...to wish mosquitos would just die?

[acatcalledjohn]

I'm really an animal lover: I don't kill spiders as much as I hate the big black sprinting fuckers, I will feed bees sugar water when they are tired, I help May bugs turn back on to their feet...

But today half my hand (well, the back of) is hot, red and swollen from a perfectly common mozzie bite, despite having drenched the bite in anthisan repeatedly from within minutes of the bite happening. I took some piriton on the advice of a pharmacy worker (which I have never taken before) 4 hours ago and it appears to have done sweet fuck all. Can't risk taking another one yet because I have to drive at midnight.

To me mozzies don't serve any real purpose, other than infecting people with viruses and causing allergic reactions.

So AIBU to want to obliterate these pointless monster bugs from the ecosystem?

[Natsku]

Glad you got antibiotics OP, that does look nasty. Fucking hate mosquitoes and wish they would all die too - I live in Finland which is mosquito heaven (all that standing water everywhere e.g. lakes, swamps and natural ponds) and they love my blood.

The Zap It thing is really fun, even if its not all that effective.

[acatcalledjohn]

Just a little message for those of you who confirmed I should see a doctor: The penicillin has kicked in and I can see my tendons and veins again. It's still slightly swollen and somewhat sore to the touch, but absolutely no sign of any tracking.

So thank you, wise vipers. Had it not been for the pharmacy worker and you lot I probably would have not bothered getting medical help beyond the pharmacy over the weekend.

[Bettercallsaul1]

Glad it is healing up, OP! Thanks for the update.

[Prideinmyplace2]

The afterbite relief device is now called Zap-Ease & they sell it at Holland & Barrett, Sainsburys, Morrisons & Waitrose... my neighbour was eaten alive in Spain last week & said the Zap took the itching away