<p>It doesn’t smell very good when you first put it on but Absorbine Jr. keeps mosquitos and biting gnats away.</p>
<p>Spideygirl, I also do fingernail x’s on my mosquito bites and it does work. The other weird thing about mosquito bites is that ever since the time I was so horribly bitten (post #3 above) I rarely get bites that last long or really bother me. I have a theory that I was somehow inoculated. I have no idea if there is any science to back that up.</p>
<p>Puzzlled: I’ve often wondered the same thing. When I was young the bites would swell up and itch like crazy but it seems to not bother me nearly as much anymore nor last as long.</p>
<p>So a question for those who posted who are very sensitive to bites. It’s been almost two weeks since the bites started and things are getting stranger. She is now covered in new bites (mostly her legs) that are huge, do not itch but are very painful. She is at home and work and not somewhere where she should be getting bites. The hot spoons give temporary relief and nothing else is helping (tiger balm, afterbite, benadryl cream). She is taking Benadryl at night but still in so much pain that she can’t sleep. It’s Saturday, so it might be tough to get into a doctor’s office (just changed insurance, not sure if her old doctor is on her plan or if there is an urgent care set-up in the practice). Her theories are that a spider got into her bed because the bites hurt, don’t itch, but she’s checked her bed thoroughly and didn’t see a spider and didn’t see signs of bedbugs. But she did stay in two separate places almost two weeks ago, one in a rural area, and says she read somewhere that bedbugs can take 7-9 days to appear. Anyone know about that? They don’t look like bedbug bites, but this is someone whose bites always look way worse than other people’s. I’m just wondering if anyone who is sensitive has experienced something like this.</p>
<p>Sounds like she needs a professional to look at those bites.</p>
<p>Yes, she definitely needs to see a doctor as this is not normal. I’m hoping we can find a dermatologist who can see her early in the week and who is on her plan. She just switched insurance.</p>
<p>I just read that all the flooding in the northeast is going to lead to an increase in the number of mosquitos. Be careful out there.</p>
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Yup, it’s happening already, got bitten on the legs at a restaurant yesterday (indoors), and H swatted one on my shoulder today (again, indoors) So where’s the place I can retire to escape for once and for all, other than Antarctica?</p>
<p>Place a couple of Purge dispensers outside every door to the house. Use Purge #1.
Also use Cutter which has a high DEET content for longer lasting protection. The higher the DEET content the longer the protection. High DEET contact does not give any better protection, just longer</p>