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Hi,
Does anyone have a way to tell the difference. I think they are bug bites as I was working in the yard yesterday. I have about 1/2 dozens scattered small red, itchy spots on both legs from the point where my shorts started (mid thigh) to ankles. (this is where I usually get bitten)
I would not even think anything of it except this new medicine I'm on says hives can be a very serious side effect.
Thank you
Hugs,
K
Hives?? or Bug Bites??
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Kitty,
If you were walking in grass taller than a couple of inches, those are probably chigger bites. If so, the chigger is still in there, causing the itching. You can cover the bump with clear nail polish and it will smother them and the itching will stop. (Actually, you can use any color nail polish, but if you use clear, no one will notice it.)
Tex
If you were walking in grass taller than a couple of inches, those are probably chigger bites. If so, the chigger is still in there, causing the itching. You can cover the bump with clear nail polish and it will smother them and the itching will stop. (Actually, you can use any color nail polish, but if you use clear, no one will notice it.)
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thank you,
Tex would we have chiggers up her in NYC, lol my "yard" is no bigger than a bedroom.
Thanks Polly thats what I thought, Doc. and Family just have me a little crazy, watching for side effects.
I'm pretty sure its bites. I must be very tasty with all this medicine in my
Thanks for always letting me vent.
Hugs,
K
Tex would we have chiggers up her in NYC, lol my "yard" is no bigger than a bedroom.
Thanks Polly thats what I thought, Doc. and Family just have me a little crazy, watching for side effects.
I'm pretty sure its bites. I must be very tasty with all this medicine in my
Thanks for always letting me vent.Hugs,
K
Kitty,
It's possible that they could be found that far north in the summer, but not very likely. (The warm weather early this year could have given them a boost). They're more of a southern, temperate zone pest. If this occurred early in the morning or late in the afternoon, it could even be mosquito bites, but you probably would have noticed them unless you were distracted.
Hugs,
Tex
It's possible that they could be found that far north in the summer, but not very likely. (The warm weather early this year could have given them a boost). They're more of a southern, temperate zone pest. If this occurred early in the morning or late in the afternoon, it could even be mosquito bites, but you probably would have noticed them unless you were distracted.
Hugs,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Ya'all,
I am truly suffering from what I originally thought was mosquito bites but they are everywhere and itching and under my bra strap etc.! A girlfriend last night told me about the clear nail polish remedy last night and I thought she was crazy! I guess I'll have the boyfriend come over tonight and paint clear nail polish on the hard to reach places!
I couldn't figure out how all of these mosquitoes got under my bra cups? So I'm thinking it's chiggers.
Kitty I've been using hydrocortisone creme and preparation H (recommended by pharmacist) but they are not responding to that. Also took Benedryl last night.
I'm in Florida Kitty so I can't help you in terms of the climate question. The funny thing the boyfriend took me on a hiking date on Sunday and Monday I could not belive the bug bites when I only saw one mosquito. I'm taking it in stride though.....it sure beats the laying around on couches that I was doing this time last year!
Brandy
I am truly suffering from what I originally thought was mosquito bites but they are everywhere and itching and under my bra strap etc.! A girlfriend last night told me about the clear nail polish remedy last night and I thought she was crazy! I guess I'll have the boyfriend come over tonight and paint clear nail polish on the hard to reach places!
I couldn't figure out how all of these mosquitoes got under my bra cups? So I'm thinking it's chiggers.
Kitty I've been using hydrocortisone creme and preparation H (recommended by pharmacist) but they are not responding to that. Also took Benedryl last night.
I'm in Florida Kitty so I can't help you in terms of the climate question. The funny thing the boyfriend took me on a hiking date on Sunday and Monday I could not belive the bug bites when I only saw one mosquito. I'm taking it in stride though.....it sure beats the laying around on couches that I was doing this time last year!
Brandy
