Please help me before I have no skin left on my legs.. .

eileen from OH

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:43 AM
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Please help me before I have no skin left on my legs.. .

I was bitten by Uber Mosquitos or something on Friday. Days later the itching is still driving me NUTS. Any homeopathic (or even straight) remedies are welcome.

eileeeen from OH

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ornotna

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:47 AM
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1. Apply ammonia

It will help with the itching

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JitterbugPerfume

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:48 AM
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2. a paste made of baking soda and water

Edited on Tue Aug-12-03 12:50 AM by JitterbugPerfume

should help

just apply it to the bites

or a soothing oatmeal bath

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shance

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:49 AM
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3. Benadryl.....maybe rubbing alcohol or witch hazel to cool the itching

I have even heard that Solarcaine and/or Lanacaine can help with the itching. Aloe Vera?

I would think anything with peppermint oil or tea tree oil could help....

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radfringe

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Tue Aug-12-03 03:39 AM
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12. liquid benedryl

there's a topical version out on the market. works good - my partner is extremely allergic to black flies, I had a case of poison ivy - we both use this and it works good

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juajen

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:49 AM
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4. I am sorry you are suffering

I have had some success with a paste of baking soda and water. Also, you might add baking soda to bathwater and try this. Have to say I have never been bitten quite as badly as you describe, but this certainly worked on a few bites.

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:52 AM
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5. Soap.

Dampen a bar of soap, and rub it on the mosquito bites. Don't make it wet and drippy. It should be just slightly wet so that you are rubbing on a sort of paste.

This may not be thick enough to show. Doesn't matter. The itching stops almost instantly. I learned this in childhood, and a friend tried it recently. She was very surprised by the cessation of itching.

Regular soap, nothing fancy. I've never used translucent soap, always the opaque white soap. Recently used: Lux, Cashmere Bouquet, Jergens.

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roughsatori

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Tue Aug-12-03 12:54 AM
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6. I used to live in South Jersey. Jigger bites where awful there

Edited on Tue Aug-12-03 12:56 AM by roughsatori

Perhaps that is what you have. I just googled "jigger bite remedies" and found PDF files, so I couldn't copy and paste for you. Jiggers lay eggs under the skin and the bites seem to itch worse at night. I remember we used to dab nail polish on them to kill them. I am pretty sure now that probably was just an old-wives-tale remedy--but they are finding out more and more that those old wives new a lot more than they were given credit for. Good Luck.

And if you have some over the counter Benydril tablets, that helps me when I itch.

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Cush

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Tue Aug-12-03 01:05 AM
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7. how pretty

eggs under the skin?

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roughsatori

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Tue Aug-12-03 01:14 AM
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9. I know, I thought it might freak a person out

If I told them they might have eggs under their skin, but that was not the reason I did it :evilgrin:

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dweller

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Tue Aug-12-03 01:08 AM
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8. we use isopropyl alcohol (wintergreen)

Edited on Tue Aug-12-03 01:16 AM by dweller

and aloe vera lotion like used for sunburn, must have lidocaine as ingredient! It numbs the skin's itch.
iso dries them out, aloe heals them quickly.
I know it sounds horribly painful, but it's not ...for long.

are you sure they aren't chiggers? Sounds like you are not sure it's mosquitos. Chiggers will die with application of Octagon Soap several times over the course of a day or so.

edit: where are the bites? chiggers will concentrate on certain regions of the body (waistband, pits, groin, behind the knees and lower legs) leaving a hard bump of a bite that can ooze later.
mosquitos are not so picky, arms, neck, face, etc.
good luck!
dp

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roughsatori

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Tue Aug-12-03 01:17 AM
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10. Chiggers and Jiggers are the same evil mite I think

Chigger is a term given to the larva of several microscopic blood-sucking mites. Unlike mosquito bites that tend to fade after a period of no more than twenty-four hours, the chigger bite can last up to three weeks. What makes this little mite so potent?

Here is the link to a remedy:
http://ksks.essortment.com/controllingch_rzkz.htm

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Tue Aug-12-03 02:20 AM
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11. You know the reason there are 25million people within 100

miles of NYC?

NO CHIGGERS.

They are the worst little beasties on the planet. They are so bad, because they are growing in your skin, eating cells.

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Kamika

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Tue Aug-12-03 05:00 AM
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13. DONT ITCH

If you just hold it for lets say 5 mins it will stop itching

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DemOverseas

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Tue Aug-12-03 05:26 AM
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14. Dry Soap

Rub over the bites. It works just like the previous DU..er wrote.

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LynneSin

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Tue Aug-12-03 05:59 AM
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15. ICE

I swear; whenever I have a bad itch if I put some ice on it, it helps cool off the itchiness.

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LuLu550

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Tue Aug-12-03 06:53 AM
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16. meat tenderizer

It might be too late for this but meat tenderizer has an enzime that breaks down the stuff that makes you itch. Also bathe in oatmeal or Aveeno.
I'm sorry you are in such discomfort!
LuLu

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nuxvomica

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Tue Aug-12-03 07:33 AM
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17. If you're sure they are mosquito bites...

Try ledum palustre 30X or lower. This is especially indicated if the itching is worse at night and if there's some burning and swelling. Take one dose when the itch is bad. Repeat once about an hour later if there's no relief. Don't continue if there's not the slightest relief thereafter.

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YellowRubberDuckie

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Tue Aug-12-03 08:32 AM
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18. Um, you SCRATCH an ITCH...not the other way around...

This drives me insane!! :wtf: You SCRATCH your ITCHES, you don't itch your scratches! So, don't SCRATCH because it will make the CHIGGERS worse...I've never heard them called Jiggers...I think that's some weird thing up north they thought they heard when a southerner said Chigger, which is what we have and they are HORRIBLE little BUGGERS.
Duckie

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geniph

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Tue Aug-12-03 05:52 PM
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19. My old standby - calamine lotion

and oatmeal baths. Nothing else works as well, with as low toxicity.

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Mandate My Ass

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Tue Aug-12-03 05:55 PM
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20. my fave remedy for itching bites

is clear stick deodorant, preferably men's. A Vietnam vet told my husband this years ago and although I was skeptical I've used it ever since. I think it's the ammonia that does the trick but whatever it is it works like a charm getting rid of that maddening itch.

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ElsewheresDaughter

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Tue Aug-12-03 05:57 PM
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21. oatmeal bath....aveleno is one name brand...or just quaker oats works too

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SoCalDem

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Tue Aug-12-03 05:58 PM
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22. RHULI-GEL...works every time.. non greasy and dies clear

we swear by it :)...not the spray..get the gel..

It even works on chiggers.. the midwesterners in here know about chiggers (

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