UNDER my wedding ring, really!

I can well believe that somehow they got under your ring, I've had similar, I don't know how they do it but they can bite through so many things. I have A+ blood and that doesn't protect me. When I lived near a marsh one particular afternoon/ evening I got bitten so badly on my arms that I couldnt get sleeves on so couldn't go to work until the swelling went down, I was so swollen. Another time, different place I got bitten by something like a horse fly or some other sort of horrible fly and it got infected, I got a horrendous carbuncular boil, had to go to the doc as it got worse, had a similar one with an ant bite. I've had anaphylactic reactions to bee stings, the one time I got headlice (in my 30s) from a child at my daughter's primary school , I didn't have many, but I reacted badly to the bites. Never had fleas, thank heavens, and I'm terrified of staying somewhere that has bedbugs. Maybe I had a sheltered upbringing but we never had headlice at my school, and bedbugs were something that Victorians had that had been eradicated.

I am a walking mozzie magnet, like many of you.

I now have anti-mosquito netting on windows and patio doors but the little bu**ers still manage to enter the house, I guess via the front door.

I take a multi-discplinary approach and immediate action when bitten else I won't be able to sleep for five or six days and have enormous oh-so-itchy lumps that last for weeks that actually leave scars.

Firstly, take an anti-histamine tablet; Certirizine works best for me.

I then apply a 'clicker' (available in chemists shops and no doubt, on-line too) on top of the bite. I think....it does some good.

Thirdly is witch hazel. Any chemist will sell it and I use the liquid form and apply all around and over the bite. Very cooling.

When that has dried I apply some anti-histamine cream.

I repeat as necessary for the next week or so but often many times daily.

I find that if one acts quickly, the pain and itch is reduced.

Good luck to everyone who suffers from this extremely annoying problem. Those unaffected (as is Mr C who tells me he is delighted to be married to me as he is seldom bitten when I am around!) has absolutely no idea of the magnitude of the problem in spoiling everyday life!

I feel for you all. I’m lucky in that I only get bitten occasionally, but my mother was regularly bitten and the bites really swelled up. Afterbite does work, or a little hydrocortisone cream.

I suffer from bites too. We used to live near marshes and I even got bitten through a canvas chair!

I find if I eat marmite that I don’t get bitten! And they usually love me!!

Try Avon skin so soft seems to work for my DD and they love her

I get big pink lumps if I'm bitten too, we once went to a September wedding in Scotland and spent a night on a beach in a tent. My poor husband was woken up and told to smoke to drive the little blighters away. The next day my face was so swollen and itchy that I was almost unrecognisable, but a local pharmacist gave me something to apply that worked brilliantly.

I like to sleep under just a sheet with the windows open so, unsurprisingly, get bitten on my shoulders. If bites get to frequent I take antihistamine tablets, but my reaction seems to be reducing slightly as I get older.
Bites from those horrible big flies are another matter, I have had arms to swollen that they almost wouldn't move.

I read this week that Ripwort Plantain leaves aid healing for stings. Look up a picture they are quite common.

Have you tried Avon Dry Oil Spray. The green one. It really does keep midges and bite things away.

More praise here for Avon Skin so Soft (blue)
avon.uk.com/products/skin-so-soft-original-dry-oil-spray
I always take it with me to Scotland during the mozzie season and it works (for me)

I got a tick bite when gardening a week ago. Didn't feel anything but later saw small red dot on my leg. 24 hrs later leg was swollen, hard, hot and painful to put weight on it. Ended up with antibiotics which worked on the leg but made me feel yuk!. Apparently have to wait up to 2 months for 'bullseye' on leg which will show if tick was infected.

Deet is very effective.

I used to go to Greece for holidays and every time I got bitten to death! bites were big lumps as big as eggs, which wept horribly. I learnt to take Piriton for a few days before every trip, so it was in my bloodstream (A-) and then I was fine, I think once you are bitten and have the reaction its too late, the stuff needs to be in your bloodstream first. This was when I was in my 30's for some reason they no longer find me attractive in my 70's!

Avon Skin so Soft original,dry oil spray. Stops them biting. Moisturises your skin as well & smells lovely.

Avon's Skin So Soft dry oil is a perfect protection. Just spray yourself on exposed areas and you will be safe. Mosquitoes hate it!

I get eaten alive too. But have discovered two little electronic devices that prevent being bitten. One is solar powered the other is usb charged. Both under £5 on Amazon or Temu.

Avon skin so soft spray on oil, I was told the military use it. But evidence is ‘anecdotal’. I always use it when cycling by the canal, haven’t had any bites in years.

won't work with a reservoir but for ponds, butts and garden water, I use this. very expensive but it works. there are also dunks (bigger ones) Be careful. many sellers are trying to sell their stuff as the same and its not. www.amazon.co.uk/Generic-Mosquito-Bits-Natural-Effective/dp/B0CYR3RX8K/ref=sr_1_6?crid=KKCX2437FYOS&keywords=mosquito+bits&sprefix=mosquito+bits%2Caps%2C107&dib_tag=se&tag=gransnetforum-21&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U3xqcPY5OsgL6YaA_JJ4hVKSxXwry0Rlg_k-CPeSfmNhJrLdani0B6sVjqyiK78v2u3dTxhy8lUVPfjBjR-t9WxiVZU5niN5om5v4tMqBSa4AuXr8Y12YXvtl9PqOYgdlw2RcUqyEAR9hjzwzpUbQ49v8-kOVeVkKR54UkE05G3cPJAmWZVTw4YCUi7OuNcyXFjrFGG4OKmFrw9YZ6Ci1tDeqI1uhcYS8NC9usYaMHp7LYVu8s3ARtSGS30Wsn7m_XiDnpDxuJP7YryQEdWU88tDxuvJfqef9lOdXwlGpok.lPNsQZv_6zAjUICMefKR7RVkcdDIEK3-u2Z-7VFDBMU&qid=1719226249&sr=8-6

Sprays* not Sprats. Haha

I feel your pain.
I am allergic to mosquito bites and have to take Rx penicillin if I'm ever bitten.
The ONLY repellant that works for me is Jungle Formula Maximum (has to be maximum strength). I have sprats, rolll-on's of it all over the house plus one in my handbag.
Many years ago I was badly bitten and ended up in hospital on a drip whereby the bites on my legs were drained of poison. Still have scarring.
My mum was affected exactly the same and so is my daughter, although not as bad as I am.
I've read that being a certain blood type is a contributory factor.
I'm O+, my mum was A+ as is my daughter.
My husband is A+ and the little s*ds fly over him to get to me !!!

I used to live near the river in Blandford and so the dreaded, well known locally Blandford Fly used me for its three square meals a day. The local GP told me to wear trousers to prevent them getting at my skin. I did and one little buzzer got inside, under my pants elastic and had himself a good meal, probably because he couldn't see an escape route. Yep, it hurt - a lot. We've now moved to a (fairly) buzzer free area.

I have heard it is the female hormones that attract the mosquitos.

DH refers to me as his insect repellant, I get perhaps 49 on each leg and he is untouched, despite me covering up and using repellent and him in shorts. Life is not fair! But if he does get one, boy do I hear about it, almost as if I have failed him!😄

I have suffered terribly from mosquito bites, both as a child and an adult, and would be covered in bites every time I went abroad. To make matters worse, I had an allergic reaction to many of them. Strangely, for the last few years I have escaped their clutches. This seemed to coincide with the start of the menopause, no idea if that's the reason, but I'm obviously not so tasty any more!

Thanks for the advice. I think it's too cold for mosquitoes here but we have clegs and midges.

My df got a tick bite here last week which concerned me. There are roe deer all around.