INSECT BITES

ttenneb

Last week I developed an itch on my back near the shoulder blade. It became more severe with each passing day. I spoke to my pharmacist and she told me several people had reported insect bites very recently. Mine is sore to touch and is much more irritating than a mosquito bite. Anybody have a similar experience over the last few days?

facehugger99

I have a pain in my balls.

Mr. Incognito

Can you climb walls and shoot webbing?

WoollyRedHat

ttenneb wrote: »

Last week I developed an itch on my back near the shoulder blade. It became more severe with each passing day. I spoke to my pharmacist and she told me several people had reported insect bites very recently. Mine is sore to touch and is much more irritating than a mosquito bite. Anybody have a similar experience over the last few days?

Cover yourself in garlic, should repel them.

ttenneb

Obviously the wrong sub category. Silly me.

AllForIt

Reality bites.

donegaLroad

spiders coming out of hibernation OP. One new species in particular, can give you a nasty bite. Some people react badly to it, its called the False Widow spider.

Its about the size of a 20c piece and has white marks on its back.

Beta Ray Bill

Google Bot Fly.....

Yack!!!!

Tuco88

More the reason to keep feeding small wild birds. They do a great job eating all the spiders along the eves of our house while queuing up for the bird feeder.

Discodog

Just a reminder that if anyone thinks they may of been bitten by a tick go to a pharmacy immediately.

vg88

donegaLroad wrote: »

spiders coming out of hibernation OP. One new species in particular, can give you a nasty bite. Some people react badly to it, its called the False Widow spider.

Its about the size of a 20c piece and has white marks on its back.

Was in bed last year and felt a itch on my face. Gave myself a good smack for reason at 2 in morning.

I felt something wasn't right and saw one of these fellas dying on my bed. After realising this fella walked across my face in the night I thought staying up for the night wasn't a bad idea.

Donald Trump

facehugger99 wrote: »

I have a pain in my balls.

Are they blue?

Graces7

Discodog wrote: »

Just a reminder that if anyone thinks they may of been bitten by a tick go to a pharmacy immediately.

Why, please? I have been bitten a few times and coped. If this is re Lyme Disease, not sure what any pharmacy can do

Graces7

PLEASE put a warning in the header re GRAPHIC IMAGES OF SPIDERS. That will keep me awake now;):rolleyes:w

Discodog

Graces7 wrote: »

Why, please? I have been bitten a few times and coped. If this is re Lyme Disease, not sure what any pharmacy can do

All pharmacies in high risk areas have received specialist training. They will assess the bite & then refer you immediately to a doctor to begin a course of antibiotics. The sooner they are administered the less the chance of Lyme's disease developing.

I live in a hotspot & my pharmacy have posters in the windows.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Discodog wrote: »

All pharmacies in high risk areas have received specialist training. They will assess the bite & then refer you immediately to a doctor to begin a course of antibiotics. The sooner they are administered the less the chance of Lyme's disease developing.

I live in a hotspot & my pharmacy have posters in the windows.

Absolutely. People are much to lax about Lyme Disease. Late diagnosis leads to many complications and long term health issues.

kneemos

Discodog wrote: »

All pharmacies in high risk areas have received specialist training. They will assess the bite & then refer you immediately to a doctor to begin a course of antibiotics. The sooner they are administered the less the chance of Lyme's disease developing.

I live in a hotspot & my pharmacy have posters in the windows.

Pardon my ignorance but what's a high risk area for tick bites?

Discodog

kneemos wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance but what's a high risk area for tick bites?

It's an area where ticks have been found to be carrying a high incidence of Lymes.

http://www.ticktalkireland.org/

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

kneemos wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance but what's a high risk area for tick bites?

Wicklow, Cork and Kerry are particularly high risk areas

riffmongous

ttenneb wrote: »

Last week I developed an itch on my back near the shoulder blade. It became more severe with each passing day. I spoke to my pharmacist and she told me several people had reported insect bites very recently. Mine is sore to touch and is much more irritating than a mosquito bite. Anybody have a similar experience over the last few days?

I got some awful bites last summer while fishing, some sort of grass mite, possibly chiggers. So unbelievably itchy, when I went to the pharmacy to get something for them I looked like I was on ecstasy I was scratching the back of my hand so much.

I should have listened to Steve

donegaLroad

moloner4 wrote: »

Was in bed last year and felt a itch on my face. Gave myself a good smack for reason at 2 in morning.

I felt something wasn't right and saw one of these fellas dying on my bed. After realising this fella walked across my face in the night I thought staying up for the night wasn't a bad idea.

cripes! they dont like peppermint. You can get the the peppermint essential oil and put it in water in one of those empty window spray things, spray it all around the place.

bodhrandude

We've had two days of balmy spring weather and bejaysus you're talking about insect bites already. :eek:

ttenneb

Discodog wrote: »

It's an area where ticks have been found to be carrying a high incidence of Lymes.

http://www.ticktalkireland.org/

Thanks, Discodog, I'm taking this more seriously than I was earlier. The conference referred to in your link is very interesting.

Are Am Eye

iNsEcT bItEs

Capt'n Midnight

Top Tip :
you can use the Schmidt sting pain index to compare insect bites.

ttenneb

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Top Tip :
you can use the Schmidt sting pain index to compare insect bites.

Apart from the Smart Alec remarks earlier on, the information posted has been very useful. Both the TickTalk link and your Schmidt index reference are areas of information I wouldn't have been aware of. Here's a quote from the Schmidt page: "Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue." Though the sting was a different feeling, the yellowjacket was also rated at a pain level of 2.[6]" Thanks to all the positive contributors.

Mr. Incognito

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Can you climb walls and shoot webbing?

Where I am from that is called trespassing followed by lewd behaviour.

Though I have never called it webbing before

moloner4 wrote: »

After realising this fella walked across my face in the night I thought staying up for the night wasn't a bad idea.

I think it was someone on boards - but I might be wrong - that worked out the number of species of spider in the average household.

He then multiplied this by the number of each species the average household has.

He then divided this number by the average number of rooms in the average Irish household. Let us call this result X.

He then did something - can not remember exactly what - like

X * (360 degrees / the degrees vision range of the average spider).

Anyway the result of it was the probability that at any given time at least one spider is sitting looking directly at you. And it was scarily high though the algorithm was dubious

ursa actos

Re: Tick bites - straight on the antibiotic doxycline. Have had to go on it