Fell off in stinging nettles!

[dreams579]

My charming new horse put in a particularly dirty spin with me out hacking today and dumped me in a patch of thistles and stinging nettles! Arms are now tingly and sore not surprisingly! Have taken paracetamol and a antihistamine but no joy so far! Any top tips for calming it down?!!

 

[TPO]

Ouch!

Aloe vera or camomile lotion?

 

[RHM]

I picked a terrible place for a wee once on a hack, I can speak from experience that camomile lotion is your friend!

 

[dreams579]

I picked a terrible place for a wee once on a hack, I can speak from experience that camomile lotion is your friend!

Will you forgive me if I had a small chuckle at this? The things us riders get up to!

good shout re camomile! I feel a trip to Tesco coming on!

 

[McFluff]

Ouch. Definitely camomile. Hope your Tesco stocks it...

 

[ycbm]

Oooooh, nasty, sorry!

 

[scats]

Ouch! I feel your pain. No idea how to calm it down I’m afraid, would something like calamine lotion work?
Quite a few years ago now, I was on my way to Alton Towers with my best friend and her family and my bladder kicked off (interstitial cystitis and a badly scarred bladder that doesn’t stretch) Friends nan stopped the car and I jumped out, headed into the bushes and dropped my drawers to have a pee. Managed to crouch down in a nettle bush and stung my bare backside but I was so desperate to pee I just kept going. My friend had got out with me and all I remember was laughing my head off and shrieking, “Im being stung!” while she was absolutely creased over in hysterics, while her whole family watched on from the car. Fortunately they’ve known me since I was 4 so it was a perfectly normal event for them to witness haha!
I spent the rest of the day riding rollercoasters with a very, very sore bum!

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Have you taken Piriton? I understand that you can safely take a lot more than the recommended dose if that doesn't work.

You have all my sympathy, many years ago, a 17 hh CBx RS horse ran away with me on a hack through some woods and managed to sweep me off into blackberry bushes and nettles. Apparently it was his party trick! Fortunately I had had it drummed into me that everything that could be covered should be when riding so I wasn't too badly stung/scratched - it was bad enough though!

 

[dreams579]

Ouch. Definitely camomile. Hope your Tesco stocks it...

No camomile so have settled for e45 lotion until chemist opens in morning! But they did have some naughty chocolate cake to sooth away the pain ?

 

[ycbm]

No camomile so have settled for e45 lotion until chemist opens in morning! But they did have some naughty chocolate cake to sooth away the pain ?

Oh chocolate beats camomile every time! ?

 

[dreams579]

Oh chocolate beats camomile every time! ?

I’m definitely feeling better already!

 

[holeymoley]

Dock leaves! Rub them on to the stingy area and voila.

 

[Baywonder]

Dock leaves! Rub them on to the stingy area and voila.

Yep, dock leaves work well on nettle stings.

I feel your pain OP. My first pony dumped me in a gorse bush once. That was pretty painful!

I hope you feel better soon - but if you don't, just eat more chocolate.

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Ouch. That sounds really painful. Hope you aren’t too sore tonight.

 

[thefarsideofthefield]

No camomile so have settled for e45 lotion until chemist opens in morning! But they did have some naughty chocolate cake to sooth away the pain ?

Do you just smear the chocolate cake on or do you make it into a poultice first ?

 

[Follysmum]

I feel for you I did this many years ago. Fell into a 3ft ditch of them. I stung for at least a week it was awful.
Lots of cold baths and antihistamines helped

 

[dreams579]

I feel for you I did this many years ago. Fell into a 3ft ditch of them. I stung for at least a week it was awful.
Lots of cold baths and antihistamines helped

Ouch ouch ouch! Whilst I would never wish a fall on anyone, its always comforting to know others have shared your pain!

 

[dreams579]

Do you just smear the chocolate cake on or do you make it into a poultice first ?

I went for the smearing option aiding by a big cold metal spoon! ?

 

[dreams579]

Yep, dock leaves work well on nettle stings.

I feel your pain OP. My first pony dumped me in a gorse bush once. That was pretty painful!

I hope you feel better soon - but if you don't, just eat more chocolate.

Ouch! I bet you were picking gorse spikes out of skin and clothes for ages!

 

[dreams579]

Dock leaves! Rub them on to the stingy area and voila.

Unfortunately I de-docked my garden about a week ago! Clearly the wrong time to suddenly find the urge to sort out the weeds!

 

[JennBags]

Dock leaves! Rub them on to the stingy area and voila.

Yep, dock leaves work well on nettle stings.

I feel your pain OP. My first pony dumped me in a gorse bush once. That was pretty painful!

I hope you feel better soon - but if you don't, just eat more chocolate.

Sorry to say, but dock leaves don't actually help nettles stings, any relief you feel is the cooling effect of the sap, it only lasts until the sap has dried.
i have a couple of aloe vera plants at home which are brilliant for treating stings and mild burns.

 

[Yeomans]

Try lavender oil

 

[huskydamage]

Just wait it out I think, I feel your pain! I fell off into nettles once I was covered in it up my arms and face. I'd broken my arm too but the pain from the nettles was so bad I didn't even notice that until later. I absolutely hate them now! Strim every last one!

 

[dreams579]

Just wait it out I think, I feel your pain! I fell off into nettles once I was covered in it up my arms and face. I'd broken my arm too but the pain from the nettles was so bad I didn't even notice that until later. I absolutely hate them now! Strim every last one!

Ow ow ow! I did at least manage to keep my face out of them, can’t imagine how sore that would be. They are feeling a bit better this morning at least so fingers crossed!

 

[gryff]

I think we all mean calamine lotion. It's main ingredient is zinc oxide, so maybe sudocreme would help.

 

[southerncomfort]

Ouch! You have my sympathy as I had this happen to me once and the pain was dreadful.

Anti sting creams help. Also aloe Vera gel.

 

[Winters100]

Ouch. Try cold green tea on the affected areas if the camomile doesn't work. Or if that doesn't work gin taken orally would relieve the worst of the pain for at least some hours.

 

[ROMANY 1959]

Ouch... I got off for a wee, holding horse, behind hedge, he rubbed my head, overbalanced me and backwards I went into a patch of nettles on bare bum. It tingled for days

 

[Quigleyandme]

I picked a terrible place for a wee once on a hack, I can speak from experience that camomile lotion is your friend!

I always manage to sit on a thistle or nettle or pee on my gloves that I tucked into my waistband not a minute ago.

 

[dreams579]

Ouch. Try cold green tea on the affected areas if the camomile doesn't work. Or if that doesn't work gin taken orally would relieve the worst of the pain for at least some hours.

I’m definitely supportive of the gin option!