help needed for the itches !!

[AJB]

It's an **** isn't it!

 

[Toddy]

Miserable damned things
I got bitten by midgies in the garden yesterday afternoon....it's still itchy if I bump them or such.
I took chlorphenamine as quickly as I could and used the eurax ointment too.

Kitchen cupboards ? baking soda made into a paste and gently rubbed in. Vinegar can work too (I wouldn't mix them)
Garden ? Plantain, or sticky willie/cleavers.

AJB you have my complete sympathy; you should see me with a cleg bite

cheers,
Toddy

 

[dwardo]

One night in Munich three years ago, still itches like **********

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35C, thick Kevlar jeans and motorbike boots - so comfy!

Crikey! definitely prevention rather than cure there!
I have had similar bites on my legs but from harvest mites and they are especially hard to avoid. I find it actually cooler in the summer months in long loose clothing.
I would have gone to the doctors for some monster antihistamine tablets and hydrocortisone cream with those bad boys.
[h=3][/h] cream.

 

[ozzy1977]

Are those peizo clicker itch relievers any good

 

[mrmike]

Are those peizo clicker itch relievers any good

I have one that I use and I think it works ok, have to do a fair few clicks around the bite though.
Lasts up to a couple of hours.

I do stress UP TO....

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[Chrisj]

We've found that the effectiveness of the clickers varies. Some are really good, others not so much. Really cheap ones from the pound shop trend to be less good. The bigger the 'shock' it gives the more effective we've found, so if you can try it in the shop that might be a way of gauging it's potential.
Can't tell you what make ours are I'm afraid. They last so long that I can't remember.

 

[Gray]

A used T bag is ace, vinegar is good too depending on the bite. If vinegar doesn't work try bicarbonate of soda or baking powder. It's about neutralising the acid or alkali in the bite, or so I've been told

 

[woodstock]

Should give Stupidly simple Bug oil ago.prevention is better than cure.