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A problem with wild life gardening - multiple strange insect bites

Marianne72

I've been too successful in wildlife gardening as I'm getting bitten in places I can't scratch, and insects I've never experienced before. No one mentions this in the books Angry. Despite wearing cargo trousers, they manage to crawl up the backs of my legs and also in my hat. I'm off to buy jungle-strength insect repellant [recommended by a paramedic] but does anyone else have this problem? It's horrible at night, with the bites itching and hot. I don't know why I'm so attractive to insects - others can walk across a field with no problems but I'll be running in blood! 

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  • Marianne72 said:
    It's horrible at night, with the bites itching

    One technique I learned where I live (Brazil) to reduce the itchiness is to the teaspoon method.

    Basically stick a teaspoon into hot water to warm it up (think about the temperature of tea that you would drink) , remove it and shake off the water then put the back of the spoon against the insect bite.

    It is important to make sure the temperature is not too hot as it can burn the skin, hence the guide to use a cup of tea as a guide.

    The has an effect of creating a counter-irritant which reduces the irritation for some time, from minutes to hours depending on the person.

    There is a good article explaining it here: https://www.verywellhealth.com/does-heat-alleviate-itchiness-from-mosquito-bites-7554462

    I note that experts advise against it as there are plenty of people daft enough not to check the temp beforehand.

    This is how I cope with the regular insect bites experienced here and it is quite effective for me. 

    In line with the rules this is not medical advice, only my experience and some research into the subject.

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  • Marianne72 said:
    It's horrible at night, with the bites itching

    One technique I learned where I live (Brazil) to reduce the itchiness is to the teaspoon method.

    Basically stick a teaspoon into hot water to warm it up (think about the temperature of tea that you would drink) , remove it and shake off the water then put the back of the spoon against the insect bite.

    It is important to make sure the temperature is not too hot as it can burn the skin, hence the guide to use a cup of tea as a guide.

    The has an effect of creating a counter-irritant which reduces the irritation for some time, from minutes to hours depending on the person.

    There is a good article explaining it here: https://www.verywellhealth.com/does-heat-alleviate-itchiness-from-mosquito-bites-7554462

    I note that experts advise against it as there are plenty of people daft enough not to check the temp beforehand.

    This is how I cope with the regular insect bites experienced here and it is quite effective for me. 

    In line with the rules this is not medical advice, only my experience and some research into the subject.

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  • in reply to Iain

    Ah yes, I've read about that. Luckily, I've got the cream now too; it only takes five minutes to hold on and not scratch after application. I'll keep that in method in mind though, for cases when cream is not available (which is about very often when am not at home). Brazil sounds very cool (very hot!) and I bet it has more variety of bitey stuff than I know of.