mosquito bites

have you ever tried this and does it work?
(apparently you have to suck up the poison therefore minimizing the consequences) would a normal syringe do?

 

The normal syringe is designed to push liquid in, trying to pull liquid out will only dislodge the rubber 'pusher' from the plastic shaft. I use a dab of "Tiger Beer" if available or if not "Tiger Balm".

Cheers, Tony.

 

Its too late once its bitten you , the damage is done , if you can catch it while its still on you it still leaves a bad mark.

With a bee sting you scrape it off the skin rather than squeeze as more venom goes in.

Waste of ££
Spruce

 

So instead of little red dots where you've been bitten, you can pay some money to buy some kit to enlarge them to massive red dots. I reckon that would work, if what you want is massive red dots instead of little ones.

 

Any other Tiger Products work Tony?

 

that makes very much sense

 

When I lived in Cyprus, we used toothpaste.The menthol helped with the itch.
We bought a little green clicker pen from the chemist, and after giving yourself about 3 clicks on the red wou nd, it would stop itching(it felt like a mini electric shock)

 

I was on 74 Squadron (The Tigers) in Singapore Zigs, where I aquired my liking for all things Tiger.

Apart from those noisy aircraft. As the Yanks called them "Aluminum [sic] death tubes" (English Electric Lightenings).

Cheers, Tony.

 

When I get a mossie bite, within minutes I get massive swelling and pain
My last visit to a mossie infested pine forest in Italy I used one of those
electronic pens and it worked (basically a mini, gas lighter that gives you a shock
if you use it in the dark you can see the electronic spark )

Now the embarrasing bit (I do not know if when you go to a pharmasist in ITALY
you actually are required to show the pharmasist the damaged part)

Anyway I slept naked, and got bitten on my whatsit, apart from the pain, it was
now the size of a Fairy Liquid bottle and agony
I went to the chemist/doc and she asked me to show her I tried to explain that
I was biten by a zan zante mossie, but the assistant had to check it out too

I got to pay for some tablets and cream (had to rub it in myself misserable gits)
consequently when in Mossie country I now sleep in a Divers suit

Jack McH

 

The good old Avon Dry Oil Body Spray (Original) is used by people on Holiday and outdoor workers (Building Sites, Woodsmen etc.) as a deterrent to Mossie/Midgie etc. bites.
It's better to ward off than treat the resultant sting.

 

My daughter in Canada says they cut a lime and rub that on the bite.

 

The short answer is no - they don't leave a 'sting' in the skin (in the same way as bees do for example) - what itches and irritates the skin with a mossie bite, is (as already been said) the 'poison' they inject. You can buy any amount of pills, potions and preparations from a Chemist, including Autan, which you can spray on yourself or around a room, buy a 'Pain Gone' pen or just rub some alloe vera or vinegar on it.

 

Taking an antihistamine tablet daily helps ward off the annoying critters. If you do get stung, a dab of Eucalyptus oil works wonders.