Bites !

lindsay ormerod · 11-06-2007, 20:02

Anyone know any miracle cures for horse fly bites ?
Got 4 on my leg from yesterday and I react really badly to 'em ;my leg has swollen up nearly double ! have had anti-histamine,painkillers and put Eurax cream on,and zapped the bites with my electronic zapper thing. They look awful,weepy and red and my leg feels like it's gonna pop !

K.S.H · 11-06-2007, 20:09

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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

Anyone know any miracle cures for horse fly bites ?

Keep your trousers on when in the country

harwood red · 11-06-2007, 20:14

sounds like you have tried nearly everything. I always use witch hazel gel as it seems to take the redness out of bites..in fact use witch hazel for loads of stuff, sunburn, grazes, bites etc...

But sounds like your bites may be beyond that though..sorry and hope they get better soon

junetta · 11-06-2007, 20:38

I'm allergic to mosquito bites and no matter what I put on them, the swelling doesn't go down for three days. You just have to wait I'm afraid.

Margaret Pilkington · 11-06-2007, 21:02

If you can tolerate an oral anti-inflammatory......like Nurofen, it may help a little bit, but i think you just have to leave them alone(no scratching) and wait. If they look like they are infected get along to your GP and get some antibiotics.

lindsay ormerod · 11-06-2007, 21:09

Think they maybe infected ! The surrounding area of each bite has now come up really red ;about 3inch diameter around each one,and a white edge around the red ring ! Am toying with going to A & E but it means getting to Blackburn ! They have definately got worse in the last couple of hours!

Margaret Pilkington · 11-06-2007, 21:12

It would be best to let a health professional have a look at them......phone NHS direct....they may direct you up to the emergency GP unit the Blackburn hospital.

garinda · 12-06-2007, 00:27

A jaunty, prettily patterned scarf, tied decorously around the neck, can disguise, and draw attention away from, any unsightly love bites.

garinda · 12-06-2007, 00:31

Oopsie, didn't read what type of bites you had....just assumed.

Hope they calm down soon, and that you feel better.

WillowTheWhisp · 12-06-2007, 08:56

I've still got the scars from some nasty insect bites of about 3 years ago that I got in Carnforth. They went just as you describe Lindsay and I react dramatically to them too. We got some fantastic stuff when we were in Tunisia but apparently it's not available here as it doesn't meet with some regulations or other but whatever it was I wish it was available here because it works a treat, cooling, soothing, anti-inflamatory and antiseptic and everything else all in one. Have you asked advice from a local pharmacist?

lindsay ormerod · 12-06-2007, 13:41

My pharmacist at Boots took one look at the " Leg" this morning and packed me off to A&E ;it's now bandaged and iodine'd from ankle to thigh,I had to have a tetanus jab and a 7 day course of strong anti biotics. I have been told to go home and rest it,the Doctor drew lovely lines with a marker pen around the bite area and I have to go back tomorr