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No See Um Vanity: How do I get rid of the itch?

Posted on 08/15/2014 7:31:00 PM PDT by goodwithagun

We left the beach early Tuesday morning, but my no see um bites are still very present and still very itchy. I accidentally sliced a couple of them off of my legs while shaving. I'm requesting from the best folks I know: How do I stop the itch?


TOPICS: Gardening; Health/Medicine; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: noseeum; noseeums
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1 posted on 08/15/2014 7:31:00 PM PDT by goodwithagun
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To: goodwithagun

I´ve heard this street term, but the scientific name for these creatures is???????


2 posted on 08/15/2014 7:32:00 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: goodwithagun

cortisone cream


3 posted on 08/15/2014 7:32:15 PM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
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To: rovenstinez

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratopogonidae


4 posted on 08/15/2014 7:33:23 PM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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To: Perdogg

Tried it. No relief! I’m wondering if I’m allergic to the little buggers.


5 posted on 08/15/2014 7:34:05 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Perdogg

Yep


6 posted on 08/15/2014 7:34:50 PM PDT by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites, is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: goodwithagun

Have you tried an analgesic?


7 posted on 08/15/2014 7:36:53 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: goodwithagun

Benedryl?


8 posted on 08/15/2014 7:37:45 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please $upport Free Republic.)
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To: goodwithagun

Wait until the 8th year.


9 posted on 08/15/2014 7:37:53 PM PDT by Raycpa
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Sorry. Goldwater lost and we are beyond a cure. Comprende?


10 posted on 08/15/2014 7:40:12 PM PDT by golux
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Tried it. No relief! I’m wondering if I’m allergic to the little buggers.


Benedryl in pill form and hair dryer on the bites...heat makes the itch go away.

Worse than noseeums are the flying midges.

Good luck...I’m highly allergic too.


11 posted on 08/15/2014 7:41:14 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: goodwithagun

I hope you’re kidding. If not... praying for you that you find other subjects worth your attention rather than a couple of bug bites. Goodness! People are losing their heads and our country is going to hell.


12 posted on 08/15/2014 7:44:02 PM PDT by sueQ
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I read on some random site to dip a cotton swab into boiling water, and then immediately touch the swab to a bite. I have a Pyrex cup in the microwave now. This could be interesting!


13 posted on 08/15/2014 7:44:16 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: sueQ

One might make the same comment regarding your choice to read this thread and enlighten us with your better-than-thou-art mantra. In other words, lighten up Francis.


14 posted on 08/15/2014 7:47:52 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: goodwithagun

Hot water, the hottest you can stand without scalding yourself. Get in the shower and run it over the bites for several minutes. Itching will stop and once you stop scratching should clear it up.


15 posted on 08/15/2014 7:49:29 PM PDT by Jed Eckert (Wolverines!!)
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To: goodwithagun

Ammonia.


16 posted on 08/15/2014 7:51:07 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Pelham

Appreciate the link.


17 posted on 08/15/2014 7:51:39 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: goodwithagun

There is a product called “Chiggerex” that works very well on insect and chigger bites. I have bought it at Walmart and drug stores.


18 posted on 08/15/2014 7:53:46 PM PDT by Clay Moore ("911 is for when the backhoe won't start." JRandomFreeper)
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To: goodwithagun
My Step-Grandmother was a witch with home cures. She always used Witch hazel on bug bites. It could be amazing how the itch would be reduced.

Good thing, because biting blood suckers just love me.

19 posted on 08/15/2014 7:54:37 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Jed Eckert; Cboldt

Thanks!


20 posted on 08/15/2014 7:54:56 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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