Allergies
I am allergic to mosquito bites.
Okay, I know we're all allergic to them, hence the "bump", but I am super-allergic to them.
It first happened late last year.
I get a bump, but if I rub it or scratch it *at all* it become a large, red bump. It remains red even if I don't scratch it again.
If I have the misfortune to find a bite somewhere where clothes cover it, I get a really, really big red bump from the fabric brushing it.
In fact, it gets so big and red it kind of looks like a third nipple. Nice.
We use citronella, I use bug repellant when I can, and we have a plug-in thing for night time. But still I get bitten. I'm thinking about dietary changes - anyone have any ideas?
Moral of the story: we're all allergic to mosquito bites, I'm just more allergic than anyone else I've ever met.
Okay, I know we're all allergic to them, hence the "bump", but I am super-allergic to them.
It first happened late last year.
I get a bump, but if I rub it or scratch it *at all* it become a large, red bump. It remains red even if I don't scratch it again.
If I have the misfortune to find a bite somewhere where clothes cover it, I get a really, really big red bump from the fabric brushing it.
In fact, it gets so big and red it kind of looks like a third nipple. Nice.
We use citronella, I use bug repellant when I can, and we have a plug-in thing for night time. But still I get bitten. I'm thinking about dietary changes - anyone have any ideas?
Moral of the story: we're all allergic to mosquito bites, I'm just more allergic than anyone else I've ever met.
posted by The Skirt at 10:42 am
2 Comments:
I had a really bad mosqito experience once when I was in Africa during my OE. I was sleeping in the truck because I didn't have a tent on my own, and was bitten horribly all night even though I was clothed all over. The next morning we were squashing fat mosquitoes in the truck and spilled lots of (my) blood. And yes, I came up in large red bumps too.
Ha! Finally catching up on your blog (on my first day back at work, ahem) and was reading about mozzies on a friend's blog - she had a link to a good site she found, I don't know how to put links in comments but her blog is mycatbernie.blogspot.com
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