Wash the area of the bite well with soap and water and apply an antiseptic lotion or cream. Regardless of how careful you are about animals in your home, or how many precautions you take when your child is outdoors playing, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. By remaining calm and knowing some basic first-aid techniques, you can help your child overcome both the fear and the trauma of bites and stings. Bees, wasps, yellow jackets, and hornets belong to a class of insects called Hymenopteran. Most insect stings cause only minor discomfort.
Stings can occur anywhere on the body and can be painful and frightening for a child.
Stings from these insects cause three to four times more deaths than poisonous snake bites, due to severe allergic reaction. Fire ants, usually found in southern states, can sting multiple times, and the sites are more likely to become infected. The following are the most common symptoms of insect stings. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Large local reactions usually do not lead to generalized reactions.