I just counted 47 chigger bites on my legs

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

I'm just sayin....

[onecent]

1. Time for some clear nail polish.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

8. I've got Chigarid all over me

but then it drives me crazy, I pull it off, then scratch all my skin off, and put on more Chigarid, which then BURNS because I was just scratching it.

Oh yeah. It's fun.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

2. what are chigger bites?

are they like bedbugs?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

9. Hmmm, hard to describe

they are these tiny biting things that apparently live in the grass in the south. The itch is about 500 times worse than a mosquito bite. In fact, the son of one of my friends got chigger bitten so badly, he started running a high fever and they had to just leave him in oatmeal baths for hours.

I think (unless this is a myth) they burrow under your skin (they are VERY VERY TINY!) and they stay there and that's why they itch so badly. If you put clear nail polish on the bites, it suffocates them and they die, then the itching stops and they eventually work their way out of your skin.

It's pretty horrid. The itching woke me up from a dead sleep at 4 am.

[blackcat77]

14. Not just the south

I can personally testify that Indiana has them too.

LOTS of them. I made the mistake of sitting down in the woods one time and paid for it for the next week.

[EstimatedProphet]

3. Oh, aren't you going to have fun for the weekend!

Lotion may help

[wtmusic]

4. M-mm, tasty

does one drink red or white with MS legs? :P

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

6. What are MS legs?

[wtmusic]

11. Moonbeam Starlight, of course! n/t

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

12. DEERRRRRR Sorry!

That's much funnier now! Sorry, I'm slow!

[NashVegas]

5. Eek!

That's the one (okay, one of many) things that freak me out about the South. I grew up in the Adirondack foothills, where generally there's nothing in the woods or lawns or fields that can hurt you (outside of the normal bees, etc) just by being there minding your own business.


Chiggers. Grrrrr.

[tridim]

7. At least they're just on your legs

I remember getting them as a kid in a place that's a bit more private.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

10. Yes

my neighbor's son (eight years old) got them on his privates so badly they took him to the emergency room.

Things were wayyyyy too swollen for an eight year old, let's just say that.

[Dob Bole]

13. Just rub your socks up and down!!

That way you can scratch your ankles without messing them up too bad!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

17. Yeah

I also scratch AROUND the real itch and that does trick my nerve endings sometimes.

Still. My legs are a freaking MESS. They scare my family.

[Stew225]

15. That's odd! I counted 56. eom

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

18. Hmmm, lemme do a recount, I'll get back to you

could there be MORE???

[Dob Bole]

20. A Recount? You sill leftist...

recounts are for girly men...

[DS1]

16. Go inside before you start counting, you'll avoid the cycle of destruction

:evilgrin:

[okasha]

19. Chiggers

Vaseline will also suffocate the little buggers. It takes a bit longer, but it doesn't take your skin off with it.

Next time, pull your sock tops up over your pants cuffs, tie your bootlaces around them and spray like bloody hell.

Okasha

[lastknowngood]

21. ChiggerX at walmart works great

n/t

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. Yeah, well, my girlfriend sucked 37 dicks.

[dolo amber]

23. "In a ROW?"

:D

[Magrittes Pipe]

24. Try not to suck any dick on your way to the parking lot.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

25. Ok I'll try not to!

Good advice!

[TXlib]

26. That is SOOO un-PC!

They're not "chiggers"

They're "chiggish-americans"! :evilgrin:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

27. OMG

that literally made me laugh out loud.

I nearly peed my pants.

[RebelOne]

28. I just took my doggie outside and I have too many to count.

I have just about used up a whole bottle of alcohol.

[eleny]

29. Please be aware that chiggers are ticks and can carry lime disease

So, this is potentially serious. Perhaps a visit to your doctor would be wise. I really don't mean to be an alarmist but I have a dear friend who has lime disease and she never had the telltale ring on her skin. Be well and take care.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

30. Hey, is this why my ankles itch like a mofo at night? They are mostly

okay all day, but as soon as I take off my shoes and pants getting ready to go to bed in the evening I itch like crazy, mostly ankles just above the line where my sox end (I usually wear low cut socks), and to a degree on the calves and inside of my knees too.

I figured it just had something to do with dry skin and the temperature change taking off clothes at the end of the day, but reading all these chigger threads makes me wonder...

[Tsiyu]

31. The Chiggers are insane this year

My kids and I look like we have some disease. We are supposed to canoe the Elk River in a few hours ( which is why I'm up at 3 am typing here...hmmmmm) and my daughter is afraid to show her gamey legs.

Tips: Zinc Oxide or Desitin. Messy but effective. And always shower after coming in from grassy areas. They don't latch on right away so yu can hose them off. Sorry, Moonbeam. Nothing itches as bad as a chigger bite. The gift that keeps on giving.....

[harper]

32. I was in the same situation earlier this summer

Nothing helps except time (about a week and a half) and lanicane. You know, the anti-itch medication. It will become your friend.

[argyl]

33. My sympathies.I knew you were in Texas before I checked your profile.