stinging

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If you smell bananas and are nowhere near one - Run!

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 12 Oct 19

The honey bee releases Isoamyl Acetate after stinging someone. This serves as a pheromone to other bees, enticing them to come and sting as well. Isoamyl Acetate is produced naturally in Bananas, and synthetically for the banana...

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Ouch! That hurt!

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 14 Aug 19

Somehow a wasp got into my house. He was sleeping inside a foll of toilet paper. I disturbed him, although I did not see him. First aid for stings at my house is first to mash or grind or chew up some plantain leaves. I did...

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Carpal Tunnel / pain and mylot

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 30 Oct 12

I know a few mylotters here suffer from this, and I may be one of them as well, atleast a very mild version of it. Besides coming online to earn a few extra bucks, I use my hands at work three times a week as a cashier, I lift, I...

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