Insect bites

[TuesdaySue]

Sympathy to all the suffers!

I'm also getting eaten this summer (though thankfully no horseflies yet this year - I had to get rushed to the doctor last year after a nasty incident!).

My sis picked up a tip when on hols in the far east to avoid scratching your bites. Dig your nail into the bite to make a deep line through it, then again to make a cross.

Hope that helps!

[alan h]

Originally Posted by pjay

..........I agree with the member who suggests Vitamin B . Brewers Yeast is very cheap in the UK, so take some tablets before going where you know the " diners" are waiting for you............

I always thought the vitamin B thing was an old wives tale - but my daughter was being bitten [camping by Lake Como] until the day she started on the marmite sandwiches - no problems after that.

me? - i'd rather be bitten than go anywhere near marmite!!!


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[stokies]

Didn't have any cigarettes handy but we found that if you put a teaspoon in boiling water then just touch the tip lightly against the bite for a second the itch disappears within twenty minutes and doesn't come back for 24 hours. Honest. Good luck.

[Gala Placidia]

I was at the hairdresser´s and I read an interesting article in a Spanish magazine about insect bites and genetics. I had a search through Google and I found this article, which I find interesting.
Apparently, one in ten people suffer more than the others because of their genes. Also, to have high levels of cholesterol in your blood attracts insects.
Have a look at this:

Lateline - 31/1/2001: Genetic solution to mosquito bites? . Australian Broadcasting Corp

[Karen]

Saw this on the tv the other night - haven't tried it but it could be worth trying.

Less Mosquito
Karen

[Noble]

Originally Posted by fudgieoto

Fargan is good for the after affects, also is the pure alcohol they sell here for the limoncello. It eases the sting.
Also now they sell an outdoor spray that is meant to keep the area free up to 8 hours from flies mozzies etc. cost about 6 euro a spray.

gill

Are you telling us that we can spray the air around us with a product that will stop horseflies biting us? If so please name the product.
Horseflies are now following our hot car from our gate to our parking area, so we have a large plastc jar filled with a pongy liquid hanging from a tree, which traps them but can't hang such a thing by the swimming pool!

[alan h]

Originally Posted by Noble

Are you telling us that we can spray the air around us with a product that will stop horseflies biting us? If so please name the product.
Horseflies are now following our hot car from our gate to our parking area, so we have a large plastc jar filled with a pongy liquid hanging from a tree, which traps them but can't hang such a thing by the swimming pool!

If this works, I'd be amazed - but you could try one

Horse Pal® Horsefly Trap - Newman Enterprises, Omro, WI - biting flies, horse fly, deer fly, yellow fly, greenhead, horsefly, deerfly, fly bites, fly trap, bitingflies, horsepal

If you click on the picture of the trap [top right of page] it gives the instructions -
[ this was where I got worried, there seemed to be an inordinate amount of prose about 'inflating balls, screwing, and tightening nuts' - still, I suppose the flies need something to aim for].



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