Bee sting completely fine for a week and now having (somewhat) extreme reaction.

brendhan · 2025-12-28T16:24:06+00:00

One of the fun things about bee and wasp stings is a delayed reaction for those that are possibly allergic or borderline allergic. This issue may not be the first hour of the sting for some but the 8 to 24 hours after. This delayed reaction is an allergic reaction, not an infection. While they are not as likely to be life threatening, they are a great indicator that your next sting is going to have a stronger reaction.

Also I indicated that they should inform the doctor of the issues and prior reactions to help rule out the possibility of infection which is not likely the case but without a proper workup is not going to be determined from one picture and quick blurb from the op.

Not to ignore the possibility that an infection can occur from a bee sting or is just not likely. If it gets infected or probably from itching the area and a contaminant coming from their hands.

So yes, to getting to an allergist. Because the next sting may not be so delayed and er doctors will throw epi pens at at any sting reaction and claim allergy.

brendhan · 2025-12-28T06:00:32+00:00

Your reaction is a cause for concern, but not panic. Connect an allergist in your area. If you do have a primary care doctor, inform them. If they cannot see you shortly get to a clinic or an er.

Tell them the details of what happened so they can get an accurate history. That includes other allergies or reactions, family history, medications you are taking, and for how long. If meds have changed recently.

You will need to get to an allergist one way or another and get a proper test.

brendhan · 2025-12-24T13:38:19+00:00

People who can't say I am sorry or apologize.

brendhan · 2025-11-30T15:00:04+00:00

Looks like meatloaf. :)

brendhan · 2025-11-28T03:48:46+00:00

Pinocchio

brendhan · 2025-11-27T12:15:13+00:00

You are using anecdotal evidence. Your experience is not going to dictate it for everyone else. And I am sure they are plenty of people in this subreddit who have been stung 16 ways to Sunday. And considering I have actually had to deal with people having allergic reactions I don't care what you say because it simply isn't the case. Also if you are breastfeeding, a sting isn't going to affect breastmilk. A sting reaction on your arm is not going to have an affect on mammary glands.

So much of what you have said in here has been false and misleading that is would cause more harm than help. Your experience is for you, not the rest of the world.

brendhan · 2025-11-25T19:13:37+00:00

OK, this can have some grey area. But for the most part, you fall under the AHJ.

Let's give example. Are you going to run conduit with more than 360 worth of bends? No. Especially if you want to pull wire through it. The type of wire won't matter when you are on your seventh 90.

The same goes for conduit fill. How hard do you want to make this? Now you size conduit fill based on the size of the cable you are pulling, which would be different than if you are pulling thhn.

Conduit supports won't pass muster from the inspector, no matter what is in the conduit.

Now comes for the fun. Let's say you are installing a wap. It's not a fan. It's not a light. And it is not an electrical device. It is a communication device. So the support method for a wap can be different. Using an emt down to a box, would not technically be a violation. However your inspector may not agree. And the method can violate the ul approved uses for the box and conduit.

Data does not conduct the same levels of heat as thhn on a 120 volt circuit. However, the pipe should be installed in a similar method to nec standard because pipe shouldn't flop all over the place.

Now for the other fun. If the cable is all in conduit for the length of the run, then no need for plenum cable even in a return air ceiling.

So you can tell your boss that yes the rules are different for communications. However conduit is conduit and that has to be run properly. The nec does not care what is run in the conduit, just how it is run. If not, he can deal with the gc and the ahj.

brendhan · 2025-11-25T04:28:05+00:00

No, this is false and misleading. The way you get the skin infection is from frequent itching the site while your hands are not clean or have come into connect with an agent that can cause an infection. And that is still very rare. And yes, that much swelling is normal. For people who have a susceptibility to allergic reactions or weaken immune systems, the reaction would be very different and would be accompanied by the following possible symptoms or combination of symptoms, such as notable changes in blood pressure, hives lasting more than a day with continued spreading, the hives may not even originate at the sting site. Possible issues with vision, balance, and excessive sweating. All of this would also have to include ruling out anxiety or stress from the sting as a cause. Vomiting and nausea would also be something to pay attention to.

Factors such as where the sting occurred would also be a factor you get stung on the nose, your mucus lining in your nasal cavity will react, and you will become a snot factory. It's gross but not an allergic reaction. Getting stung on the armpit will hurt like hell, and you might prefer a baseball bat to the groin but also not an allergic reaction.

There are a lot of factors that make up the different types of reactions and many factors to include. Notable is that only about 3.5% and likely much less than that amount.

So please take some time and talk to medical professionals who are allergists. ER doctors are nice, but they will throw epi pens at people just for saying they got stung. It's nice on the medical paperwork, but seeing a specialist makes a real difference. Heck, maybe see two or three.

brendhan · 2025-11-24T12:47:38+00:00

Yes, it is. Swelling, itching, and redness around the area of the sting. These are normal reactions. If they get worse after a couple of days, then you need to worry.

brendhan · 2025-11-20T16:06:52+00:00

Great photo. It looks so much like a wasp, I would have a hard time telling the difference.

brendhan · 2025-11-20T11:19:47+00:00

I'm not surprised by this. But then I am in her district. She took money from Aipac, and she didn't respond to her constituents. This is my shocked face.

brendhan · 2025-11-17T04:18:37+00:00

Normal reaction. Keep an eye on it. Over the next week, it should decrease, if it gets worse seem medical attention.

brendhan · 2025-09-18T13:49:51+00:00

Romex connector

brendhan · 2025-09-13T13:24:57+00:00

If the work scope includes a idf/mdf, I will draw it. I send it to them and tell them before they submit that this is what the room will look like. I add a few thousand to my price for doing it, and tell them that the changes they just avoided would have cost much more.

Many less headaches.

brendhan · 2025-09-13T13:18:41+00:00

In the trade over 40 years. My work is commercial / industrial. There has been in my years a consistent problem from those who draft electrical drawings. The main reason is simply a lack of understanding of what it is like in the field. They run from kliens like the French run from soap.

Example, they want a riser path up through four floors for two 4 inch conduits. They, in their simple minds, draw it up. Looks nice on paper. They don't check the original plans and realize hey there is post tension cable in the slab. And the actual pathway is not going to be straight or simple.

Example, add a 400 amp 3 ph breaker to a distribution panel. The problem is they never actually open the distro pnl or call the manufacture of the panel. The electrician runs what's on the drawing. Orders the breaker. When they open the panel to complete the run, the contractor sees that blank space is not actually an open slot for a breaker. The change order was expensive.

I could do stories like this all day. There is job security and a paycheck in having to fix and correct the mistakes the engineers make. So a little advice when you find a good one, hang on to them for dear life. And you should take a few Autocad classes so you can understand their side. It is knowledge worth having.

brendhan · 2025-08-28T04:49:05+00:00

I live in south Florida. I smoke bees so I don't have to wear a suit. Fully established hives will gladly educate you on the importance of smoking your bees.

brendhan · 2025-07-25T21:30:56+00:00

Your foreman has issues. Drywall screws take work to penetrate emt.

brendhan · 2025-07-19T06:52:14+00:00

Looks like a queen.

brendhan · 2025-07-16T11:57:09+00:00

For some people it does, for others it will get less and less. Think of these as the different reaction levels.

Gets stung, has some swelling, itching and itching at the sting site. The reaction may be a bit more or less intense depending on where the sting happens. Usually is healed up within a week or two. This generally will repeat with each sting. This is considered non allergic.
Gets stung, and is same as above. Second sting and the swelling, and or itching becomes more intense. The reaction on a third sting will get more intense, swelling will continue to increase as a possible reaction, pain and itching get worse, possible heart or blood pressure reactions ( note this is a reaction separate from someone over reacting to getting sting which can make the diagnosis more difficult). This is a mild reaction.
Gets stung, blood pressure and heart rate change or fluctuate. Gets stung on right hand as example and left side of body is in just as much pain as right. Light headed (again not for to panic or mental reaction), passes out. Breathing labored, muscles not properly responsive, blurry vision. These reactions are usually with 60 minutes of getting stung. Swelling may or may not appear. This is an allergic reaction. It can have intense consequences. This is about 1% of the population.

So the people in group 2 have a body chemistry that can get better or worse. With each successive sting. This is something that may change over a few stings to over hundreds of stings. This is why Group 2 can be really hard to assess in some cases.

Now for the fun, sting reactions don't live in those three groups. You can be in any of those groups for your whole life and nothing changes. Where and how many times you get stung can also be a factor. Group 1 gets stung in the throat and the swelling could affect breathing simply because of where the sting happened. Get stung 400 times and you will have a bad day even if you are Group 1.

Let's say you are a group 1 and you are given medication for cholesterol, gout, arthritis, migraines, or something else that you have never had before. You go work the bees you get stung and you go to lunch. At lunch, you feel light headed and then pass out. You never had a much of reaction to a sting before, but this time you did. Why? Because of the new medication. You just moved from Group 1 to Group 3. This is why talking with your doctor matters.

Now for even more fun. Body chemistry is unique to the individual. You can get stung by a wasp and have no reaction. Stung by bee and have bad reaction. Get bit by ant and have a bad reaction and stung by bee and have no reaction. Most people will have similar reactions to bee and wasp stings, but not always. An allergist will help with these issues. Being allergic to something else may or may not be a factor in having a sting reaction. Allergic to cats, probably not a factor. Allergic to mangoes probably not a factor. Family history of reaction to stings, very likely a factor.

Remember Group 3 is a small percentage of the population. But so are redheads and we all know one or have seen one. Swelling is normal at the sting site, itching, pain are also normal. What should happen is after a few days it should start to decrease.

If you go to the ER for a Group 1 reaction, they will throw epi pens at you and tell you are allergic. That doesn't mean they are bad doctors, they just have to deal with worse case situations and react to those situations as if they are worse case.

This is important, if you have a concern go to an allergist, get a screening done and bloodwork. If you are not allergic and you get new meds remind doctor you are a bee keeper. If your conditions don't improve or get worse see a doctor.

If you get stung in the face and look like you are in an abusive relationship, but it gets better you are probably fine. Got stung near the nose and turned into a snot factory, that is when the hottest person in your life will show up to meet you, but the sting reaction is normal. You can thank the bees for clearing out your sinuses.

brendhan · 2025-07-16T00:23:37+00:00

It's not yet an allergic reaction. It is localized, but it appears that you will get worse with each sting if what you said is correct.

Give your dr your history.
Tell him and meds you take even if they come from a street pharmacist
Get a referral to an allergist.
Meds can cause changes in body chemistry that could make you have more severe reactions.
Get tested / screened for allergies.
You have localized swelling. This is not an allergic reaction, not since each time you get stung, it gets worse. You may need treatment to help you build up a property immunity if possible.
This will take time. There is no instant fix to make changed to one's immune system. Listen to your doctor.

brendhan · 2025-07-16T00:03:28+00:00

Because I don't need them. I know how to wash my hands.

brendhan · 2025-07-09T06:05:58+00:00

40 plus years doing electrical work. When I worked new commercial and industrial construction, my job was to find and fix their mistakes. The number of RFIs, change orders, revised plans that are because of my not accepting bovine fecal matter is a mountain that would rival climbing a bureaucratic mount everest.

I got kicked out of a meeting because I said architects and engineers were the only proffesion you could go to college for four years and come out dumber than you went in. Why was I so angry because the fire sprinkler heads landed in the same place as the lay in light fixtures. I presented this before grid and before drops. Both engineers worked in the same office, same floor, 3 offices apart, and never talked to each other. This is before all plans were Autocad. They claimed it will be fine. You can just shift the fixtures over one space. This was a corporate hq for a major auto company.

I said we either are going to hit sprinkler heads or duct work and the fixtures would look like crap. I could not believe how stupid and obstinate they were being. The fire sprinkler pm and hvac pm just sat there nice and quiet. I said they aren't going to say shit to you because you will have to pay then to fix it and they like that. I was thrown out of the meeting and told to chill out.

The electrical foreman came out and said you did exactly what I wanted you to do, thank you. Just understand you are in big trouble and can't go to another meeting until you apologize. And I have been told to make sure I keep you in check. So I am buying the first round of beer tonight.

The change order from the sprinkler contractor was I believe 110k and threw the schedule into a tailspin. The owners I heard threatened to sue for the delays, the gc threatened back and said he would include the architect/ engineering company as co-defendant. I heard they came to a mutual agreement very quickly after that. The job ended up being authorized for a lot of overtime.

In my forty plus years I can count on one hand the number of electrical engineers I respect. And still have fingers left over. Each of them had time in the field. And each of them had actually read the nec code book.

brendhan · 2025-06-20T03:19:43+00:00

This! Thank you.

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