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Help needed for unknown insect bites

Posted By Emans (London, England) on 09/04/2011

Hello,

Firstly thank you for taking time to read this, 2 weeks ago friday 26/08/11 I was at work at noticed that my left foot was really itchy so after suffering the entire day I finished work and headed home after checking my foot I noticed that I had received 2 bites from an insect of some sort on my ankle and at the top of my foot near my toes anyway it did not seem all bad im not new to insect bites so I ignored it totally.

After several days of continued itchiness and suffering I decided to look at my foot again having totally ignored it, however when I checked my foot this time I was shocked to see that on the top of my foot near my toes the bite had gone from a simple bite to a circle very red/purple about a coin and half in size if not bigger and on the ankle it had swollen some and again become very red I decided that I had never seen this before so I went to the gp the day after the doctor confirmed it was an insect bite and was unable to tell me what insect she gave me antibiotics named flucloxacillin (500mg capsules) had to take 4 every day and today a week after my foot has not improved and while one of the circle has gone there some sort of different red marks I took some pictures,

This are the ankle shots (sorry they are terrible),

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And these are my toes ones,

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As you can see from the white stains I have tried baking soda, keeping my foot in boiling water with salt, and your normal house old disinfectant but nothing has stopped the itchiness or made these bites go away so I found this site and hoping you guys have some suggestions of what to do.

Once again thank you for reading this.

Replied by Maria (Gippsland, Australia) on 09/05/2011

Hi Emans, Last week the top of my foot was swollen and itchy we could see it was a bite of some sort so tried the usual things that mostly work for me but this time they didn't. Then tried iodine topically and in less than a minute the itching stopped. It came back in a couple of hours so reapplied the iodine. Did the iodine about four times that day and the next. Also did one application on the second day of an arthritis/muscle cream that contained boswellia. No more itching and is currently healing nicely, just two scabs both smaller than a pinhead. The iodine gave almost instant relief from the itching. All the best.

Replied by Maggie (Liverpool, Merseyside) on 09/05/2011

To Emans of London.

Insects love eating me. Over the summer, while gardening I had a few bites unlike any I had before. Very bad reaction & quite a large piece of skin/flesh was visibly missing. I tried all the usual remedies. Nothing worked & they wouldn't heal properly for a couple of weeks. I was left with scars.

I recently 'discovered' this site, and next time I was bitten by the mystery insect, I tried using 3% HP on a Qtip. Unbelievable!!! Itching stopped immediately. No swelling. Healed in a couple of days with no scarring. Amazing! Still no idea which insect it was though! Try it...... Good Luck.....Maggie

Replied by Emans (London, England) on 09/05/2011

Thank you for the replies,

This may be a silly question what is 3% HP? also thank you maria I will try to get what you suggested as soon as possible.

EC: 3% HP= hydrogen peroxide

Replied by Maria (Gippsland, Australia) on 09/05/2011

Sorry forgot to say it was lugol's iodine. I do think any iodine would be ok as it's for topical application.

Replied by Jr (Coloma, Mi) on 09/05/2011

I know this sounds crazy but the thing that works really well is to put a penny on any bite. We just tape it on with some scotch tape and forget about it. It takes the itch out. We have been using it for mosquito bites but it may work for other bites as well. If it is still itching when we go to bed, we leave it on overnight and that usually takes care of it without using anything else.

Replied by Debbie (Melbourne, Australia ) on 09/05/2011

It doesn't sound crazy if penny's are made of copper. Copper is a natural antibacterial agent. It will kill off most bacteria pretty quick. It can even kill MRSA very quick in a couple of hours and E Coli. Amazing stuff.

Replied by Tena (Champaign, Il) on 06/17/2012

Mosquito bite: I used HP 3% on a cotton ball. I used a bandaid to hold it in place and the itch was gone immediately! Left it on for 45 mins to an hour. Worked great! Normally I would have scratched it til it bled! Give it a try!

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