MOSQUITO BITES!!!

lots of nile virus 'round here too. i swear if one these pieces of shit gives me a fatal disease. . .it's gonna be on!!

I was in the Dominican Republic for a while though and had a mosquito net on my bed. If every little bit wasn't tucked into the mattress, I'd end up covered in bites. And it was kinda disconcerting to open my eyes and see all the bugs buzzing against the net.

they bite me = sweet blood.

Thanks to Julia, I know now that the Dominican Republic is SO not the place to be. :)

midges may be worser than mosquitos. they bite just as hard but are harder to detect.

oh midges are like 5000000 times worse, no question.

I think I just got bit on the bottom of my foot? wtf? that's some violating the geneva convention shit. I've two whole bare legs for you and this is what you choose? : |

if you were wondering how God could ever improve upon the design of the humble mosquito

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/BitingMidge.jpg/800px-BitingMidge.jpg

FUCKING HELL

fuck

i have 20-30 bites on my legs rn and each one is ON FIRE

Man the ones in MI were RELENTLESS, I got bunches from being outside at dusk for like 10 minutes total. Pass the 100% DEET pls.

To stop the itch either ice 'em, or press on them and rub them until the itchy poison kind of gets dispersed and out of that one area. That's the only help I ever found and it's probably psychosomatic but whatever gets you through, man.

hot water seems to make it go away for a few hrs

i have one on the sole of my foot and i feel like going at it with my teeth like a dog
SO ITCHY

fuck

do not fuck!

I don't know if this works for ppl but I always press on them and rub them rly hard to try to distribute the irritant under the skin. It's the only way. :(

Ice cubes can get me past the worst, also?

also you can make a cross on them with yoru fingernail - personally I have become immune to them

i took off my shoe in a remote bathroom and scratched like an animal (with claws, not teeth)

hate them , was getting bitten quite a bit last year. Was normally midges which are just itchy but when it was mosquito bites I'd also wind up with the digit or whatever getting swollen. Thumb suddenly being twice its size or back of hand starting to look like a baseball glove.
I was told that tumeric would reduce swelling, it does when applied in a paste made with water. Only slight drag is that it does tend to leave a yellow stain. Think you can get it in most places that sell spices though.

I bought a book on the Mosquito last year from a charity place I got a lot of cheap books from. Meant to read it immediately and still haven't got around to it.

Usually they love women becuase women waer lotions and salves which attract them - Ldies - ditch your cesmetic addictions and live free in a nude wood summer

don't tempt me
also i do not use smelly lotions tyvm

My friends are convinced I have West Nile virus. 101 degree fever for a week, seeing a doctor today. And yet: not only do I not remember getting bit by a mosquito, I haven't noticed any mosquitos at all this summer.

that is why you got bit - you gotta swatt thee fickers!

kill all mosquitoes imo

but they are God's creatures

Kill god imo

He is indestructible though!

http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254902302l/3545276.jpg

pro tip: the hot water trick

cool book

what I meant to type was that someone told me once that the itchiness of a mosquito bite is caused by all the histamines that have gathered at the area. what you can do is apply a really, really hot towel or sponge to the area. the heat does something like use up the histamines? and then it takes your body a couple of hours to generate more histamines to cause the itchiness.

try it - take a really hot shower or something!

(when you apply the hot towel/sponge, the area is gonna feel itchy like crazy, then it'll go away)

Do ALL of these

http://tipnut.com/over-40-mosquito-bite-itch-relief-tips/

http://bookofjoe.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dea53ef017744446ad9970d-800wi

http://www.therapik.com/

just put on bakin gsoda and royal jelly like a pro

So it turns out I don't have West Nile virus, but I do have pneumonia. As much as it pains me to say it, sorry mosquitoes. I mistook you for the wrong bug.

fuck em anyways

:-(

http://www.cvs.com/bizcontent/merchandising/productimages/large/1254717160.jpg

i just got about 50 of these in one night of camping trip in big basin bug basin

plus: ticks

remember the calvin & hobbes strip about itching bug bites

I find that rubbing Purell into inflamed bites is effective for relief. Burns like shit for a minute but then it's good for a while.

The itching is a histamine reaction. An antihistamine lotion works well. So does taking an antihistamine pill. Benedryl or the generic equivalent (diphenhydramine HC) is the cheapest, most effective antihistamine around and has a long track record. If you take a Benedryl pill beware of drowsiness and do not drive if you aren't used to the stuff.

Ordered a Therapik last week, after reading a couple of positive reviews. My wife and kids get welts, I'm fairly atopic in general but hardly react to mosquitos (lifetime of practice on the Canadian prairies). Therapik looks like it might work -- a little heat to denature the allergenic proteins. Worth a shot for well under 20 bucks. I'll report back once we've tried it.