Years ago I read somewhere that baking soda was the ideal treatment for fire ant bites. Last summer I stepped on a hill, got close to a hundred bites on my right foot. In the midst of my panic, I remember that I use a roll-on deodorant with baking soda, so I ran in the house and covered my foot with it. Not only did it stop the burning, but the next day I did not have a single blister!!! Since then I have tried it on all kinds of stings and it has always worked wonderfully. I carry a bottle of deodorant in my pocket book and have used when somebody else gets stung. It is handy, as you have the baking soda disdolved in it, always ready to use. I'm going to the beach Monday and, while hopping not to find out if it works on jelly fish, I will certainly carry it with me!
Well, how about that?
I always keep a bottle of Caladryl/Calamine lotion on hand. If you use it right away it will block a lot of the reaction to fire ant bites.