I’ve fallen off my bike but luckily a nice patch of nettles broke my fall. My arms took the brunt and have swelled up nicely. Now I’m normally not one to bother but my right hand is now going numb (about 2 hrs after). Also I feel a bit nauseous / dizzy. Is this normal?

I don’t know about you …but I love the sting of nettles…..almost like a rush!!.?.am I weird ??….lol

No it’s not.

coat in vinegar (it breaks down the poison), take an anti-histimine and you should see relief very quickly, if not I’d ring the NHS helpline.

I don’t know about you …but I love the sting of nettles…..almost like a rush!!.?.am I weird ??….lol

I would normally be with you but this is taking a weird turn.

I am kind of with you cheekyget
I have been mtbing to work recently and whipping past alot of nettles.. I sit at work all day with my arms and legs humming/buzzing all day long.
gives me a nice warm fuzzy that I MTBed to work.

coat in vinegar (it breaks down the poison), take an anti-histimine and you should see relief very quickly,

Hmm well at work ATM and don’t have access to vinegar. I’ll see if it gets any worse. I didn’t suffer any nettle stings to my hands as I was wearing gloves but the back of my hand is numb and palm is pins and needles.

soulrider – Member
I am kind of with you cheekyget
I have been mtbing to work recently and whipping past alot of nettles.. I sit at work all day with my arms and legs humming/buzzing all day long.
gives me a nice warm fuzzy that I MTBed to work.

yep… on a split shift all week so it means i’ve got until 14:00 to myself, no wife, no kids, i love the middle irritation whilst being sat at my desk… i feel superior to other people because of it. 😆

Wash effected areas – then use cellotape to remove any remaining tubes – could try fruit juice (citrus would contain most acid) to break it down.

Kinda stuck after that tbh.

ask a colleague to pee on you

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ask a colleague to pee on you

Most bizarre chat up line ever,
‘Scuse me love could you just p!55 on my arm its for the nettle stings you see!’

i dont generally chat up colleagues

I think Nettle stings are an alkali, as is urine so that isn’t going to help. I can only think of one thing manufactured by the body that is acid but I’m not going to go there.
pins and needles is going and being replaced by a kind of burning sensation.

its formic acid

Oo so it is, well sort of, google also suggests Tartric acid but anyway. Cheers.

As no one else has suggested it it could be cat aids and you just need to MTFU 😆

Has anyone got any ideas for what to do with a numb hand

ummmmm.

I fell off into a load of nettles the other night. Half an hour into a 2/3 hr ride my mates says ‘do you want a beer?’ than pulls some peroni out of his camelbak. So I has one and finished off his as he didn’t want it. He actually brought 3 so half hour later I had the other one. Then towards the end of the ride we stopped for a pint whereupon I had a birra moretti, getting back on the bike I was bit ‘rasha rasha yahhhh’ and then going down some narrow wooded track, mate shouts me back as we’d gone the wrong way, I braked and sorta just lept into some nettles, very strange. The trick is not to scratch.

Antihistamine cream on the nettle rash