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I was truly munched on by the local small flying nasties in the Wyre over the weekend, and I usually shrug it off insect bites, but I have around 16 bites on my legs that are really quite uncomfortable. As there no chance of talking to the doctor, I'm not spending 12 hours in A&E just yet, so I'm off to the pharmacy in a short while. Wondered if anyone has any suggestions on some thing to relieve them. I took Loradine for 2 days and moved to cetirizine Hydrochloride today, and it's not getting worse but it's not getting much better either. Idea's?
(I have some smidge on order to see if that wards them off in the future)
Anthisan might help a bit.
Hydrocortisone cream. Ibuprofen.
What bit you?
If it goes a colour that isn't a shade of red or feels hot, see a pharmacist or a doctor.
Prevention being better than cure, I take Cetirizine Hydrochloride daily as soon as the weather warms up.
I got bitten on the front of the leg a couple of weekends back. Middle of nowhere in the middle of Wales. I brushed my leg, saw a dribble of blood run down. Didn't think much more until that night, when the area about the size of my palm was red, really hot, and tingling / sore (to a level it would wake me up).
Not sure in hindsight whether it was a tick bite or something else. Part of lower leg became swollen too.
Anyway... once back home then in my case a call to the GP, and the receptionist went through some usual checks (to make sure I was at having a heart attack or stroke etc) and then was referred to a local pharmacy. As via this route the pharmacist can prescribe antibiotics if needed. Half our later a call to the pharmacist, sorted to get see them later that day, and ended up with antibiotics.
Taken 2 weeks to calm down.
No idea what bit me, small fly type creature were swarming the forest.. but I cycled they for 20 odd years without this issue. Saw the pharmacist (always my plan), they said due to the amount of bites, to go to the doctors or phone 111. As I was near the doctor I took the opportunity to be brushed off but amazingly got an appointment... been back for the appointment and have broad spectrum anti-botics and Fusidic/Hydrocortison cream
Prevention being better than cure, I take Cetirizine Hydrochloride daily as soon as the weather warms up.
I'm already taking so may supplements, it's becoming unreal, I'll look that one up too
It's just the stuff you get in one-a-day hayfever tablets.
No idea what bit me, small fly type creature were swarming the forest.. but I cycled they for 20 odd years without this issue. Saw the pharmacist (always my plan), they said due to the amount of bites, to go to the doctors or phone 111. As I was near the doctor I took the opportunity to be brushed off but amazingly got an appointment... been back for the appointment and have broad spectrum anti-botics and Fusidic/Hydrocortison cream
Prevention being better than cure, I take Cetirizine Hydrochloride daily as soon as the weather warms up.I'm already taking so may supplements, it's becoming unreal. I know hay fever suffers take it regularly but is it worthwhile as a preventative?wtaf is going on with formating^^^^ why is that blue?
All that alcohol hand gel wot we used during the lockdown actually works great on insect bites.
I got bit by something on my leg at Innerleithen last Spring, I think it must have been a Cleg / Horsefly.
My entire shin swole up something crazy, and I started to get worried when I could press my finger in and it would leave an indent for a good minute or two right on the front where normally its just bone.
The antihistamine bite stuff from the chemist didn't do anything over a couple days, but I started using just hand sanitiser stuff (more to stop any surface infection as it was so itchy I couldn't resist scratching) and it went away overnight.
Might have been a coincidence and it went away naturally, but I was pretty close to calling NHS24 at one stage tbh, and this stuff seemed to get rid of it.
I got bitten on the front of the leg a couple of weekends back. Middle of nowhere in the middle of Wales. I brushed my leg, saw a dribble of blood run down.
That sounds like a horse fly. Those bastards don’t stick pointy things into your flesh, they bite chunks out of your flesh. Thing is, you don’t notice them doing it!
Which reminds me, I got bitten a number of times at archery last year, so I must remember to apply liberal quantities of anti-vampire spray or stick to the exposed parts of my body. Which is quite a lot at this time of year!
Another vote for hydrocortisone cream from me. Stops the itch within minutes.
I've found one of those fancy German electronic bite relief gizmos an absolute life saver, they "cook" the proteins in the venom apparently.
Search for Beurer insect bite healer on Amazon or similar.
Not one to use for bites from bigger / infectable things, but for midge bites I get a spoon hot by putting it in hot water, and then i rub the bite with the spoon. The heat denatures the enzymes and it's basically instant relief for long enough that you can stop itching it and reduce the aggravation.
I get bitten by everything and have terrible reactions.
My go-to is regular ice and elevation, an inordinate amount of hydrocortisone cream, and Cetirizine tablets.
My most recent bite (possible horse fly) resulted in a course of antibiotics and some fucibet cream, but that was an unusually bad one with a stonking infection to boot.
Horseflies are nasty bastards. The bites are distinctive, two small parallel cuts rather than your usual pinprick.
There's a British company who do the zappers, proven to work! https://www.lessmosquito.com/products/zap-ease-instant-insect-bite-relief
The beurer things work fantastically for bites.
Horse flies love me. However the GP isn't really interested unless the swelling is really 'out of control'.
I carry a small hand sanitiser around with me, the moment I feel the bite (sometimes you feel it bite straightaway and sometimes only later when the irritation starts) I rub the sanitiser in (scratch it in hard to get it down into the bite).
Horrid things and it usually means at least 4 days of little sleep, swelling, oozing and itchiness, urrggh.
I've found one of those fancy German electronic bite relief gizmos an absolute life saver, they "cook" the proteins in the venom apparently.
Search for Beurer insect bite healer on Amazon or similar.
Plus whatever for this. I carry it in my riding pack and use as soon as possible after any sort of bite. It denatures the proteins that your body reacts to apparently, but from a user point of view it just works, stops the itching and reaction within minutes, if/when it returns, just repeat. Brilliant things.
https://www.beurer.com/uk/p/60734/
+1 for hydrocortisone cream.
For anti-histamine - fexofenadine is non-drowsy. What was prescription-only Telfast, is now available over the counter e.g. Allevia, though at 120mg only. NZ Pharmacy gave me the 180mg variant for a massive number of sandfly bites. Couple of days later - no itching.
Another vote for a zapper rather than tabs.