Best Home Remedy for Treating Bug Bites and Stings?

Hubby and I spent most of our weekend over at the house working on various home remodeling projects and doing some landscaping projects. My arms, neck and back are super sore tonight from spending over 10 hours mudding walls and painting walls this weekend. Sigh, I am really looking forward to these projects getting done sometime in September as I am really worn out.

While over at the house this morning, I got bit by something on my upper arm. Within minutes my arm started swelling. Hubby thinks it might be a brown recluse spider bite as I had gotten one 3 years ago which swelled up badly and landed me into the hospital for a week. I didn’t see what bit me at all.

It has been about 10 hours now and the swelling is continuing. I have a hard lump the size of an orange now on my left upper arm and terrible pain running the entire length of my arm and into my shoulder. I can barely move my arm or bend my elbow tonight.

I have been slapping hydrocortisone cream all over the area but so far, it hasn’t done any good. I took some Benadryl by mouth just incase I am having an allergic reaction or something. Again, no good as I am still swelling!!! I hope you all can see how massive this swelling is with my photo.

So ladies, do you have any home remedies for me that you all can recommend for stings and severe bug bites? Have any of you ever swelled this badly from a bug bite or sting?

I know it’s NOT a bee sting as I am allergic to bees and would of quit breathing within 10 minutes of being stung…so it’s either a mosquito bite or a spider bite (at least that is what I think). Any suggestions ladies? Thanks!