Mosquito bites

[Betsy50]

Hi everyone had a fantastic time in canada been home 3 weeks already !!!! Okay so I was totally attacked by mosquitoes first time ever in Canada!!! Now they taking so long to go away infection gone but these bites are so so deep I still have them !!! Getting bloods done tmz I just dont have any energy and I'm wondering if it is the bites ? Has anyone ever reacted to these bites ?

[Madlegs1]

I get badly bitten by all sorts of bugs. Midges in the West of Ireland and Scotland. Sandflies in New Zealand.

I've discovered an absolutely magic cure.

It's called After bite. Basically an Ammonium gel, which if applied immediately after the bite, takes away all aftereffects.

I carry a tube all the time. Very effective for wasp and bee stings as well.

Il try to attach a photo.

Afterbite

[Betsy50 in reply to Madlegs1]

Hi madlegs1 thanks for replying. Oh where did you purchase this ? I'm the same every year I get bitten with something but that was awful in canada put me off going out bit all over the place lol. I'll need to try get that stuff for sure

[Madlegs1 in reply to Betsy50]

Depends where you live.

Try Outdoor gear / camping shops.

Chemists.

eBay.

[Betsy50 in reply to Madlegs1]

I'm in scotland

[Madlegs1 in reply to Betsy50]

As above so!😝💚

Cotswold outdoor definitely has them.

[Betsy50]

Okay thank you I'll try to get some

[cyberbarn]

Canadian here. Used to spend my three month school holiday summers at summer camps in woodlands of Ontario. Every week there would be a new set of campers and some of them were British. Some had been in Canada for several years, some were recent migrants. And the beautiful English Roses and their husbands always had big reactions to the mosquitos. by the end of the summer I didn't react at all. And each week campers would arrive and some would react, others didn't so much. We put it down to the mosies training out immune systems, and having been born in Canada and been bitten for many years, we sort of developed a resistance somehow.

Bare in mind I was a teen in those days, and although I was the only one into science (It was a religious evangelical summer camp that my family were involved in, I had no choice!), I had no evidence. However, now as a scientist with access to research, it seems I wasn't far off.

sciencedirect.com/science/a...

"Conclusion

"These results indicate that IgE, lymphocyte and probably, local IgG immune-complex-mediated hypersensitivities are involved in mosquito allergy. Naturally acquired desensitization to mosquito bites occurs during long-term exposure."

[Betsy50 in reply to cyberbarn]

Hi cyberbarn thanks for replying. Well I still have those bites that are very deep!!! I always get bitten but its a first in canada in ontario area. Going to gove blood soon I just dont feel right very very tired and no energy just wondering if its these bites causing it. In all the years I've flew back n forth to canada I've never bern bitten like this before

[PainGo1 in reply to Betsy50]

Hi Betsy, have you had the bites definitely confirmed as being mosquito bites by a doctor? It might be worth having them properly checked out so you know how to treat them. After Bite is good but I use an Anti Histamine cream as well as the After Bite as I react badly to them in the UK each summer. I also find bathing the bites in warm/hot water takes the itch away temporarily.

[Betsy50 in reply to PainGo1]

Hi paingo1 thanks for replying no but it definitely mosquitoes bites everyone had them

[Sunlover56]

Hi Betsy, we currently live in Spain and get bitten really badly. You can get Afterbite from Amazon here and in the UK, however we found this electrical heat zapper actually stops the itching after just one or two zaps if you use it as soon as you start to itch. It’s painful so no good for children but the pain is so much better than the itching, the bite seems to go down flat too and disappear within a day. Hopefully your bites won’t get a chance to get infected with this.

Mosquito zapper.

[Batty1]

Mosquitoes are brutal this year and I couldn’t get rid of the itch and massive painful lumps. I tried ice packs, anti itch lotions which helped a little in the end they eventually went away but not until they tortured me throughly.

[Betsy50 in reply to Batty1]

Hi batty1 thanks for replying aye your right they are brutal !!!!! That's works now and they still itch like crazy and it's like deep holes horrible little things lol

[1tuppence in reply to Batty1]

Sympathy from me to both of you. Batty1 Betsy50 Mosquito bites are really horrible. I didn't realise they can bite through clothing until I Googled them! I find piriton has soothed the bites and seems to be a deterrent as well.....perhaps blood doesn't taste so good with piriton in it

[rosewine]

Any type of biting insect make a meal of me and the bites seem to linger far longer than they used to. It doesn't matter what I slather o they still bite.That After bite can be obtained over the Internet from places like Amazon. I have something similar but it only seems to ease it if I feel the bite and put it o straight away. The trouble is that some sneaky critters seem to have a items you don't actually feel and it is only when the lump comes up do you realise you have bee bitten.

Hope that they clear up soon.

[Betsy50 in reply to rosewine]

Hi Roseanne thanks for replying. Its bern weeks now and I'm still itchy!!!! Makes me feel minging lol

[rosewine in reply to Betsy50]

You are the same as me. I have a bite in an unmentionable place and it is sending me mad. Every time I have a shower the warm water seems to reactivate it. You have my sympathy.

[Betsy50 in reply to rosewine]

Lol it bit threw my denims shorts on my buttock😂 horrible little creatures

[rosewine in reply to Betsy50]

Its amazing how they can creep up between your shorts and legs. You think the bit under cover of clothes is safe but they find a way. I love Scotlwnd but could never live there because of the midges. My husband never seems to get bitten, life's unfair. We must be tastier.

[Betsy50 in reply to rosewine]

Ho rose wine I live in west of Scotland but I never go up north for that reason I would get eaten alive lol. Hubby got bitten over 40 times on his back he never e er gets bitten but his have long gone and I'm still itching and got deep scabs

[rosewine in reply to Betsy50]

Yes some parts of Scotland are definitely worse than others. The worse I was ever bitten was I the anks if Loch Lomand strangely in September. The weather had been extremely wet and that day therr had actually been some sun but it had been very still. Walked the dog down by the Loch and we were surrounded they just coated hernfur and they were everywhere. Ran as fast as I could back to the motorhome (this was prefibromyalgia of course)swatting them away but every bit that was sticking out ifmmy clothes was bitten and didn't heal up for weeks. The itching nearly sent me insane.

[Betsy50 in reply to rosewine]

Oh dear nightmare !!!! Can picture the scene you running lol I wouldn't be able to lol. Aye the itchy is so intense

[Konagirl60]

Oh my what a nuisance. As a preventative, I put ‘tea tree oil’ on my wrists, my neck, behind my ears and on my knees to stop mosquitoes biting me. It works. After I discover a bite I apply the oil and again it calms everything down.

Keep us posted as I don’t think you can get yellow fever or malaria in Canada. I hope you feel better soon.

[Betsy50 in reply to Konagirl60]

Hi konagirl60 thanks for replying. O tried everything in canada antihistamines cortisone cream medi wipes and a spray my cousin gave me and none of it worked lol. Still very itchy and deep bites horrible creatures lol. Thank you I'll keep you posted tc

[Nanny23]

hi I live in canada for the summer. Black flies take a while to go away and itch like crazy. I use after bite but you have to use it right away for it to work. Thankfully black flies gone now. But still have mosquitoes. What part of Canada were you in. I was in Portland Ontario. Big Rideau lake. About 50 miles from the thousand island bridge. Feel better. ❤️

[Betsy50 in reply to Nanny23]

Hi nanny23 thanks for replying. I was in hamilton ontario for 16 days visiting family. I have never been bitten by mosquitoes in canada but this has been awful so so itchy weeks later

[Nanny23 in reply to Betsy50]

Where I am in Canada they have a triangular fly called black fly. They are here til July gone now. They bite and leave a big mark it takes week or so go away.

[Betsy50 in reply to Nanny23]

Hi nanny23 I did see some sort of fly that illuminates at night asked my cousin she said yes that right I was wondering what the wee flash light were. Honestly its wicked my partner never gets bitten but he did this time he had over 30 bites on his back but he didnt get infected they all gone now but I've got horrible itch scabs all these weeks later

[Hidden]

I live on the west coast of central Florida, US. My son is a resident doctor at a hospital in Sarasota and a few months ago, they had several cases of Malaria. People in Florida have been warned to watch for mosquitoes because of this

[Betsy50 in reply to Hidden]

Hi llwegeners thanks for replying. Never had that issue in canada before but I was told it bern a rainy season and this has caused the mosquitoes to multiply horrible little creatures

[Konagirl60 in reply to Hidden]

Unreal. Mosquitos are moving north now.

What kind of malaria did he see? Plasmodium vivax or falciparum?

Did he treat the patients with cloroquine? Thank you.

[Hidden in reply to Konagirl60]

I don't think my son was directly involved with the malaria cases, he just told me of them. I wouldn't know what type of malaria it was. Here is an article about it. news.wgcu.org/section/envir...

[Konagirl60 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you so much.

[Hidden in reply to Konagirl60]

Now there are reports of the Dengue virus in the Broward county/Miami area of Florida.

[Konagirl60 in reply to Hidden]

It’s reality. Mosquitoes are moving into different regions due to the heat.

Thanks for informing me.

[Betsy50]

Hi konagirl60 I got bloods done yesterday to check b12 etc so not sure if a infection will show on them but if not I'm going to request a check on these bites