Posted: 1/24/2017 2:48:16 PM EDT
| Not sure if it is just me but my ticket bites take a long time to heal. They seem to turn to ulcers and sometimes get infected. Normal or am I having some type of allergic reaction? |
| I had this problem and mine required antibiotics to clear up. Left permanent scars as the bite sites filled up with infected puss the size of a silver dollar. Turns out after the third incident in a year, I am/was a MRSA carrier which was causing the wounds to get bacteria under the skin. Might want to get checked for MRSA. More common than the medical community has let on. Had to wash with antibacterial soap for a week. |
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I used to not have any reactions 20 years ago or so, just like a skeeter bite.
But over the last 15+ years I have similar reactions as you state. Even a tiny seed tick will raise cain with me. I wonder if the ticks are getting worse or its me with getting older. We get lone star, deer and seed tick bad around here. I dont remember ticks being as prevalent as they are now either. |
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Probably allergic to them. With me they stay weepy and itchy for months even if I leave me alone. Never fails that about the time they crust over I barely bump them and the fire ant like itch is back. My doc said it's a reaction to the saliva, kinda like the bodies reaction to the "tube" a chigger makes in you and it has to work out of your skin.
I apparently traded being allergic to ticks for being immune to poison ivy though. Not sure it was worth it. |
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There is a product called "chigg-away"
it is actually used by the military and has a NSN This stuff is suppost to be a repellent, but also works GREAT for after the bite, especially for chiggers. Well worth hunting it down off the web and getting a couple bottles. It is the only thing that soothes chigger itch for me also works on tick bites and bee/wasp stings |
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Try this on the bites afterwards...
Bag Balm is a salve developed in 1899 to soothe irritation on cows' udders after milking.[1][2] The product is officially only meant for animals and is inspected as such by the United States Food and Drug Administration.[2] Nevertheless, it is also often used as a treatment for chapped and irritated skin on humans and can be found in places such as drugstores, ski resorts, online vendors, and needlework stores, in addition to farm and feed stores. Its uses are claimed to be many, for example: "squeaky bed springs, psoriasis, dry facial skin, cracked fingers, burns, zits, diaper rash, saddle sores, sunburn, pruned trees, rifles, shell casings, bedsores and radiation burns."[2] My family use to have a dairy about 80 years ago and would always have it around for chapped udders, but we've been using it for everything mentioned above long after the dairy was gone. Works well for healing & preventing infections. 
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| You can buy special tick protective suit and wear it when you venture in the wilderness. Also, treat it with Permethrine and you'll be ok. |
| I've got a bug suit, Shannon Bug Tamer, IIRC. Don't have to put chemicals all over myself. It has a see through hood that isn't too bad to see through. I'll put some insect repellant around my ankles between the suit and my shoes and I'm good to go. If it's warm out I'll just wear shorts underneath the suit, and the breeze goes right through it and keeps me cool. You don't want Lyme disease, trust me. I know a guy that had it. |