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| Karen |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 12:29:39 PM
I am new to the world of chiggers, and I am not a fan. Does anyone recommend a good remedy for the itchy "bites" ( I heard they actually burrow under the skin) but it kind of creeps me out to think of that too long. |
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| LunaTheFarmLady |
Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 8:01:07 PM
Well,I'm officially outposted....I have a horrrible case of the chiggers after trekking through some deer trails and open fields. I found the blackberries and the chiggers found me!
whereever you go, there you are... |
| Elizaray |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 9:39:07 PM
this seems like good site:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html
Elizaray |
| Jen |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 2:57:55 PM
Back when I was I fresh fisheries tech, the guys I worked with scratched their bites bloody & poured straight Clorox onto them, can you believe it??? And I actually heard an old Arkansan suggest a bit of bleach in bathwater. While that may, indeed, work, I wouldn't try it. To keep them away, I've found a natural spray called BuzzAway to be effective so far. To kill the itch, baking soda baths or paste smeared on the bites. This works, but the paste dries up & falls off, so the itch comes back.
Found this tip online - let me know if anybody tries it:
"Rub the flesh of a green papaya on the bites. This stings quite a bit at first, but then takes the itch away for at least a couple of hours. (There is an enzyme in green papaya that dissolves the protein mosquitoes leave behind in their bites.) Source: "http://www.theveggietable.com/articles/bugbites.html
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