PEDIATRICS Vol. 68 No. 5 November 1981, pp. 744
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Insect Sting Treatment

Charles R. Fikar MD1

1 32 North Massachusetts Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Hymenoptera stings can be quite discomforting and as mentioned by Yunginger (Pediatrics 67:325, 1981), ice compresses and time are an accepted form of therapy. I would like to discuss briefly two additional forms of treatment that may prove to be even more effective in certain instances.

Personal and anecdotal experience, as well as a textbook of emergency pediatrics,1 suggest that the topical application of papain in the form of unseasoned meat tenderizer can relieve much of the discomfort of an insect sting, particularly when applied immediately.