General Medical Question - Non Urgent - Bee Sting

[Leann]

Today when I was driving, I got stung by a bee. I was driving on the freeway at about 55mph, and I felt a bad pain in my arm. I had the window open and my left arm was hanging out the window. I look and see one of those fuzzy black and yellow bees on the inside part of my arm directly below the elbow crease. I instinctly smacked it and it flew out the window. I felt kind of nautious for about an hour after it happened, and for that hour the whole area around the sting was a swollen blob. It isn't swollen anymore, but it still hurts a lot. I think it is safe to say that I am not allergic, but I think part of the stinger is still in there. It was pussing out a little bit a few minutes ago, but other that that, it just hurts. I don't know if this is normal for a bee sting, or if I should be more concerned. When I look at it, I see something black which I think is the stinger, but it wont come off. I tried scraping at it with a credit card, but it's too deep. When I push on it, I feel something under the skin which I am assuming is the stinger. Is this normal? Should I worry?

[Animad]

Bee stings don't usually get stuck in so deep that you can't easily pull them out but it sound like this one could've. It's probably a good idea to stop trying to get it out with credit cards/ or pushing it because this can just make it go deeper. The swelling around it was you're bodies immune response and if it is stuck in this will continue. The fluid that came out; was it watery? This is what builds up and it also acts to flush out the area if it comes out which yours did so is the 'sting' still there? Your body is likely to rect against it further and it is likely to become infected so it is better to get it checked out and see if they can remove t, it is an easier job for them to do it now rather than when there is a reaction against it (which can leave you with a permenant scar) or it becomes infected and an abscess is formed which isn't nice.