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Posted: 5/27/2002 11:19:21 AM EDT

I got ate up by mosquitos the other night, and they're starting to itch like crazy right now. I'm thinking about just cutting them open and rinsing them out with vodka.

Any other ideas?

Posted: 5/27/2002 11:24:18 AM EDT

Sounds like a plan!

Posted: 5/27/2002 11:24:50 AM EDT

No, that sounds like a great idea. Drink the entire bottle of Vodka, mix if you must. Before you pass out take a very sharp knife and make an "X" over the bite and suck out the poison being very careful not to swallow. Tomorrow ask yourself "Where the hell did all these cuts come from!?!"

Posted: 5/27/2002 11:34:34 AM EDT

Cutting them open is a very bad idea because they will hurt 10x worse. Just leave them be maybe get a topical cream OTC for them. Hell, I've been putting on repellent even when I am inside because of the West Nile Virus.

Keving67

Posted: 5/27/2002 11:44:12 AM EDT

Mmmmm, Itchy!

Posted: 5/27/2002 12:13:23 PM EDT

Get yourself a bat house!!

Posted: 5/27/2002 12:20:02 PM EDT

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Cutting them open is a very bad idea because they will hurt 10x worse.
Keving67

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Posted: 5/27/2002 12:28:08 PM EDT

The vodka will work much better internally.

You can dilute it with tonic or other mixers, but be aware that this will reduce the efficacy of the "medicine".

Posted: 5/27/2002 12:55:13 PM EDT

Sand off the bumps.

or

....swabbing the bite with an antiseptic–alcohol or witch hazel

Posted: 5/27/2002 12:55:17 PM EDT

Jarhead22,

being as you are tuff & a Marine.., do it the real mans way, get a can of spray carbretor cleaner & a bic lighter, when they land on ya, just spray & flame !!

then drink the Vodka [:D]

Posted: 5/27/2002 1:02:14 PM EDT

One time, at boot camp.... (that one's for you, TheRedGoat [:D])

At Parris Island, I watched a guy take his scuz brush (wooden handled, stiff bristled scrub brush) to his sand flea bites until blood dripped from his fingertips. He knew he was tearing himself up, but it felt too good to stop.

I'm not quite at that point yet, but I was curious to see if anyone had any effective remedies for mosquito bites. I take it from this thread that the answer is pretty much a great big no.

Posted: 5/27/2002 1:10:04 PM EDT

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One time, at boot camp.... (that one's for you, TheRedGoat [:D])

At Parris Island, I watched a guy take his scuz brush (wooden handled, stiff bristled scrub brush) to his sand flea bites until blood dripped from his fingertips. He knew he was tearing himself up, but it felt too good to stop.

I'm not quite at that point yet, but I was curious to see if anyone had any effective remedies for mosquito bites. I take it from this thread that the answer is pretty much a great big no.

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Okay, aside from getting ripped on vodka and forgetting about the itch, I have used Campho-Phenique on mosquito bites and it did a pretty good job of stopping the itch. You should be able to find it a most drug stores.

I've also heard that crushing up some aspirin, mixing with enough water to make a paste, and putting this paste on the bites will help. I've never tried it, so I can't say whether it works or not.

Posted: 5/27/2002 1:21:03 PM EDT

1)topical hydrocortisone cream or ointment(cortaid 10) work into skin as needed-you can use this alot if needed, and you will.

2)caladryl lotion in between. Could also use Aveeno bath or lotion.

3)benadryl-- wil probably help more than anything for the itching. It will make you drowsy, especially at higher doses. Care with driving, etc.

----don't use aspirin paste.

Posted: 5/27/2002 1:25:07 PM EDT

I don't know about aspirin, but antihistimines work fairly well. Get the ones that have powder inside the gelatin capsule, mix with a little water and put it on the bite.

I did that until one summer working construction. Too many bites to even deal with it. If you don't scratch them at all they aren't that bad. After about a month of being eaten alive I was pretty much immune to mosquito bites - don't even feel them any more.

Posted: 5/27/2002 1:26:05 PM EDT

I swear this works I use this every time I get a mosquito bite. Before you go to bed put toothpaste over the bite by morning the itch should be gone.

Posted: 5/27/2002 1:28:00 PM EDT

[img]http://www.absorbinejr.com/images/nav/logo.gif[/img]....Honest, it works. Kills the itch in a minute.

Posted: 5/27/2002 1:59:34 PM EDT

My dad used to bring some stuff home from his work, can't remember the name but that shit worked great. It was like 98% ammonia I think, in a little tube looked like a marker. Stung some going on but it stopped the itchin quick. Think maybe the name was After Bite?

Posted: 5/27/2002 3:14:29 PM EDT

rhuli-gel I used it in Alaska, works well and lasts a while.

Absorbine Jr. works well too just doesn't last as long.

Posted: 5/27/2002 3:55:40 PM EDT

I remember rubbing Jewel Weed on mosquito bites when I was a kid at camp, seemed to work pretty well.

[url]http://www.holoweb.com/cannon/jewelwee2.htm[/url]

Posted: 5/27/2002 4:03:12 PM EDT

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My dad used to bring some stuff home from his work, can't remember the name but that shit worked great. It was like 98% ammonia I think, in a little tube looked like a marker. Stung some going on but it stopped the itchin quick. Think maybe the name was After Bite?

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That product was called "After-bite" and works well right after you get the bite. I have seen it under several other names since then (15 years ago or so).

Posted: 5/27/2002 4:10:39 PM EDT

Ha,
At first I thought this thread would be talking about
Girls with small tits.

Posted: 5/27/2002 4:18:48 PM EDT

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My dad used to bring some stuff home from his work, can't remember the name but that shit worked great. It was like 98% ammonia I think, in a little tube looked like a marker. Stung some going on but it stopped the itchin quick. Think maybe the name was After Bite?

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My dad used to borrow something similar from the first aid kits in his work truck. They were little glas vials inside a plastic sheath with a bit of cotton stuck in the end. You broke the vial and the stuff seeped into the cotton which you then rubbed on the bite. Worked great.

Posted: 5/27/2002 4:18:59 PM EDT

It's nothing but a challenge to your self control. If you're a little girl, then you'll need help- Anti-itch medicines are for pansies, and the fortitudinally challenged. Around here the mosquitoes weigh 1-2 pounds, and sound like black helicopters! If they bite you, you might lose an arm... Quit your whining!

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Posted: 5/27/2002 10:31:51 PM EDT

I would much rather have mosquito bites than hives! At least you don't get bit on the soles of your feet or palms of your hands and the intense itching doesn't last a week!

They told me that Chigg Away works pretty good on bug bites.

Posted: 5/28/2002 12:18:57 AM EDT

Try one of the old time remedys that my mother taught me. Rub some soap into the bite area, this will take the itch away. Also works with ant bites.
GPSS
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Posted: 5/28/2002 1:36:04 AM EDT

Don't know but if i were going to cut some mosquitoes open i would want Wolf Pack to do it as he is a licensed ninja. And after he cut them open he would probably wash them out with Hawaiian punch, followed with a twinkie or two.

bob [:D]

Posted: 5/28/2002 4:51:01 AM EDT

Make a paste of Adolf's Tenderizer and water. Put it on the bite or sting. It takes the itch/hurt right out. No shit!

Posted: 5/28/2002 5:49:28 AM EDT

chewin tobacco juice works pretty well also !!!!!

Posted: 5/28/2002 6:18:37 AM EDT

Windex has enough ammonia to counteract the irritants in the saliva that the skeeter left in the bite, but doesn't stink as much as pure ammonia or smelling salts, so your lady will still come near you.

Hell, I use the Windex on ME more than I do the WINDOWS!

Posted: 5/28/2002 9:25:16 AM EDT

Hey, I can answer this one, being allergic to mosquito bites!

1. benadryl
2. fluocinonide cream (perscription needed)

I have tried practiclly all the home remedys, so far the above combination is working well. "After-bite" was my favorite for a long time, but then it quit working. Don't know why. Tried the meat tendorizer, soap, asprine, amonia, cutting and sucking, herbs, etc.

Just to let you know how bad they are on me, a single bite will produce a welt the size of a dime to a nickle about 3-5mm high. Sometimes they come in really funny shapes. My favorite one was a paralellagram (diamond shaped).

The biggest I have had welt was ~2.5cm dia. The doctor thought it was a spider bite or something else, but I smashed the mosquito when it bit me. So I knew what it was.

The most important thing to do is, just as the itching starts, apply the cream and take the benadryl. Don't wait for the welt to show, by then it is to late. You will be itching until the body works things out.

Posted: 5/28/2002 9:33:30 AM EDT

Damn with a name like guzzler you would think you would have a toxic blood count that would knock any bitting bug to the ground!

Posted: 5/28/2002 10:16:37 AM EDT

I've been using Campho Penique since I was a kid. Mosquitos love me, so I know what I'm talking about. It works great. [;)]

Posted: 5/28/2002 10:45:35 AM EDT

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One time, at boot camp.... (that one's for you, TheRedGoat [:D])

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I hear ya knockin'

Posted: 5/28/2002 3:58:56 PM EDT

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Damn with a name like guzzler you would think you would have a toxic blood count that would knock any bitting bug to the ground!

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You would think that... but those damn buggers are resilent pain in the asses!

Posted: 5/28/2002 4:09:27 PM EDT

Baking Soda+Water paste?
Calamine?
Ice?
Topical Steroid: hydrocortisone cream?
Antihistamine? (Will probably sedate you)
An anti-inflammatory like Advil?
Time.

Posted: 5/28/2002 4:14:28 PM EDT

I burn mine, and when the pain of the burn goes away, it takes the itch with it. Just do not touch it or it will start up again!

Posted: 5/29/2002 9:25:06 AM EDT

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Baking Soda+Water paste?

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I forgot about that one! It DOES work! Really well. Just make a paste, smear it on and let it dry. It is messy, but it works for when I don't have my pills or cream.

Posted: 5/29/2002 11:20:31 AM EDT

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At Parris Island, I watched a guy take his scuz brush (wooden handled, stiff bristled scrub brush) to his sand flea bites until blood dripped from his fingertips. He knew he was tearing himself up, but it felt too good to stop.

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I forget what article he was violating but it is something to the effect of destruction of goverment property. UCMJ punishible offense.

Like I told you at lunch Jarhead_22, you need to eat more garlic, that will make you un palatable to any biting insect. Ancient Oriental Secret. [;)]

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