Sting Relief

Like me, you fish and travel – sometimes to places with insects that can sting or bite the living daylights out of you. I found a product that really gets the job done for mosquito itches, and after applying it to a friend stung by a wasp he couldn’t stop talking about how the pain immediately went away.

Like me, you fish and travel – sometimes to places with insects that can sting or bite the living daylights out of you. I found a product that really gets the job done for mosquito itches, and after applying it to a friend stung by a wasp he couldn’t stop talking about how the pain immediately went away.

The stuff is also supposed to work with fire ants and jellyfish. Not only does it take away the itch or sting, it reduces any swelling. I carry it in my tackle box, first-aid kit and car as well as in the medicine cabinet at home. It does give me a level of confidence that it’s there if needed.

The patented Denver’s StingStopper promises satisfaction or they’ll refund your money. It comes in a single-application packet that provides about 20 treatments or a larger container for home use. It’s a topical salve that needs to be applied only once to the affected area – do remove any stinger first that may have been left in the wound.

Although new to the market, the impetus for the product actually began nearly 30 years ago when a wasp stung a fellow named Denver Blanton. He went into his garage and tried to find something to ease the pain. After rummaging through various creams and pastes, combining a few of them, he applied the concoction to the affected area. To his shock the pain immediately went away. Twenty-five years later, Blanton finally re-created the combination that worked so well with the wasp sting.