Mosquito bites...

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » July 1, 2004, 11:36 am

You know, screw these tiny little bloodsucking hellspawned fiends. I don't give a shit if they keep bats fed, I don't particulary care for those flying tailess rats either. But dangit, the world would be a heck of OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS better place if we could do something to utterly wipe out this breed of agressively psychotic tiny vampires that can survive in direct sunlight and are too big to reliable stab with a broken table leg or something.

In the meantime, anyone have any remedies to take the fecking ITCH out of these things when they bite? I've got one on my little toe that's hoenstly the size of an olive, and one on the underside of my big toe that's as raw as a skater punks' face after he hits a bus going downhill at 30mph on rollerskates while smoking weed.

These are driving me NUTS. Wish the entire species would just fly up, up and into the atsmosphere where they'd disentegrate upon rentry in a single orange and red "poof" to light up the sky for all.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » July 1, 2004, 11:47 am

It could be worse you could have one on your Dick

Truant · Post by **Truant** » July 1, 2004, 12:07 pm

I don't know if it works for mosquito bites, but what always worked for chigger bites was filling a bathtub up, pouring a cup or two of clorox bleach in, and sitting in the bathtub for a while. Makes you smell bleachedly clean and stops the itching for at least a day.

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » July 1, 2004, 1:39 pm

Two methods that work for me:

1) slap the bite. That's right, slap it. The shock of pain makes the itch go away

2) with your fingernail, apply pressure to make a "+" sign on the bite. This seems to work, but not as well as the slap.

Zygar_ Cthulhukin · Post by **Zygar_ Cthulhukin** » July 1, 2004, 1:53 pm

Campho-Phenique Liquid

Good stuff, I know b/c I grew up here in Arkansas

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » July 1, 2004, 1:54 pm

Rubbing Alcohol.

Stings for just a minute, but the itching goes away.

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » July 1, 2004, 2:00 pm

http://web.ask.com/web?q=how+do+i+stop+ ... o=0&qsrc=0

There's an ask recap of some solutions for mosquito bite itching (I must say ask.com is pretty sweet sometimes).

I had to change one of my staff's tire on Tuesday night at about 1:30am, took 20 minutes and I got at least 15 mosquito bites, and that was with me and another person swatting them off me for that whole time. And the city here says there wasn't enough mosquitos to do any fogging yet!

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » July 1, 2004, 2:18 pm

I was waiting for Akaran to say he got 400 mosquito bites on his nutsack.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » July 1, 2004, 2:31 pm

No, I've learned to keep them covered when sleep.
A 7lb kitten that thinks tiwtching things are fun to pounce on teaches you that right quick..

Spankes · Post by **Spankes** » July 1, 2004, 2:36 pm

your nutsack twitches?

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » July 1, 2004, 3:02 pm

...I'm a young male in my early twenties in the same bed with a sexy little 22 year old female.

Yeah, pretty much everything I have twitches. Or quivers.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » July 1, 2004, 3:12 pm

Akaran_D wrote:...I'm a young male in my early twenties in the same bed with a sexy little 22 year old female.

Yeah, pretty much everything I have twitches. Or quivers.

Then you should both lose some weight

(just kidding for the overreactive set, I know he is not talking about weight quivering)

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » July 1, 2004, 3:13 pm

bah unto you~

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » July 1, 2004, 4:22 pm

WD40 and a lighter. Will totally take yer mind off the itching.

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » July 1, 2004, 7:10 pm

Spit. When you cant itch something, or its too painful and area lick your fingers, get a decent amount of saliva on them and rub it on. It does work.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » July 1, 2004, 7:23 pm

Cotto wrote:Spit. When you cant itch something, or its too painful and area lick your fingers, get a decent amount of saliva on them and rub it on. It does work.

Is anyone else turned on by this?

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » July 1, 2004, 10:09 pm

those little bastards made my family and i move frickin my neighbor got west nile virus

Knibble · Post by **Knibble** » July 5, 2004, 7:40 am

Aveeno cream works well for skeeter bites.Costs about $9.00 a bottle.

And WTH is a chigger bite?

Ahmik · Post by **Ahmik** » July 5, 2004, 11:59 am

I'm some kind of genetically mutated freak I guess... I get bitten by mosquitos and the reaction I get is very minimal. The welt is either very slight or else nonexistent, and there is no itch. When there is a slight welt from the bite, it disappears in 5 or 6 hours.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » July 5, 2004, 12:03 pm

A chigger is an insect as well, and the bites from them tend to be more bothersome than mosquito bites.

Drustwyn · Post by **Drustwyn** » July 5, 2004, 12:32 pm

Ahmik wrote:I'm some kind of genetically mutated freak I guess... I get bitten by mosquitos and the reaction I get is very minimal. The welt is either very slight or else nonexistent, and there is no itch. When there is a slight welt from the bite, it disappears in 5 or 6 hours.

I am exactly the same way. I don't itch, and I don't get welts. I just know they bit me because I feel it and sometimes smack them (seeing my blood splatter).

Thess · Post by **Thess** » July 5, 2004, 12:50 pm

X'ing them out always works for me...

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » July 5, 2004, 1:01 pm

DEET is your friend. I wish I could empathize, but I rarely get bitten even if I wander around in the Everglades with no repellent on.

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » July 5, 2004, 1:09 pm

chigger = flying teeth

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » July 5, 2004, 1:25 pm

This will sound incredibly stupid....but stick that toe into the woman. I found this little secret out long long ago when I had the misfortune to have poison ivy on the ole shaft. Cleared it up almost instantly.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » July 5, 2004, 1:39 pm

unless im reading this wrong, but what kind of woman lets a guy stick his tool into her snatch with poisen ivy on it?

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » July 5, 2004, 1:49 pm

chiggers are evil.... they are up there with nettles

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » July 5, 2004, 2:00 pm

Sionistic wrote:unless im reading this wrong, but what kind of woman lets a guy stick his tool into her snatch with poisen ivy on it?

she was a dirty little girl....but I also sure as hell didn't tell her there was poison ivy present.

Deneve · Post by **Deneve** » July 5, 2004, 4:40 pm

eh, you get used to them pretty fast if you're around them enough...best remedy is prevention in the form of fast hands

Silvarel Mistmoon · Post by **Silvarel Mistmoon** » July 5, 2004, 4:52 pm

Absorbine Jr works great! Also works on fire ant bites.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 5, 2004, 4:55 pm

masteen wrote:
Cotto wrote:Spit. When you cant itch something, or its too painful and area lick your fingers, get a decent amount of saliva on them and rub it on. It does work.
Is anyone else turned on by this?

depend where you were bitten!

This thread is yet another reason I'm glad I live in arizona. No mosquito or pretty much anything other bug that bites.

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » July 5, 2004, 9:19 pm

don't you have lovely spiders and snakes tho winnow?

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 6, 2004, 12:44 am

Drasta wrote:don't you have lovely spiders and snakes tho winnow?

Don't forget scorpions, gila monsters, and centipedes!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 6, 2004, 1:09 am

Aslanna wrote:
Drasta wrote:don't you have lovely spiders and snakes tho winnow?
Don't forget scorpions, gila monsters, and centipedes!

centipeds!? I've never seen one of those in my life!

The reason we have no skeeters? (besides there being no water around for them to breed!):

There are close to 1,000 species of bats in the world today. Forty-six species are known to reside in North America and of those, twenty-eight occur in Arizona.

Bats are known to eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes an hour. As they are feared by most people bats often get a bad rap because of media portrayal. There are no known poisonous bats in North America, as all venomous bats do not adapt well to changing cold climates. These friendly little characters are fun to watch and make a great conversation piece for your backyard outings.

Bats. Eat those skeeters!

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » July 6, 2004, 2:12 am

i never knew bats there were poisonous bats except ones with rabids ... i think all the bats in my area got fat and died =-(

emmer · Post by **emmer** » July 6, 2004, 3:31 am

Kilmoll the Sexy wrote:
Sionistic wrote:unless im reading this wrong, but what kind of woman lets a guy stick his tool into her snatch with poisen ivy on it?
she was a dirty little girl....but I also sure as hell didn't tell her there was poison ivy present.

I bet she had an interesting conversation with the doctor down at the clinic the next day.

"I've got WHAT?!?!"

Knibble · Post by **Knibble** » July 6, 2004, 7:56 am

Drasta wrote:chiggers are evil.... they are up there with nettles

ok I never heard of a chigger or nettles.

So does it also work if I were to stick my poison ivy toe in your ass?

Tegellan · Post by **Tegellan** » July 6, 2004, 8:08 am

I have to ask, how the hell did you get poison ivy on your shaft?!

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » July 6, 2004, 2:02 pm

nettles is a plant that grows by water .... chiggers are tiny little red bugs

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 6, 2004, 2:53 pm

Winnow wrote:
Aslanna wrote: Don't forget scorpions, gila monsters, and centipedes!
centipeds!? I've never seen one of those in my life!

http://www2.worldbook.com/wc/features/i ... ipede.html

There are about 2,800 species of centipedes. The giant desert centipede of southern Arizona can grow to about 12 inches (30 centimeters) in length. This centipede kills and eats small lizards. Its bite is painful to people, but not normally fatal.

Poor lizards...

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » July 6, 2004, 2:54 pm

I managed to either get a) chiggers b) flea bites or c) mosquito bites over the 4th of July. My legs are covered in wonderful red welts. Itching sensation almost unbearable. Saw the doctor this morning and I have to say, Zyrtec and Prednisone are your friend.

Thank god for modern medicine.

Next time, I'm bathing in DEET before I go outside.

Adex_Xeda · Post by **Adex_Xeda** » July 6, 2004, 3:13 pm

Chiggers

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html

Probably no creature on earth can cause as much torment for its size than the tiny chigger. Tiny six-legged chigger larvae attack campers, picnickers, hikers, bird watchers, berry pickers, fishermen, soldiers, and homeowners in low, damp areas where vegetation is rank such as woodlands, berry patches, orchards, along lakes and streams, and even in drier places where vegetation is low such as lawns, golf courses, and parks. They are most numerous in early summer when grass, weeds and other vegetation are heaviest. Chiggers do not burrow into the skin, but insert their mouthparts in a skin pore or hair follicle. Their bites produce small, reddish welts on the skin accompanied by intense itching as irritating as acute cases of poison ivory or poison sumac. These symptoms often are the only way of learning that an outdoor area is infested since chiggers are so small that most cannot be seen without a magnifying glass. Chiggers feed on a wide variety of snakes, turtles, birds, and small mammals as well as humans.

Knibble · Post by **Knibble** » July 6, 2004, 4:28 pm

chiggers are lil red bugs erm I can remember seeing lil red bugs on the porch before but I called them red suckers.

Never knew wth they were.
Oh ya BTW have ya ever seen a black and white daddy long legger? I did the other week camping and I swear they are cross breeding.Never in my life have I seen a black and white daddy long legger till then.Needless to say I slept in the van that night.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » July 6, 2004, 11:14 pm

Chiggers could very well be red....but you can't see them...I don't care how good you think your vision is.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » July 6, 2004, 11:42 pm

Nettles are all over the northwest. They completely take over certain areas, expecially areas with plenty of shade. The underside of all the leaves, as well as the entire stem, is covered in tiny hairs/needles that break off easily from the plant and stick into whatever touches em. The poison has a very very strong itching, burning tingly feeling. The worst part is that the needles can get stuck in your clothes and they are virtually microscopic.

You can actually pick and eat the leaves raw(if yer brave enough) by touching the topside of the leaf and folding it down, as to press the undersides of the leaf together, flattening the needles so they are pretty harmless. The leaves can be dried and used in tea or soup and are full of good vitamins.

They flourish in the woods around my house. Ive gotten stung probably a thousand times, and I stay away from em for the most part, but people actually go out and pick tons of em to dry and sell as herbs to our local grocery store.

Jassun · Post by **Jassun** » July 7, 2004, 3:07 am

PROTIENS!

The “sting” in a mosquito bite is from the proteins they inject into your body to be able to digest your blood. Denature the proteins and you kill the sting.

Think of an egg. When you break it open on a skillet to fry it, the color and consistency changes from the heat. Do the same to your bites.

Run them under VERY hot water until you just cannot possibly tolerate it a second longer and it will itch no more.

Take it from a Louisiana (aka mosquito capital of the world) expert!

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » July 7, 2004, 3:33 am

I see your Louisiana Mosquitos and raise you Winnipeg Mosquitos!

It's so sad here that we won the slurpee capital of the world title and as such the City gets to submit options for naming a new slurpee flavour, and they named it Skeeter Juice, sad just sad.

Laliana · Post by **Laliana** » July 7, 2004, 3:43 am

X-ing, alcohol, Campho-Phenique, in that order..if I am still itching after all that, then I scratch till my skin bleeds. I'm not sure about the bleach method, that kinda scares me.

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » July 7, 2004, 10:22 am

Jassun wrote:Run them under VERY hot water until you just cannot possibly tolerate it a second longer and it will itch no more.

You know, the interesting thing about this is that it's exactly the opposite of what the doctor told me. I've been a big fan of the extreme hot water treatment for quite a while, but medically, cold will relieve the pain. Don't ask me why, I'm not medically trained, but the doc said you can even use ice packs to cool off the itching. Tried it in the shower this morning and worked fine.

*shrug*