Bug bites = Evilness
I currently have somewhere between 35 and 40 bug bites. The majority of the bites are on my legs. In fact, only three of the are above my waist, and a few of the ones below are in really, really bad places. All of them happened within the past week. They itch, they hurt, and they're driving me completely insane.
I originally thought I was just being attacked by mosquitos - I react worse to mosquito bites than most people, and these felt like mosquito bites usually do. Then last night I found 10-15 new bites, 6 of which are in two rows on my right thigh. Those are no moaquito bites. After racking my brain for a while, I realized that these are probably chigger bites and promptly washed all clothing and bedding that I've come in contact with in the past week. I have no idea where I picked them up, but it's the only thing that even begins to make sense. As far as I can tell, I didn't get any new bites today.
I've gone through an entire tube of hydrocortisone cream, I'm taking benadryl every four hours, and pain killers occasionally on top of that. I'm absolutely miserable. If I'm lucky though, and have managed to kill the loose chiggers, then I should only have to deal with this for another week or two. Otherwise I'll get to suffer even longer. Oh joy. The great thing is that I have so many bites now that it will be difficult to notice new ones. =/
I originally thought I was just being attacked by mosquitos - I react worse to mosquito bites than most people, and these felt like mosquito bites usually do. Then last night I found 10-15 new bites, 6 of which are in two rows on my right thigh. Those are no moaquito bites. After racking my brain for a while, I realized that these are probably chigger bites and promptly washed all clothing and bedding that I've come in contact with in the past week. I have no idea where I picked them up, but it's the only thing that even begins to make sense. As far as I can tell, I didn't get any new bites today.
I've gone through an entire tube of hydrocortisone cream, I'm taking benadryl every four hours, and pain killers occasionally on top of that. I'm absolutely miserable. If I'm lucky though, and have managed to kill the loose chiggers, then I should only have to deal with this for another week or two. Otherwise I'll get to suffer even longer. Oh joy. The great thing is that I have so many bites now that it will be difficult to notice new ones. =/