Is My Wasp Sting Infected?

Vinegar is used to treat a wasp sting and ammonia to treat a bee sting.why does this work?

  • vinegar is used to treat a wasp sting and ammonia to treat a bee sting.why does this work and what does is tell you about vinegar and ammonia? please help.

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    Depends on what the sting material is made of. For example, many ants use formic acid as their "sting fluid" so by adding a weak base (ammonia) that could help neutralize the toxin. On the other hand, bee stins and wasp stings may contain other components (enzymes, acids, or bases) so I'm not sure if they would work or not, it just depends on what materials are in the sting liquid.

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Old wives' tales: nonsense. The only possible thing these two substances might help with is killing some microbial activity that could be a secondary concern.

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