NWR: Bug bites

sep72fendr · August 2010

I have like 7 on each foot. Any suggestions for home remedies to help with the itch that is keeping me awake?

thesuninherhead · August 2010

Tea tree oil is supposed to help. So is washing the area off with water, but I gather you've already done that? And Calamine lotion.

Although really, I think the most effective thing is not touching them... hard to do, but once you do touch them, they always get a thousand times itchier!

I presume we're talking about mozzie bites?

Calumet · August 2010

Hydrocortisone cream?

This happened to me last week. It looked like I had chicken pox; it was ridiculous. Itched like a biitch.

sep72fendr · August 2010

i think they are a combo of mozzie and chiggers or flea bites. I got them on Monday night doing engagement pictures lol my feet started burning and got really itchy. ive tried hydrocortisone cream, soap and water, toothpaste (burns, dont do it), now i'm using fi's oral lydocaine gargle to try to numb the area. i just want them to dry up and heal.

ootmother2 · August 2010

vodka

higher proof the better will take the itch away in seconds!

I learned this in the BVI where medicinal alcohol cost $5 and 100 proof booze was 99 cents.

sep72fendr · August 2010

niiiice. so after i use it on the bites, i drink it? :-) 2 for 1!

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tenofcups4me · August 2010

You could try calamine lotion if you've got some in the house. Also benadryl might at least help with the itching and make you tired enough to sleep.

Kristin789 · August 2010

Avon's SKIN SO SOFT can be used before you go out to repel biting bugs,
and can be used on bug bites to reduce the itchiness and encourage healing.

And before someone reports me, I do not sell Avon, I have never sold Avon, I have never used any Avon product myself. I go to a store on 580 just west of Belcher that sells Avon off the shelf - and I buy it for my mom bec her doc recommended it.

[Deleted User] · August 2010

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[QUOTE]You could try calamine lotion if you've got some in the house. Also benadryl might at least help with the itching and make you tired enough to sleep.
Posted by tenofcups4me[/QUOTE]

Calmine lotion usualy works for me and they also make a Benadryl creme. Ugh, I feel you, chigger bites are the worse bc they can itch for like a week.

Have you ever read about chigger bites? It will gross you out. H & I got bit by them a lot one time last year and they itched for like a week. Whatever you don't don't dig them too much bc you don't want to get nasty scars.

missy68 · August 2010

On feet, probably not chiggers, unless they're at a sock line or shoe strap line. If so, put clear nail polish on them.

sarabear23 · August 2010

Calamine lotion is crap unless they're open and weeping. I'm allergic to the mosquitos here in IL, and I've tried EVERYTHING. I ended up in urgent care because they were so bad. Huge, like the size of eggs, bright red and dark purple, and super painful. The doctor basically told me to stay inside, that bitch. But putting an ice pack on them with help with the itching, since it sort of numbs them. Also, take a benadryl or 2, it may help. Or knock you out. Either way, good luck, I know how you feel.

missy68 · August 2010

Dang Sarah! Were they mosquitoes or horseflies? I've had horsefly bites do that and they hurt like hell.

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