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Skeeter Syndrome
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Interesting. I recently had the same unexplained thing happen. Back of my right calf. I don’t remember it being all that itchy but I did put some hydrocortisone cream on it pretty early. Have never had a reaction like that from any mosquito bite ever, and I have lived in Fl most of my life so been bitten a few times. Strange, things that make you go hmmmm
It’s been probably a week or so now and looks like this. Normally I have very mild reaction to bites. And inflammation subsides relatively soon.
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Exactly the same.Interesting. I recently had the same unexplained thing happen. Back of my right calf. I don’t remember it being all that itchy but I did put some hydrocortisone cream on it pretty early. Have never had a reaction like that from any mosquito bite ever, and I have lived in Fl most of my life so been bitten a few times. Strange, things that make you go hmmmmIt’s been probably a week or so now and looks like this.
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Normally I have very mild reaction to bites. And inflammation subsides relatively soon.
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Not that I'm aware of. I'm pretty confident its a specific breed of mosquitos that are now in our area. I'm otherwise healthy as an ox. I don't even take any medication or anything like that.
Here's a tip that really works! As soon as you notice a bite, don't scratch it. That will embed the mosquito's saliva deeper into your skin, and make it worse.
Apply a small amount of liquid dish soap (Dawn), straight out of the bottle undiluted, on the bite, in a light circular motion. Within 10 minutes, the bite will stop itching, and disappear. Works better than hydrocortisone. Mosquito saliva is acidic, and the high pH of the Dawn soap, neutralizes it. I've used this technique for many years with great success. The key is to not scratch it, and catch it early before the saliva gets absorbed into your skin.
Apply a small amount of liquid dish soap (Dawn), straight out of the bottle undiluted, on the bite, in a light circular motion. Within 10 minutes, the bite will stop itching, and disappear. Works better than hydrocortisone. Mosquito saliva is acidic, and the high pH of the Dawn soap, neutralizes it. I've used this technique for many years with great success. The key is to not scratch it, and catch it early before the saliva gets absorbed into your skin.
This shit has me thinking about GM modified mosquitoes they released to kill off regular mosquitoes (sterile males or some shit like that)… what could go wrong!!? I have been getting pretty good sized welps from bites, sometimes they turn into a pimple like pustule.
Nice one! My reading indicates it is the saliva that causes the reaction. Problem for me is that they are so dang sneaky it's hard for me to figure it out. I'm definitely going to give this a shot though.
Yep, same as me.
Another thing. The two or so posts above about mosquito bites not healing and become infected...I've got a theory on that. A few weeks ago, I was out at dusk drying the car, and I was just getting attacked by mosquitoes. Came inside, and had at least 14 bites, used my soap trick on them. The next day, there were 3 that itched like crazy, were turning red, and grew to a diameter of 1.5". The other bites went away, and weren't really bothersome. The next few days these 3 bites were excruciatingly itchy. I would compare it to a flea bite or fire ant bite (we don't have those here but I got bit visiting South Carolina).
It took almost three weeks to heal, definitely not a mosquito bite. After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion it was a horse fly, or similar fly bite. So those bites that really turn ugly, may not be mosquitoes after all.
It took almost three weeks to heal, definitely not a mosquito bite. After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion it was a horse fly, or similar fly bite. So those bites that really turn ugly, may not be mosquitoes after all.
Tiger mosquitoes are bad! They are also active in the day time. I've killed some, and using a magnifying glass, you can definitely see their black stripes. I don't remember them being around a few years ago, but they are now! They leave a very small circular bump, compared to our regular mosquitoes. Itch like crazy. Soap trick really works on these guys too.
I'm 99.9% sure it's nothing else but mosquito bites. And I know it wasn't horseflies, they hurt like crazy on the initial bite. I'm having pretty much the same reaction to all the mosquito bites and it is comparable to the fireant bite the next day. Honestly, it reminded me of a yellow jacket sting I had a few years ago. The next day it was swelled, red, hot and that little center hard spot/boil started popping.
Update: I kept forgetting to bring any detergent with me. But I do carry something with me all the time - spit.
As soon as I felt an itchy spot, moistened my fingertip and rubbed around the spot a couple of times. Saliva is slightly acidic (not alkaline like detergent), but figured I'd give it a shot. After all, just need to get rid of the mosquito saliva.
Still got the normal mosquito bite welt, but it went away within fifteen minutes with no lingering after effect like I had been getting. So, I've been going with that with, so far, 100% success.
Went out to wash the Explorer Sunday morning, got 4 or 5 bites.
I have never had such a reaction mosquito bites. Large welts. Now, they didn't last long, itched for about 10 minutes and welts gone in about 2 hours.
I have had less reactions from spider bites, except for three - they left scars.
I have never had such a reaction mosquito bites. Large welts. Now, they didn't last long, itched for about 10 minutes and welts gone in about 2 hours.
I have had less reactions from spider bites, except for three - they left scars.
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I am that crazy uncle once I have had a few Jamo’s…there is always a libtard or two to pick on during the holidays.
Surprisingly few Mosquitos here this year.
Not complaining.
Not complaining.
Bill Gates hasn’t blown his load in your community yet.
Christ Almighty. Someone send him some booze POST HASTE. Jameson isn't bad. The irish and even scots do booze well.
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