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re: Chiggers, dear lord please someone help.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:02 pm to Themole
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:02 pm to Themole
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Oh, the bug is there alright.If it isn't there you ain't itching. They call them red bugs but they are actually more florescent orange and not that difficult to see.
You are correct on their color but you could not be more wrong about them in the skin. It's been well described in this thread already - there is nothing to kill in the skin except inflammation and itch. If you have mites actually burrowing into your skin then congrats on having scabies (a type of mange). See your doctor on this.
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Posted on 7/10/17 at 7:30 am to ReauxlTide222
I've been covered in chiggers 3-4 times and I've tried everything you can think of to stop the itch. Only thing that's worked for me is chigger x. You have to constantly apply it about every 30 minutes though.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 7:08 pm to ReauxlTide222
I used to call em redbugs but indians don't take kindly to it
They lost. DGAF
They lost. DGAF
Posted on 7/10/17 at 7:13 pm to AubieALUMdvm
you could not be more wrong about them in the skin
I never said they were in the skin (as embeded). I said look in the pore and you will see them, then plug them out/off (of the pore).
I never said they were in the skin (as embeded). I said look in the pore and you will see them, then plug them out/off (of the pore).
Posted on 7/10/17 at 7:29 pm to Themole
C'est la vie, itch on.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 10:06 pm to Themole
To quote again
Could not be more inaccurate. You scratch them b/c there is a reaction in the skin in which multiple inflammatory mediators are released and cause the sensation of itch. In the vast majority of cases there are no chiggers to be found by the time you start feeling itchy.
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If it isn't there you ain't itching.
Could not be more inaccurate. You scratch them b/c there is a reaction in the skin in which multiple inflammatory mediators are released and cause the sensation of itch. In the vast majority of cases there are no chiggers to be found by the time you start feeling itchy.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 4:09 am to ReauxlTide222
Straight Clorox on the bites
Posted on 7/11/17 at 12:43 pm to Spankum
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rub yourself down with alcohol and/or put a cup of bleach in bath water should kill them
Big misconception. They don't burrow into your skin like people think. The irritation and itching is caused by the caustic vomit they inject into the bite to keep the blood flowing.
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