How Do You Treat Bites From Fire Ants?
Nothing can ruin a day faster than accidentally stepping on a fire ant hill. Fire ants swarm anything that lands on their hills. They bite their victim and they use a stinger in their abdomen to inject a venom into the bite. The wound will go through several stages, from the immediate pain of being bitten to forming a pustule to opening up. They pain and need to scratch will be overwhelming. It isn’t necessary to suffer endlessly. Learn, before you are bitten, how to deal with a fire ant bite. Remove the insects from your body immediately. Once one ant has bitten you, the other ants become excited and will beginning biting too. The ants will bite you over and over again, even when their venom sacs are empty. Then take a Benedryl immediately. Cover the bites with something that will neutralize the toxin in the bite. Fire ant venom is about 95% insoluble in water. As quickly as you can, after the bite, cover the sore with a substance like a meat tenderizer mixed into a paste, alcohol or
