[camperjen]

I was stung two years ago for the first time in almost 40 years (lol - I'm old). I was stung on the knuckle of my middle finger around mid-afternoon. By dinnertime I couldn't see the wrinkles of my knuckle and by morning I couldn't bend either of the top two joints. The swelling didn't get much bigger - and it wasn't terribly hot and red (just pink - not purple-ish) - the swelling went down over about the next four or five days. Yes, it IS an allergic reaction, but it doesn't mean serious. Serious is when it starts to affect other organ systems - throat, breathing, hives, etc. Serious would also be if it continued to swell or was abnormally HUGE, or if the pink turned darker red or even darker, or any level of fever - all of those could be signs of true infection like cellulitis or strep or MRSA.

Use your mommy-discernment carefully and you should know what to do.