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Big angry bites all the way down my leg

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Crazydazy · 09/04/2007 07:58

Really itchy and quite painful. We have no pets and only just changed the beds. I got them last year too. Any ideas?

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fluffyanimal · 09/04/2007 08:07

Been out in the sun? Sat on some grass>? Could be any type of midge at this time of year, esp. with the good weather. Hydrocortisone cream works well.

Crazydazy · 09/04/2007 08:09

Oh yes have put some of this on as DS has eczema and always have a supply of it. It was when I got up in the morning that the bites appeared so I assumed it was inside but yes fluffy you could be right as I have been walking around baring some of my legs. Do the bites take awhile to come out on you then?

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luckylady74 · 09/04/2007 08:12

i got red ant bites from grass yesteday - bites only show up on me a few hours later. i know it was ants because we dug up a nest!

Crazydazy · 09/04/2007 08:19

Lucky I bet its them as I have seen quite a few ants around our garden and it seems to be since I bared my legs the other day.

It must have bit me as it walked up my leg I have 5 bites on one leg in total.

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Mum2FunkyDude · 09/04/2007 08:38

We have a lot of mosquitoes at the moment, is it possible they got yo while you were out?

Crazydazy · 09/04/2007 09:05

mosquitoes???? I didn't know we had them in the UK?

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Mum2FunkyDude · 09/04/2007 09:40

Yeah, we're in West Sussex and there are loads of the little buggers around.

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