MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Sept 10, 2015 11:03:42 GMT -5
I am about to cut my foot off. I went all summer without getting a single bite, and then Monday my left foot has 4 bites and my right foot has one right on the sole! How much blood are they getting from my skinny ass feet?!?! I would rather be in pain than be itchy - YEESH!!!!
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Chocolate Lover
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 10, 2015 11:09:47 GMT -5
Are you still scratching them on Thursday??!?? STOP IT!!!! Put something cold (actual ice, water bottle, can of coke ANYTHING) on it and stop scratching it!
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Post by The Captain on Sept 10, 2015 11:10:02 GMT -5
Benedryl spray as soon as you notice the bites. It really does work.
DH brought in some groceries for me Saturday morning and got so many bites on one ankle (and one only) that it looked like some kind of rash.
I HATE mosquito bites!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2015 12:48:50 GMT -5
I agree with Benedryl or Cortisone cream. My youngest reacts very badly to bites. For some reason they like his ears and when he gets bit there his ears get huge and red. And he already has big ears! I'm so happy to live in one of the few areas in MN that has no mosquitoes. Occasionally we'll get a few, but for the most part they don't like it here. I think it's the fact that there is usually a breeze keeps them away, but I'm not sure what it is. There are cattle ponds and water around. Just a couple miles down the road you're near the river and mosquito hell. My parents live in the woods by a backwater swamp and they are unbearable there. You don't go outside unless you're covered in toxic chemicals.
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Post by NastyWoman on Sept 10, 2015 13:42:48 GMT -5
This is going to sound out there and I only read it a this weekendago but I tried it out this week and it works: Vick's vaporub. I hope the itch will go away fast → itching makes me very stabby!!!
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wyouser
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Post by wyouser on Sept 10, 2015 14:45:49 GMT -5
Patience.....mother nature is close to a cure for this season......it is called...F R O S T....but works only if you live far enough "north".....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2015 19:07:39 GMT -5
Try a deodorant/antiperspirant. I've used it for years on mosquito and fire ant bites. The sooner you can apply, the better. I keep a cheapo travel-sized deodorant stick in my gardening basket. We have 5 West Nile disease deaths in my area so far this year which sucks.
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sesfw
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Post by sesfw on Sept 10, 2015 21:55:33 GMT -5
I use alcohol wipes on bites. I buy a box and keep a couple of wipes in my purse.
Works great.
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Post by trippypea on Sept 11, 2015 6:30:01 GMT -5
If I am outside with anyone else, I will be the one who gets bit and they won't. When I get bit, I get huge, half dollar sized welts that take a week to go away. Must be tasty!
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Post by milee on Sept 11, 2015 7:22:44 GMT -5
Patience.....mother nature is close to a cure for this season......it is called...F R O S T....but works only if you live far enough "north"..... In SW Florida, we have mosquitos year round. The only comfort - sort of - is that if you get bitten frequently like we do here, after a while most people become less sensitive to the bites. In other words, you still get bitten as much as you did in the past, but your body doesn't create the same histamine reaction to them since it's become desensitized. Sadly, I think I've been bitten enough that I'm finally getting to that point. It's not that the bites don't itch at all, but they do itch and swell much less than they did in the past.
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Sept 11, 2015 7:29:19 GMT -5
If I am outside with anyone else, I will be the one who gets bit and they won't. When I get bit, I get huge, half dollar sized welts that take a week to go away. Must be tasty! As I get older, I've discovered that I'm no longer welting up the size of half dollars anymore, it's more like nickels. And I still itch. Right now, I'm recovering from fly bites. We were camping over Labor Day weekend and the black flies were horrible enough that we came home a day early. Sadly, we brought a bunch of them home with us and I'm slowly getting rid of them in the house. But I think I got a couple of fresh bites from those bastards since we got home.
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