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Mossie bites
Topic Started: Sep 28 2007, 10:30:56 PM (157 Views)
catgirl
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I think I had a bad reaction to one last night, in fact damn thing still hurts a bit today. Yesterday my leg really ached when I walked and in the evening I had a huge lump come up by the side of my knee - huge it was - looked like another knee cap growing. The area all around the bite was bright red and hot, it irritated like hell too and i did the stupid thing of rubbing it - cos it itched. Well after that the lump was throbbing - like it had a life of its own - still very red and still hot. i put an ice pack on to cool it down and that seemed to do the trick.

Today is a lovely yellow looking lump - at least its not throbbing anymore. :P

Does anyone else get a bad reaction to them - this is the worse one i've had. I've had some that turn into watery blisters :(

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John does..... if he gets one on his calf he'll swell up from the knee down andnot be able to bend his ankle, after the swelling goes the bite itself looks like it came from a rottie not a mossie.

he takes vitamin b1 to ward them off, seems to work.
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Lynnj
28th September, 2007 - 08:39pm
John does..... if he gets one on his calf he'll swell up from the knee down andnot be able to bend his ankle, after the swelling goes the bite itself looks like it came from a rottie not a mossie.

he takes vitamin b1 to ward them off, seems to work.

LOL whats a rottie?


glad i'm not the only one. I'll give the B1 a go don't think I can handle another one like that. :yes:

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you need to take them for a couple of weeks to get your levels up, take the highest dose you can find and don't be alarmed if your wee is a bit brighter in the colour department.
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Lynnj
28th September, 2007 - 08:47pm
rottweiler

you need to take them for a couple of weeks to get your levels up, take the highest dose you can find and don't be alarmed if your wee is a bit brighter in the colour department.

:lol: I'll stay clear of the rotties then

ok, strong dose of b1 - normal chemist shop
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It's the females that do the biting and they don't like thiamine which is in vitamin B1.

I read somewhere you can overdose on it so don't gorge out on it.
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BIX
28th September, 2007 - 08:51pm
It's the females that do the biting and they don't like thiamine which is in vitamin B1.

I read somewhere you can overdose on it so don't gorge out on it.

ok

female of the species - nasty bunch :rolleyes: :lol:


I hope the nasty thing, gorged itself so much on my wonderful sweet blooed it couldn't fly and horrible things happened to it :whistle:
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I react too CG. I got bitten on the top of my leg in Turkey and it swelled up so big, it was bigger than my arse! (thats saying somethig :lol: )
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Hevs
28th September, 2007 - 09:28pm
I react too CG. I got bitten on the top of my leg in Turkey and it swelled up so big, it was bigger than my arse! (thats saying somethig :lol: )

:lol:
I think this was from one during the day when I was outside Jordan's classroom - there are lots of them around there. I do normally spary myself esp in the evenings but didn't that morning. I get bitten through my clothes too. :(
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Me TO!! Hoe the funk do they do THAT!? :angry:
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Hevs
28th September, 2007 - 09:41pm
Me TO!! Hoe the funk do they do THAT!? :angry:

they are greedy beggars and will do anything to get at your blood :yes:
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I have an aloe plant in my garden and slice a leaf off and rub it on the bite as soon as I notice it. It really does the trick, though the sooner you catch it the better.
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28th September, 2007 - 10:17pm
I have an aloe plant in my garden and slice a leaf off and rub it on the bite as soon as I notice it. It really does the trick, though the sooner you catch it the better.

ok Anne, but I'm not going out to buy an aloe plant for the greedy landlords of this place. might get one in a pot though!
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Me too although I used to get more of a reaction to the mossies in the UK than I do the ones here..... :blink:
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My aloe plant is in a pot. Got it from the spud shed last year for about $5 :thumbsup:
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I reacted really badly last year to some bites where my whole leg and ankle swelled up. In the end I had to go onto antibiotics for a while. I'm a nightmare for mozzie bites and at the moment I have quite a few which are driving me mad (mainly as I've ran out of my usual tonics)

What I find works very well is if I'm around the house or before I go to bed I cover the bite area with Benodine (SP??you know the brown stuff) but otherwise I just a few drops of Rescue Remedy directly on the bite to stop the itching and tiger balm is also a good one to stop the itch.

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I get an itchy lump from mozzies but the sand flies are the things that that give me the really bad reaction! Can't see or hear the little b***ers either. Aloe Vera is good.
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Ellie
1st October, 2007 - 08:12pm
I get an itchy lump from mozzies but the sand flies are the things that that give me the really bad reaction! Can't see or hear the little b***ers either. Aloe Vera is good.

yes they are awful, when i get bitten by those the bite turns into a blister :angry:
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I completely forgot about the sand flies, the mozzies have been so annoying this year. Luckily I don't have such a bad reaction as CG for some reason they just love her (it must be because she's so sweet :wink: )
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awww :kiss:


it's ok you don't have to butter me up to take mutley out for more walks - i'll take him anytime.
he's funny and kids loved him.
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Hi folks!

I've been working alot, and have just applied for the job I've been doing since February! (Interview on Monday 0830).

On the subject of mozzie bites, I have to agree with the B1 comments:

"Some studies suggest that taking thiamine (vitamin B1) 25 mg to 50 mg three times per day is effective in reducing mosquito bites. A large intake of Thiamine produces a skin odor that is not detectable by humans, but is disagreeable to female mosquitoes.[6] Thiamine takes more than 2 weeks before the odor fully saturates the skin. With the advances in topical preparations there is an increasing number of Thiamine based repellent products. Whilst there is considerable anecdotal evidence of Thiamine products being effective in the field (Australia, US and Canada), there has yet to be any clinical trials run to demonstrate the efficacy of these products." (from Wikepedia)

As thiamine is water soluble, we should it out if our bodies can't use it.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002401.htm

As for treatment Aloe is good, as is Zanza-click which is Swizz and sends a Pezoelectric shock through the bite from Quartz, it's a tiny little thing you could carry in your pocket but I don't know if it's available in OZ.

It is possible that people who are prone to getting bitten could have lower thiamine levels, it's suppose to improve mental aclarity as well so it's not a bad thing to take!

Jane
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Jane
3rd October, 2007 - 08:27pm
is good, as is Zanza-click which is Swizz and sends a Pezoelectric shock through the bite from Quartz, it's a tiny little thing you could carry in your pocket but I don't know if it's available in OZ.


You can get them for about $9 from K Mart, but I've lost mine :blink:
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Debbie

I think it must be the mossies they keep in your neck of the woods, at the last count i have 23 that i picked up yesterday, all horrible and blistery, mostly on my feet including a few under my hard skin and boy do they itch, so i recon those Erskine mossies must have teeth like crocs :(
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I picked up 5 at Debs and I was coated in Aero guard !!
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yep they are hardy little beggars on this side of the road :whistle:
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