Oh, no. Another bite.

[Tilly2]

I have just finished a course of antibiotics for a bite on my leg which became infected and now I have another bite on my arm which appears to be going the same way. It's already at duck egg proportions.

Why do I react so badly to bites? Is there anything I can do to stop this over -reaction?

[Tilly2]

Thanks dotty. Garlic works as a vampire deterrent too, doesn't it?

[fredkins]

Hi to you all,I have come back from the highlands of scotland where they are known for the biting midge's,not one bite did I get,I used these everyday Xpel tropical formular mosquito and Insect repellent wipes,brilliant,I take them abroad and have not been bitten there either(I was always bitten ) so for a few minutes wiping the bits that are going to be on show,It's worth it.

[Tilly2]

i'll look out for those, fredkins. Thank you.

[fredkins]

Honestly Tilly and all you abers they are fantastic,My brother-in-law who lives in scotland phoned me yesterday to see where he could buy them(they have suffered these bites for years) I left a packet there and they have been using them and said they were brill and wanted to buy some more.He was going to look on the internet,because they don't have the shops up there like we do down here.

[piggynose]

didn´t somebody on this site recommend Avons oh so soft skin cream? for mossies

[starone]

What is going on? I know three people (apart from you lot) who are suffering from bites. My daughter is one of them and a friend is on her fourth course of anti-biotics trying to get rid of the infection. Her arm has swollen to twice its size and is inflamed. I can't remember ever hearing about so many. Where are the mozzies or whatever it is doing it coming from?

[piggynose]

well living in spain, we have our fair share of these pesty critters. I tend to use a mossie spray, which i spray all around my sleeping area, this usually works for me. what about mossie nets

[mccfluff]

i use tiger balm, problem is nothing wants to come near you

[jno]

piggynose, mossies don't much care whether they have soft skins or not. They mostly like to look well hard.

[Robinia]

lol jno...with mozzies only the females bite, so just keep your eyes open for those :)

[EvianBaby]

I think I win the competition for worst insect bite.

Some might remember but last year I got bitten by something (no idea what) and ended up in hospital on a drip for five days after they had to cut a big hole into my leg to get rid of it. I think I posted pics of it on here.

I'm still proud that I've seen the muscle in my own leg. :)

[jno]

wasn't an alligator was it, EB?

[tinkerbell23]

If you are in the gardeb burn cirtonella candles- the big ones on sticks to deter them! Get the quite cheap in poundstretchers or whatever...and get a few tealights for inside!

Poor u xx

[EvianBaby]

Could have been. You'd think I'd have noticed that wouldn't you.

Just found the pictures. Would be happy to share again if anyone is keen ;)

[starone]

mcfluff - I like the smell of tiger balm!

[Tilly2]

Do you think it's to do with all the rain we've had? Now wer'e also getting dewy mornings. I've just been pottering in the garden and my shoes are soaked.

Yesterday, I took the lid off my water butt and it was full of mossies. I dropped the lid and ran!

[lcg]

marmite/yeast tablets/garlic is the natural way to go. i would be a bit loathe to plaster myself in chemicals every day...but i appreciate that others might! i would try all three x

[Tilly2]

Right, marmite on toast for lunch today.

[Tilly2]

And 24 clove garlic chicken for tea.

[jno]

gaarlic will just attract French mossies - they can smell it all the way across the channel.

EB, I once had an abscess on my face - I don't know if it was a bite or what, but it came up looking like half a football. When I went into the hospital with it, the doctors all ran for their cameras. Wish they'd given me a photo of it.