Whats the best way to treat a bluebottle sting?
For the test, Dr Andrew Rochford stepped into the firing line and volunteered to be lightly stung on his arm and leg a total of five times by a bluebottle and then treated with one of five possible remedies. When bluebottles sting, they release a powerful toxin, which is most often localised, but the venom has been known to travel to people’s armpits and groins via the bloodstream. Stings can be fatal: four people in the Northern Hemisphere have died as a result of severe swelling caused by bluebottle stings.
