A Better Way To Treat An Insect Bite | Better | NBC News

Insect bites are usually no more than a nuisance, but they can sometimes require a trip to the emergency room. Here's the better way to treat them and how to know when you should see a doctor.

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A Better Way To Treat An Insect Bite | Better | NBC News

[Tha_Gat]

Every ER doctor ever virtually cursing him out😂

you know you know

[presouz]

if you want to see how the heat works, heat up a cup of water as if you are going to make tea, put in a spoon till hot, press back of spoon on your bite repeat till itch is gone. you may have redness from the hot spoon but MY GOSH it works so well.. I am allergic to mosquito bites so the heat up method works for me big time

[CC-hrlg]

Put your bite under very hot water for a few seconds to relieve itching.

[WoodlandPoetry]

I cannot believe NBC News cannot spell "pus".

[morend]

Have always used spit, works fine for me! I use it on small cuts too.

[Cherry_convict]

I went a friends house recently and I came back and I had a large red circle on my arm the next day and a few little bug bites near the area until just now I thought it was just one bite that was really big like the spider bite I had once but after close examination I realized that it’s a Ton of little bits in one spot because if I move my arm a certain way I can see all the little white dots that his in the redness

[Lou_Mansfield]

Going to ER seems excessive and expensive to treat infection... maybe urgent care or use walk in hours at a clinic

[exposingproxystalkingorgan]

This short video has some good information.

[lukevirtualgameruk]

I get allergic reaction and had to go hospital a good few times. What I do now takes them down right away is wash it with a bar of soap then pore hot water on it if the itch has gone you done a good job. Just be careful not to make it too hot. Boiling and add cold to it make it hottest you can take without burning yourself. I did burn myself like a fool this year doing it too hot and ended up with a huge blister so be careful.

[cwscrzr]

Thanks for sharing I got Bites on my legs and arms and I don't know what insect they are from everyone always tells me they like my blood Because it's sweet lol

[waddellar]

If you get an ant bite and your not elergic to it and it swells up and has a big blister do you need to go to the ER?

[shukibunny]

I have on on my face and it uncomfortable

[mantovannni]

I got a secondary infection due to scratching mosquito bites, I had this pus coming out of the sores and where the pus travelled, more sores came, it was terrible.

[ooblecklover]

Scratchingaround the bite soothes it for me, idk how good it is though.. i feel like it is okay since im not actually scratching the bite

[catea]

i feel though that often the infected bite heals itself fine without intervention? ofc best to side with caution but who can really be assed when its not actually necessary

[iqzrerm]

So this all video is only for "go to hospital " ...