Pesky Mosquito Bites

[Annette Curtain]

I love the Summer

But I dread getting bitten by Mosquitos

Weirdly up until a about 4 years ago I was fine, a bite came and went in a few days. However, one day I was bitten on the leg by a Horse Fly whilst in Horniman's Garden. Within about an hour my shin and ankle were massive and I could hardly walk

It was quite nasty, but I got over it

Now though what happens is:

If and when I get a Mosquito bite my body over reacts and my leg/arm swells, along with my glands, and to top it all my liver aches somewhat. I'm then prone to getting a skin infection and have had antibiotics each time, bar one. I've even developed Cellulitis twice, which is agony, quite dangerous and puts me out horizontal for a couple of weeks

And all this from a tiny itsy-bitsy Mosquito bite !

Thankfully, through the forum I've discovered the ninja of all products Avon Dry Oil spray, and it's been a life changer. But it's only good for about 98% protection and yesterday I was bitten again. So on we go.

I've wiki-diagnosed myself:-S and thus far i've come up with Skeeter Syndrome, which as syndrome names go is pretty snappy

(I am waiting to see a specialist btw )

Has anyone else developed anything simular ?

(or am I just a freak)

Nette:)::o:-S

*swats imaginary mozi*

[RosieH]

Is Skeeter that curly haired weirdo from some American school programme?

If I were going to have a curly haired weirdo syndrome, I'd go for

I think.

[Jah Lush]

The last mosquito that bit me is receiving constant round-the-clock treatment in the Priory Clinic.

[Barry Road Barbers]

Poor Nette, I feel for you as I am the same, though not as bad. I too swear by Avon dry oil body spray and it has worked for everyone i have told about it. I also never got bitten or maby never reacted to bites until 8 years ago. My Doctor told me that some people can devlop certain reactions as they get older. I have devloped a chronic reaction to insect bites which was brought on, in my case by a snake bite which i was lucky to surive. I got amune to over the counter allergy tabs, so now my doc prescribes stronger ones which i can take daily and if i get bit nothing happens. The main reason for infection is scratching, which i know is virtualy impossible not to do.

[Voyageur]

I started to develop an over-reaction to mosy bites a couple of years ago. Not as bad as you Nette but enough to keep me awake at nights for a week or so plus very inflamed around the bite. Thanks for the tip re Avon Dry Oil.

My current anti mosy bite arsenal includes mosquito net pinned over bedroom window so I can keep it open at night, antihistamine tablets in my handbag at all times so that I can take one immediately when bitten, an ammonia stick and/or one of those electric cell thingies used around the bite to lessen the infernal itching and hydrocortisone cream if it gets very inflamed.

[Annette Curtain]

Barry Road Barbers Wrote:

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I have devloped a

> chronic reaction to insect bites which was brought

> on, in my case by a snake bite which i was lucky

> to surive. I got amune to over the counter allergy

> tabs, so now my doc prescribes stronger ones which

> i can take daily and if i get bit nothing happens.

> The main reason for infection is scratching, which

> i know is virtualy impossible not to do.

A snake bite ?

(in the game of 'bite poker' you'd win)

Ohhhh but the frikkin itching.....

http://www.skinsureinternational.com/images/itch-scratch.gifand so we go on !

Soon we'll be wearing complete beekeeper outfits all day and night

:X

[Barry Road Barbers]

Can a snake fart?

[Salsaboy]

Has a snake got a bottom?

[Dopamine1979]

Voyageur Wrote:

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> I started to develop an over-reaction to mosy

> bites a couple of years ago. Not as bad as you

> Nette but enough to keep me awake at nights for a

> week or so plus very inflamed around the bite.

> Thanks for the tip re Avon Dry Oil.

>

> My current anti mosy bite arsenal includes

> mosquito net pinned over bedroom window so I can

> keep it open at night, antihistamine tablets in my

> handbag at all times so that I can take one

> immediately when bitten, an ammonia stick and/or

> one of those electric cell thingies used around

> the bite to lessen the infernal itching and

> hydrocortisone cream if it gets very inflamed.

Very good advice. You could also try eumovate (stronger than hydrocortisone and also available without prescription).

[jimmyraj]

Exactly th same happened to me a couple of years back. I was bitten by something on my ankle, not sure whether mosquito or horse fly, and a couple of days later my lower leg swelled up to extra large proportions to the extent I couldn't fit a shoe on and couldn't walk. I went to the doctors and had to take a course of steroids, in addition to anti histamines, to help reduce the inflammation.

Since then, I have reacted fairly badly to all bites - although not to such a degree that the leg has swollen again.

After a bit of googling I stumbled across the Blandford Fly. I wonder if that might have caused some of my bites....

[Barry Road Barbers]

Yes Nette a snake bite would be a good hand in bite poker but am sure it could be beaten. I never fancied getting bit by a camel, and heard it's not good. And yes, I am sure a camel can fart.

[TE44]

I've found crushed parsley rubbed onto mozzy bites works really well, if I cant get it fresh I make a strong tea out of dried parsley, and apply. A plant is handy.

[Huguenot]

I think that with a major reaction you probably need to go hardcore pharmaceuticals, but for a few hints and tips from the tropics...

Scratching is the worst thing about mozzie bites - it's very much an unconscious habit, so if you can force yourself not to do it, you'll stop doing it and the problems will subside a lot lot sooner.

White tiger balm (the cool one) has been an absolute discovery - it makes the mozzie bite feel cold for about 20 minutes, just long enough to stop yourself fromm scratching.

Anti-perspirant has aluminium in it, and this makes the swelling go down sooner, and so the itching subsides too! Use a roll-on.

[OliviaDee]

take brewer's yeast (a B vitamin) during the summer. They really don't like the taste - you'll get bitten less - promise!

[Huguenot]

Marmite is good source of that - a sandwich a day!

[Barry Road Barbers]

I never drank red wine, but i often taught that I started to get bit around the same time that I started to drink red wine. (I drink it by the bucket load now)

[Sandperson]

There are Blandford flies at the Herne Hill velodrome. I got bitten a while back and I don't normally react to bite but this was nasty. They can get very badly infected.