bug bite spread?
 

I got these bites that itch like crazy. So, I go and scratch. Now the bumps are spreading and I am going nuts. I can't freaking sleep. I have never had a bug bite spread like it before, or spread at all. I stop scratching since the afternoon and it stop spreading. Try over the counter stop itch meds, but it aint working.

do bug bite spread when yo break the surface of the skin? If any one know of another way to stop itch, let me know. Pleeease.

Jeff

Jeff,

Stop scratching!!! Sounds more like poison ivy/oak than a bug bite! Go to the druggist and get some TECNU. Follow instructions on the bottle. Get a package that has CalaGel packed with it.

IF this is poison ivy/oak you are only spreading the chemical burn. You need to stop scratching, change clothes (wash them separate from other clothes), and stay in a cool environment. Best of luck! I have the same thing right now and have missed the last three days of work (90% coverage).

I have not been outside but did a little painting and clean up the yard. This was 2 days ago. There are no poison ivy or oak on our little property. Did you go to the doc?

Bug bites don't spread. Poison oak and poison ivy do. Reread the advice from David... or go see a doctor.

JR

You don't have firecrotch do you? Ain't no meds gonna cure that....

Groesbeck,

Had to reread your post now. I flew to mylocal 24 hour drug store way on the other side of earth to get Tec Nu. I think is working a bit so far, but it doesn't really stop it completely. Problem is I start scratching when I am dead asleep sometime. now it spread a bit more then I like on my legs. This is my first time and It is bad $hit. Holy $hit, 90%? What's this Gala Gel stuff? They did not have any. How long does the Tec Nu stop itch. How many day have you had it?

Jeff

I find that Ivy Dry works much better. I usually manage to get poison ivy at least once a year doing yard work and Ivy Dry clears it up the quickest of any product that I have tried.

Ivy over the counter? You must know what it looks like, so you treat it right away before it gets out of hand. scratching feels so damn good after 2 days of hands off. I know I got to stop.

Stay cool, warm and humid environments make it itch more.

There are prescription topical steroids if it gets real bad. I had to go that route after getting a nasty case of poison sumac. That was purely miserable.

I have had good luck with bleach.

I used to get it every summer. My doctor asked me if I knew what the hell it looked like.

Caladryl Clear works for me. Calamine lotion with Benadryl. There are other treatments but you just have to tough it out. Some people use an oatmeal rub or rub a raw potato on it but that never worked for me. Put some socks on your hands.

sounds like swampass to me.

herpes.

Chigger bites? I have had them like that before where more seem to show up after the first day or so. Not sure how that works, but my understanding is that they inject a poison that breaks down the skin, and then they leave. Then, the breaking down of the skin is what makes it itch so bad.

I have had 50-60 bites on each leg (foot to knee), two or three times, and I thought I was going to die. Honestly, probably the closest thing to being driven insane that I have ever experienced!

Gotta tough it out, but in the mean time, benadryl (both orally and topically) is what I used to adjust the itching from a 10 to a 9.5!!!

JA

One time I got bitten/attacked by a million fire ants. I found that by spraying the hottest water I could handle would relieve the itch for a while. The heat brings the histamine to the surface and the water rinses it away. Doing the hot water thing and taking Benedryl every 4 hours helped me get through it without going insane from the itching.
If it gets too bad, see a doctor. They'll give you and oral steroid to clear it up quick.

Poison Ivy doesn't spread after you've showered. What may happen is that you may get it one skin on different areas of your body, the skin is different, and it takes longer to manifest the symptoms in different areas. Poison Ivy has an oil that causes the cell walls to break down. Once you've washed the oil off of your skin and hands, it won't spread until you come into contact with it again.

Just a thought, maybe seem a doctor or dermatologist.

I wish but no such luck. I am too damn ugly.

Ive been bit by an assassin bug a few times. Evidently I am allergic. Put me at emergency once. I spray but it happens every so often. Benedyl is my best friend.
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Uconntim,

I have had almost every itch med on my table by this afternoon. I must have burned over a hundred bucks. Some are a bit better then others. IVYDRY is the $hit. I searched from here to Mexico for it and thank god, I found it. It did away with he itch for an hour now, and I am feeling better but it does not work for my wife. Thank all of you so much for the tips. Eating Benedryl for tonight.

Man, this itch is a real ass kicker. I have never experience itch like it and some of you get it every year, holy $hit.

Jeff

Bedbugs are making a comeback. Just sayin'...

not sure if chiggers live in SoCal.

BTW - here is how they "work":

"Chiggers" are the larval instar of tiny mites. The adult females injects something alright, but it is not a poison. They pierce the skin and lay eggs in your body. When the eggs hatch, the larvae want to get out of course, so they wriggle back up THRU your skin, and then they leave.

Nice, eh?

To be PC its "chigroes" not chiggers -

A way to kill the itch, run the hottest water you can stand over the rash (really hot). It'll itch like mad. After several minutes of insanity inducing itch, it'll stop. Then it won't itch for several hours.

Awww....RWebb, I could have gone on just believing my "poison" theory. Man, that is sickening! Especially given how many bites I had that time. Imagine the amount of eggs!! Oh...nasty!

I wonder if this is why there is that home remedy idea out there of putting clear finger nail polish over the bite to "smother" them? Does that work as far as you know? Not sure what that would result in though, maybe something worse??!!

Shiverrrrrr!!!

JA

Bug bites can kinda spread if they're hanging around the host . . .

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Wear gloves.....try not to touch yer dick w/o first washing yer hands or wearing surgical gloves.....otherwise Omar the Tentamker will get all swole up....

Poison ivy will last fourteen days if you put something on it, two weeks if you don't...

I'd try maxing it out with a really hot shower. If you do have poison ivy, most of the over-the-counter stuff is like trying to put out a forest fire by pi$$ing on it. See a dermatologist.

poison ivy -> epsom salt bath, FTW.

yes, that or kerosene

Now, have I ever told you about Guinea Worm??? chiggers are nuthin'...

crisco works just fine for chiggers. or vaseline.

+1 Never scratch it.

This is the best advice by far. If you want to get some relief in areas that you can't get under the tap you can also try using a hair dryer on hot. Leave it on as long as you can stand it without burning yourself and you're back to normal.

I believe, the heat causes the histamines to rise to the surface of your skin giving you relief for hours at a time.

I used rub all the pharmacy crap on poison ivy and bites, but now I just run a hot tap or grab the hair dryer and in less than a minute I feel completely fine.

***Note if you were just exposed to poison ivy use cold water and soap. If you can shower within 20 minutes you can minimize or reverse the effect, but once you've really got it then go hot hot hot.

yes any oil or grease will clog the little breathing tubes from their azz -- they stick those up thru your skin to the surface

of course, then you have a bunch of dead chigger larvae in your skin, rotting away...


sure you don't want to hear about the Guinea Worm???

So this is what folks grew up believing in the southeast where the nasty little things are prevalent.

Here's what Wikipedia says about them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiggers
So, not quite as gross.

Guinea worms. I've seen a show on parasites that showed these things and how they are extracted. Yuck!!!

Jeff, there is one type of bug thing that spreads: scabies ...pronounced :skay-beez: ...they burrow under your skin. They're a type of mites.

A guy I used to work with a long time ago got an infestation of them on his arms. I forget what the remedy was, but you can get rid of them.

From Wiki: Scabies, also known as sarcoptic mange and colloquially known as the itch, is a contagious ectoparasitic skin infection characterized by superficial burrows and intense pruritus (itching). It is caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. The word scabies itself is derived from the Latin word (scabere) for "scratch". More severe forms of scabies include crusted scabies and Norwegian scabies.

More (with photos... some are very scary) here:
Scabies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

interesting - even as a biologist for many years my boyhood cultural Southernisms were never corrected...

One of my kids had scabies and it was pretty bad. Made me itch just to look at him. Picked them up travelling on a Greyhound bus...back when people still did that. Had to wash everything in house with very hot water. Doctor directed the use of a very strong topical lye-basd lice treatment (called RID) that was so strong it burned his skin a bit for a while....but it finally got rid of them. I understand that they have better medicines for this now.
If you have them, you must treat them as soon as possible or they will be on everything and everyone in your house. http://www.medicinenet.com/scabies_pictures_slides

I don't think its scabies. It has to be posion oak. They blister up and now a couple of them popped and the damn juice is running down my leg a tiny little bit. I can't wait to see my doc. F these over the counter meds. I am going to wait at my doctor's office before he gets there. The itch seem to be getting better, but my face and eye lids are swollen. That happen to any of you guys? But, nothing like that is happening to my wife. Thankfully we got rid of our little boys and are playing at grandparents.

For those of you that went to the doctor to treat posion ivy or oak, how long did it take to heal to the point of function normally again withour scratching balls all day long?

:(Fuch mike, why didn't you tell me this earlier

Oh, BTW, thanks for the hot water tip. It works wonders. The feeling is much much better then sex. Who was the one that said it was like 20 minutes of scratching? I think more like an hour it felt so good.

Jeff

I think you need to get laid in a hot tub. :)
Good luck.