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porsche4life 06-18-2009 11:31 AM

Home remedies for Chiggers?
 
Got a whole crap load of chiggers at work yesterday. Anybody got a home remedy to alleviate the itching?


Also since this happened at work can I get on disability?:D

masraum 06-18-2009 11:40 AM

calamine lotion?

If you don't want to look like an albino dalmation, check out the poison ivy meds, there's one that has a clear calamine lotion.

Another option for pretty much any time your skin itches is hot water as hot as you can stand it on the area that itches. What it seems to do is trigger the release of all of the histamine (what makes you itch, I think) all at once. It'll itch like mad, hold it under the water until it stops itching. THen it won't itch for hours.

M.D. Holloway 06-18-2009 12:43 PM

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Chiggers do not burrow under your skin, as many people believe, nor do they feed on animal blood. They actually feed on the fluids in skin cells. To get the fluids, they attach themselves to a skin pore or hair follicle and inject a digestive enzyme that ruptures the cells. The enzyme also hardens the surrounding skin tissue, forming a sort of straw for sucking the skin cell fluids. The whole process irritates the skin, causing an itchy red bump that continues to cause discomfort for several days. Chiggers are only about 1/50th of an inch (0.5 mm) in diameter and so are too small to be seen with the naked eye. This invisibility is the reason so many people believe chiggers burrow under the skin.
fyi...

porsche4life 06-18-2009 01:16 PM

I just want the itching to stop!!!

carambola 06-18-2009 01:19 PM

aren't you supposed to cover them with clear nail polish so it suffocates them?

porsche4life 06-18-2009 01:29 PM

That only works if the chigger is still there. By the time they itch the little bugger has already vacated the premises.

dhoward 06-18-2009 01:30 PM

I think the proper term is chigroes....


Sorry.

rouxroux 06-18-2009 01:40 PM

You could buy a pet lizard to roam your yard to.....


....naw, wait.......dude, my bad.;)

Heel n Toe 06-18-2009 01:45 PM

Call a local pharmacist and ask what is recommended... I would guess a combination of Benadryl taken orally as well as some Benadryl cream.

Also, if you drink enough Scotch it'll stop itching.

M.D. Holloway 06-18-2009 01:49 PM

or scratch the heck out of till it bleeds then the itch will be gone (but I guess you would have to put up with a sore foot.)

masraum 06-18-2009 01:54 PM

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Chiggers are only about 1/50th of an inch (0.5 mm) in diameter and so are too small to be seen with the naked eye.
Who are these folks that can't see chiggers? I can see them quite easily. Resolution of the unaided eye should be able to discern .1-.3mm which is easily enough to see chiggers.

masraum 06-18-2009 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dhoward (Post 4730053)
I think the proper term is chigroes....


Sorry.

Hah! Hilarious.

unclebilly 06-18-2009 03:58 PM

I think you need to make up a tomato soup - chocolate pudding poultice. The trick is to add the tomato soup slowly to the chocolate pudding, simmer it over low heat for 5 minutes and then apply it to the affected area with a large wooden spoon while it is still hot.

For quicker results, don't be afraid to add lemon juice, basil leaves, and a small amount of odourless paint thinner.

dd74 06-18-2009 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by unclebilly (Post 4730324)
I think you need to make up a tomato soup - chocolate pudding poultice. The trick is to add the tomato soup slowly to the chocolate pudding, simmer it over low heat for 5 minutes and then apply it to the affected area with a large wooden spoon while it is still hot.

For quicker results, don't be afraid to add lemon juice, basil leaves, and a small amount of odourless paint thinner.

And cayenne pepper if you want to make yourself into a soup.

charleskieffner 06-18-2009 04:06 PM

i hear you can get these from toilet seats in public restrooms! LOL!

UconnTim97 06-18-2009 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rouxroux (Post 4730075)
You could buy a pet lizard to roam your yard to.....


....naw, wait.......dude, my bad.;)

hehehe :D

mca 06-18-2009 04:43 PM

The only remedy is prednisone.

My ankles were COVERED a couple of years ago. Still itching after nearly a week so my dad (veterinarian) sent me some prednisone. Next day itching stopped and irritation cleared up.

Chiggers are the absolute worst. Now I wear DEET whenever I go outside near the woods or tall grass.

bivenator 06-18-2009 04:49 PM

I got a bad case of the chiggers as a young boy. They were in the area of my frank and beans. I prayed for death. Calamine lotion and hot hot baths if I remember correctly.

Gogar 06-18-2009 04:57 PM

Gosh, Sydney. How the hell did you get CHIGGERS in your house?


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1245373037.jpg

dhoward 06-18-2009 05:47 PM

Priceless.


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