope she feels better soon


Ok, you already got this advice.
Hope her bum feels better as well.

click

Oh , the memories I have with stinging nettles..too embarrassed to share
Anyway, the stings are nasty and itchy, the first rule is "don't scratch" because it will itch more and more by agitating the stings. Ah, are all the stings out? If you suspect there are some left, you need to pluck them out with a tweezer or something. Or you could use some adhesive tape but that might pull out some hair too, and make it painful. A cold compress will help cool it down, but make it gentle, no rubbing. It should go away in a day or so. Those stings are actually therapeutic.

Shawnie

ty everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so very much appreciated...after a 12 hour day, coming home to that and not googling the right answers, I knew I could count on you all!

did the baking soda paste and the tape....too late to run out for creams...but ty nurse patsy!

shes asleep now (thanks to the benedryl) and her bum was saved for the time being...still cant believe she did it LOL ..but bet she wont again!

EDIT:bet if i googled 'stinging nettles" instead of "stinging needles" (thought thats what she said haha) I might have found more info

bolivianbaby

Just make sure you remember this! You can embarass her later with it

Tony G.

oh dear LOL i always do dares... thruths are too embarrassing LOL

Red1313

Hehehe, our yard is full of stinging nettles (the sheep will eat everything else out so the nettles end up with no competition) oh the memories

Gouramiguy17

I wish this tread was made a week earlier, I have a story that beats them all was playing football and I tackled a kid and when I rolled off him I rolled onto a stinnging thistle thing that was atleast 2 feet wide! I tried to get off but the kid had rolled onto my legs so when I jumped up to get off it I fell right back on top of it, my back and arm started to bleed and it itches like crazy, I just took a hot showed and it sort of helped

MissMTS

OMG Shawnie, what a silly girl! I can't believe she did that on a dare. I hope she feels better soon Hopefully she learned her lesson

rae64

where i'm from, we don't have nettles.... we have poison ivy! apparently its nasty stuff, but i'm not allergic to it (as far as i know... but im not going to test it!) itches like nothing you have ever felt before, and burns too. at least thats what i have heard...

sirdarksol

With all the suggestions that have been given, I'm afraid that the best advice is "bite the bullet and deal with it." The pastes and everything will shorten the duration, but it will still alternate between stinging and being numb for hours. The good news is that, unlike poison ivy, she can't spread it to other parts of her body all that easily.

I came across this information the hard way: I was weeding my garden, had never seen stinging nettles, and grabbed a cluster of them and pulled. The worst thing is that I'm not good at identifying foliage, so I can never tell the safe fuzzy things in my garden from the stinging nettles, so I have to wear gloves when doing any weeding at all.

Beth1965

Ive never seen or heard of stinging nettle.

aquarist48

Hello Shawnie. I hope you're daughter is feeling better today.
I'm sending her one of these
Ken

Lucy

Shawnie, I hope your daughter feels better today.
Me either. lol. I feel dumb. What's a stinging nettle?

Shawnie

im sure you have nettles you just havent encountered them yet LOL ...and we are loaded with poision ivy here...i get it every year gardening grrrrrrr...

that was my advice but for her frame of mind, i made her the paste LOL
dont feel dump...ive never heard of them either till yesterday...googled them and poof, ive seen them everywhere! just wasnt silly enough to touch them!!!!!!!

Lucy

Oh youch. I find them in my garden when pulling weeds sometimes.

Shawnie

seeeeeeeeeee u just didnt know what they were called LOL
im sure they are EVERYWHERE

bolivianbaby

We have them in the very bottom part of our backyard. Anything that goes in that area, I send the dogs in after, especially since it's usually their ball. Neither myself nor Shelby will go in there. That's why we have dogs. Their coats are thick enough where they don't get stuck.

click

Did any of you know you can cook the young plants? They are delicious if cooked right, and very rich in Iron, Mg and calcium and also vitamins (A,C,B2 and K). Also, tea made out of fresh leaves is a really good treatment for the scalp (only a bit stinky, smells like boiled grass). It's considered a medicinal plant in some parts of the world.

I've ate cooked stinging nettles and I love them.

So next time you see them in your yard, just get some plastic gloves, pick them and prepare them. They don't sting once boiled