Any advise on insect bites, I've about 10,000 of them!!

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Well not 10,000 but a lot.

Usually manage to avoid but got caught out the other night. itching drving me around the bend!

Piriton.

If you've got any aloe vera, or an aloe vera cream that can be good.

If you have a natural baby balm that has ingredients such as beeswax, propolis, calendula, aloe vera, (any of these, not all of them) then give it a try, as these things can be good.

If you've got some honey in the cupboard, then could put some of that over the area too as can help - though suggest trial how it works for you on a small area first. The practical side / stickiness is an issue, but can help.

Take a bath, and soak for a while.

Best of luck.

Wet some flannels or towels and put them in the freezer. If you can then drape over the bites. I do this when I go to bed as I itch in my sleep. Put a dry towel on your sheet so the wet towel or flannel doesn't wet your bed.

preperation H yes I know its officially for piles, but it really helps with the itching!!

thanks, willing to try all of these!

Best to bathe in a nice bath as long as you can

I spray myself with Moziguard some nights.

Vinegar is great for bites - soak a piece of kitchen roll in some and dab on bites - works a treat :)

Eat marmite so that you won't get any more

I eat marmite, evidently need to up my intake

Still itching away, the evil things!!! wilk try vinegar now

Take an anti histamine tablet - we are on hols at the moment and DD has some pretty nasty horsefly bites and an antihistamine tablet is only thing that has stopped her itching.

Anti histamine & calamine lotion is very soothing. The coolness takes down the redness & stops the itching. Anthisan cream is good for bites. A witch hazel compress may help.

I read somewhere that Mustard ,just good old english mustard ,will do the trick. I didnt have any bites then but remembered it this week when I had 2 that were so irritating they kept waking me up.

I squoze out a tiny bit of mustard onto my finger and swirled it round each bite. Well blow me down but it worked! Took about 5 minutes to kick in and I made sure to keep the mustard

Dh had a huge one -his bites always end up enormous and he has grudgingly admitted that the itch is 'less' - that is high praise indeed (and means there is no itch for him to worry away at )

Try it -at least its cheap and not messy.

made sure to keep the mustard away from fabric