Mosquito bites - Itchy itchy itchy

Sweet Angel · 07-13-2004, 01:34 AM

Anybody have any suggestions to get rid of the itch of mosquito bites? I got chewed up this weekend. I hope I don't end up with West Nile virus.

Serious replies only...thanks.

The Jays · 07-13-2004, 01:39 AM

scratching them is a very underrated treatment for bites

Sweet Angel · 07-13-2004, 01:42 AM

I've been scratching them all day, but I can't get them to bleed (which usually stops the itch). They're just getting more red and swollen. I even made an "X" in them with my fingernail (usually works) and that didn't work either.

I'm going to lose my mind.

The Jays · 07-13-2004, 01:48 AM

If you want them to bleed, take a sewing needle to a flame for twenty seconds and then puncture a hole at the center of the bite.

Sweet Angel · 07-13-2004, 01:50 AM

Ow....no!

The Jays · 07-13-2004, 01:51 AM

Pain is temporary, pride is forever!

Galt · 07-13-2004, 01:51 AM

these "mosquito bites" are on your genitals, aren't they?

HedCold · 07-13-2004, 02:17 AM

i always heard having a dog lick it helps because of stuff they have in the saliva, but i never really knew if it was true.
you have a dog, make him/her lick it

The Jays · 07-13-2004, 02:26 AM

You can try one of the three following remedies, but only one will work.

Pour club soda on the bite(s)

Rub aspirin on the bite(s)

Rub Pine Sol on the bite(s)

Keyser Soze · 07-13-2004, 04:47 AM

you should probrobly throw yourself into oncoming traffic outside club abyss

Arpikarhu · 07-13-2004, 04:54 AM

get your finger wet and rub it on soap. rub the soap into the bite. it willl dry it up.

LZMF1 · 07-13-2004, 06:31 AM

ignore them

Sweet Angel · 07-13-2004, 11:17 AM

LZMF1 Wrote:ignore them

ya think?

a couple of the solutions sound viable, but i'm much less itchy this morning.

Danked · 07-13-2004, 11:56 AM

I hear you can have someone pee on them to get the sting out.

Sweet Angel · 07-13-2004, 08:26 PM

Danked Wrote:I hear you can have someone pee on them to get the sting out.

Oh yeah? Any volunteers?

Oh wait, that's right...that's for a jellyfish sting.

Keyser Soze · 07-13-2004, 08:45 PM

ive never wanted to pee on anyone until now.

Sweet Angel · 07-13-2004, 08:46 PM

Awwww, I bet you say that to all the girls :loveya:

Keyser Soze · 07-13-2004, 08:51 PM

just you pumpkin

Sweet Angel · 07-13-2004, 08:56 PM

Stop...you're going to make me blush.

Sweet Angel · 07-23-2004, 02:06 PM

Not that anyone cares, but I thought I'd give an update. As of yesterday, I still had 2 bites that were not raised -- rather, they were sunken, much like a poc mark from chicken pox. I decided since I was home anyway, I'd call the doctor. Long story short, they're spider bites and apparently I'm lucky I didn't have more "tissue loss". Now I'm on antibiotics for 10 days, as well as having an antibiotic skin cream I have to use on the bites.

The doctor said someone was in not long ago and they had to surgically remove the tissue around the bite. The pharmacist said that a woman was in a couple weeks ago who had been bitten by a spider in bananas at the supermarket and had a lot of tissue loss on her hand.

Yucky stuff.