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Another thing that I have heard is a paste of baking soda and water applied will help ease the itching - my body overreacts to mosquito bites (huge half-inch welt for each bite) so I will try that the next time I am unfortunate enough to get bitten. That's one of the good parts about living in the city - relatively few mosquitos!
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When I was little my grandmother used to make a paste of baking soda and vinegar for insect bites and stings. She would mix it in a big bowl because it would fizz when she poured the vinegar over the baking soda. THe chemical reaction was a good distraction, too. Karen, I get welts when I get insect bites. I've found that clobetasol ointment (available by Rx) works really well to stop the burning/itching/swelling reaction.Originally Posted by Karen
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I have a really bad reaction to mosquito bites and so use an aerosol repellant with 30 DEET that lasts for 8 hours. I wear long sleeved tops and long pants and only spray my clothes, not my skin, if I have to spend time in the garden. If I get careless and do get bitten occasionally, I use Benadryl cream and it does work but I have to apply every couple of hours.
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Thanks very much for all the suggestions. I'll try these.
A friend suggested OFF! Deep Woods as a repellent.
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Avon has a nice skin lotion, Skin So Soft. For some reason it also repels mosquitos.
Anything with DEET in it will work. Do NOT spray this on the cat!!
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Another itch reliever that I forgotten about and works well, is toothpaste - a good paste like Crest - not a gel variety. I got a wasp sting on my hand several years ago, and the itch and burning was maddening! I had heard about the toothpaste treatment and tried it - and it worked. This also works well to dry up cold sores/fever blisters in short order.
As far as repellants go - nothing works very well for me - so I just tend to stay in the house when the bugs are too bad.
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Thanks, Sandie and Ellie. CVS had the OFF!, but I got the CVS knockoff version, $2 cheaper. I'll see how that works, if the mosquitoes aren't rained out for the dinnertime visit.
Don't worry, I wouldn't spray it on Turk (the cat).
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