Chiggers; I'm Being Eaten Alive

[platgof]

Played at some courses and rode in the rough, now I have chigger sores all over my left side. I should have worn pants as they seem to help keep them off. Man do they itch!!!

[eleven bravo]

Any over the counter Anti-Itch cream and a Benadryl will help.

[DBurns]

The State Bug for Arkansas.

[howellhandmade]

Miserable! Chiggers and those little seed ticks are my worst memories from summers in Louisiana.

[andrue]

Don't get chiggers here but there's some wee bugger that apparently only lives in my garden and likes to bite my ankles when I go out. Frankly it beggars the mind. I don't have kids. I don't have pets. What kind of insect has a life cycle that is predicated on biting my ankles in summer? Come to that - how does it get through my socks?

 

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Only one known breeding location. My bloody back garden.

[Jackal66]

I use cheap hairspray as a treatment.

The glue type \ sealer kills the chiggers, and the alcohol in the hair spray keeps ot from getting infected, and soothes.

I prefer Aqua Net hairspray.

It glues together the hair on your legs, but is stops the itching.

Before using, take a bath and add 1 cup of bleach.

This will kill the chiggers, and help with the itching.

[Jackal66]

I use cheap hairspray as a treatment.

The glue type \ sealer kills the chiggers, and the alcohol in the hair spray keeps ot from getting infected, and soothes.

I prefer Aqua Net hairspray.

It glues together the hair on your legs, but is stops the itching.

Before using, take a bath and add 1 cup of bleach.

This will kill the chiggers, and help with the itching.

[Edaw68]

I got hit by chiggers a couple times in the Army. A hot water soak, either a hot tub or a bath, helped. The hot tub was more effective, I'm guessing due to the chlorine content.

[platgof]

The hairspray sounds brilliant as it will stop them from crawling around. I did put some salve(chest rub) around my ankles and wore longer socks this time, at the same course. I stayed away from thick grass like the plague.

[bladehunter]

Rubbing alcohol or bleach will kill them .... bleach is also great for drying up poison ivy/oak. Can’t say it doesn’t have its own health risks. I don’t know. But I’ve personally used rubbing alcohol for chiggers with great results.