Skeeter bite swelling

[gman51]

I was just wondering if anyone has noticed they now swell up really bad from mosquito bites. This is the first year that I swell up and itch really bad from skeeter bites. In past years that we had a lot of mosquitos I never had swelling issues like this from these parasites.

I am just wondering if anyone else is now having bad effects from skeeter bites this year?

 

[moosedog]

I've gotten several already this year but no such reaction. However, I am almost the opposite side of the country.

 

[snuffy51]

I put Neosporin +Pain on every boo-boo I get.

 

[Warren Sear]

Apply ice to it.

 

[Grip_Maker's_Wife]

Could be that you are now developing a more severe allergy to them than you had before. We change and reactions and sensitivities change. Benedryl makes a topical cream now. Try icing as Warren suggested then add Benedryl cream.

 

[doublesharp]

apply ammonia to a fresh bite and it will calm down fast. Not internet legend, this really works.

 

[gman51]

I started using witch hazel on the bites as soon as possible and that helps. WH also works as a repellent and it worked fine except where I didn't get it on. I did my neck all around but dang if two didn't get me while I was mowing. One on the chin and another on my cheek below my eye that didn't have any WH on there.
I will not go outside anymore for long periods of time without wearing long sleeve shirt and pants that have been sprayed. Also any uncovered skin will have repellent put on. I use my home made concoction that works very well at repelling them.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I don't notice any swelling, but I do get some pretty large whelps from some mosquito bites. By pretty large, I mean 1/4 to 3/8ths inch in diameter.

 

[Ματθιας]

Rubbing alcohol tames the itch/burn with most insect bites.

 

[gman51]

My swelling is like a 1/4 slice of an eggyoke. I never had that reaction before.
I have my thought what the cause is but ya'll wouldn't believe it. If I am right then there will be many more people talking about it before long. Summer isn't even here yet. In my area people are complaining about gnat bites swelling also. I have yet to have a gnat bite me though.

 

[LVSteve]

I put Neosporin +Pain on every boo-boo I get.

I wonder if the OP is using Neosporin and has developed an allergy to that substance. Many do, and I'm one of them.

 

[usmc2427765]

Rubbing alcohol tames the itch/burn with most insect bites.

And a few shots of drinking alcohol will make you not care

 

[ExcitableBoy]

Not a skeeter in sight, yet... they're all still huddled up in long johns and winter parkas here in mid-Wisco. I had to fire up the Round Oak again tonight to knock off the chill.

The ticks are out and about, though, in hordes. After having three bullseyes on me simultaneously last year, and taking heavy duty antibiotics for a month, I'd almost welcome a few measly mosquito bites. ( But it would be my luck that the skeets will be as big as eagles this year and as venomous as a basketful of pissed-off rattlesnakes.) Sigh!

 

[misswired]

Have a distant cousin who enjoys living the lake life. He caught the West Nile virus and said it's nothing to play with.

Granny left me with a lifetime supply of the original skin so soft .... I make use of it too!

 

[kwselke]

The reaction I have to mosquito bites varies from none to red swelling around the bite area. I think it depends on the variety of mosquito doing the biting more than anything. The topical to soothe inflamed bug bites is antihistamine cream, diphenhydradramine aka Benadryl. That stuff is good for ant, bee, and wasp sting too. Deet is still the best repellent. Deet, diphenhydramine cream and tablets have been part of my outdoors kit for decades.

 

[Abbynormal]

I'm one of those who mosquitoes seem to be attracted to. When I was a kid in Scouts, I would have over 100 bites while my buddies would have 10-15.

My Dad ate a LOT of garlic and he got about 4 or 5 bites.

So I ate more garlic as I got older.

I also met an old Delaware Indian who told me to use my fingernail to press a cross into the points I was bitten.

I'll be God, but it worked. It stopped the itch and swelling and seemed to stem any more bites.

I would use my fingernails to make a 90 degree X ontop of as many bites as I could, and they would go away.

 

[BigBoy99]

Could be that you are now developing a more severe allergy to them than you had before. We change and reactions and sensitivities change. Benedryl makes a topical cream now. Try icing as Warren suggested then add Benedryl cream.

My Dad never had any allergies but in his last 60's he started developing them. Perhaps you are developing an allergy to their bites.

 

[oink]

Could be a different variety of skeeters is now in your area. I'd call the County Extension Office, or whatever it's called there, and describe your new reaction and ask if there's a new type around.

 

[Nevada Ed]

The City of Reno has already started spraying for sketers, over the area's
water ways..............
Nile virus can happen here and the news puts out safety info each year to young and old, to help curb the cases that may happen.

The summer cabin at south lake Tahoe, is a breading ground for the little buggers.
Bug spray is the first item in the car for the trip up there.

 

[DeathGrip]

apply ammonia to a fresh bite and it will calm down fast. Not internet legend, this really works.

I never tried it on 'skeeter bites but it works great on bee and wasp stings.

 

[venomballistics]

im my observations of youth, the start of the mosquito season was always the worst and effects declined soon after.
Perhaps some kind of partial immunity is involved

 

[WuzzFuzz]

I have this thing against mosquitoes.. I had enough..SOOOOO I bought one of those thermal foggers...Now 98% no more mosquitoes and I and neighbors can go outside in the evenings. No mosquitoes, no nats, no anything bugs, even tics..That fogging agent gets into everything, plus it's animal safe, although I tell the neighbors to bring their pets inside when I do the area.

For just around the outside of my home I use one of those propane foggers...They work great too.

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Sorry for the sideways photo...But you get the idea.


WuzzFuzz

 

[bearman49709]

Could be that you are now developing a more severe allergy to them than you had before. We change and reactions and sensitivities change. Benedryl makes a topical cream now. Try icing as Warren suggested then add Benedryl cream.

Our youngest outgrew her allergy to mosquito bits.
From the age of two until she was 5 or 6 the first bite of the year meant a trip to E.R. her face would swell quite a bit and interfere with her breathing.
Since then they have no affect on her and she will be 34 this year.

 

[crazyphil]

Sorry for veering off the main topic but this is kinda related.
I don't have any problems with mosquitos yet. But a couple of weeks
ago I was mowing my lawn. Mowed up under some bushes, and felt
something on my forearm. Looked down and it was a very small spider.
I brushed it off. But the next day this appeared on my arm. I never
felt anything, no hurt or pain. Just wondering what this is all about
and if will eventually go away.

 

[BigBoy99]

I put one of those electronic bug zappers over our patio. It is busy all night zapping all kinds of bugs. It wasn't long after I installed it, I see the birds have discovered the bug buffet on the concrete patio! It you look out there just about day break, there are several birds just having a feeding frenzy.

 

[Texas40]

Sorry for veering off the main topic but this is kinda related.
I don't have any problems with mosquitos yet. But a couple of weeks
ago I was mowing my lawn. Mowed up under some bushes, and felt
something on my forearm. Looked down and it was a very small spider.
I brushed it off. But the next day this appeared on my arm. I never
felt anything, no hurt or pain. Just wondering what this is all about
and if will eventually go away.

Hopefully not one if the wonderful recluse family of spiders. They can leave a nasty bite.

Brown recluse spider vs. grass spider - Mr. Bugg's Pest Patrol

Brown recluse spider - Wikipedia


As far a skeeters we have been seeing alot more of the smaller almost gnat size ones here in my area S central Texas around SA.

Normally we dont have a hige amount of the pesky things unless you are around a lake river pond or other water source.

Being hot and dry helps keep the population down. However this yrs wet spring has it on the upswing.

The bites have never really swelled on me usually a small bump lasts 10-15 min pr so before really cant tell where ithit me. Except for the annoying itch.





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[soFlaNative]

I bought one of those thermal foggers..............................
For just around the outside of my home I use one of those propane foggers...WuzzFuzz

Aren't they the same thing? Or is the thermal electric?
I had a propane fogger that was hit or miss depending on
the amount of wind and the insecticide purchased only by the gallon had a very limited shelf life.

 

[Old TexMex]

Mosquitoes hardly ever bite me. I'm the last guy to get picked by the winged vampires. Dunno why, always been that way, and when they do, it stings for a second, then nothing else happens.
However, I have had malaria and dengue, so life's filled with little tradeoffs.

 

[WuzzFuzz]

SoFlaNative.....The propane fogger is the smaller..I use "ExciteR" which is 6% Pyrethrins and 60% piperonyl Butoxide, technical...That needs to be diluted with ULV oil...The "ExciteR" oil can be bought from various vendors..Just google ExciteR...Much, much better stuff than that Blackflag stuff

On one of those prolane foggers, the one thing I've found about using it is to be sure to let it furn after for a couple of minutes until no more fog come out...The pump should be cleaned out with rubbing alcohol..Propane doesn't need to be lit.

The thermal fogger, is basically a WWII German V2 pulse jet on a smaller scale..It's more of a commercial machine..It can be hand carried, but it is big..It puts out almost triple fog that the propane will. I mount mine to a small 2 wheel wagon, and pull it behind my rider mower.

In the photo I attached, that is my big fogger...I do suit up with PPE when I use it.

One that still pops up from time to time for sale is the type that one would be adapted to attach to the exhaust of a lawn mower...Those were more of back in the early 50's when DDT could be used.


WuzzFuzz