Mossie's again!!!!!!
Submitted: Monday, Jan 13, 2014 at 09:12
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Member - John
Ok, a follow on from the recent thread regarding mossie repellants, when none of them work and you get bitten, what is the best way to stop the itch? Any new things on the market? Thanks in advance.
Reply By: Member - Odog - Monday, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:35
Monday, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:35
G'day
John
The way I found to get rid of the itch, a bit radical, but instant, was to hold a cigarette (the hot end) just off the bite, not make it blister or anything like that, just to get a bearable amount of heat, for 5 or so seconds, seemed to fix the itch for me.. Now I don't smoke anymore so will have to follow your thread to find a new cure.
I have also heard if you wear after shave or colone can attract them more so...
Cheers Odog
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Follow Up By: Tony F8 - Monday, Jan 13, 2014 at 13:25
Monday, Jan 13, 2014 at 13:25
hello
John.
The medical opinion is to hot water, as hot as you can stand, it's the same treatment as used for marine stingers, etc.
this was from a doco on the ABC.
Cheers Tony F8
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Reply By: Dennis Ellery - Monday, Jan 13, 2014 at 22:30
Monday, Jan 13, 2014 at 22:30
It’s a two stage process - use an effective chemical repellent - forget the old wives tales and organic remedies
A - Before you’re bitten.
The best is DEET– it is smelly and melts some plastics – it’s been in use by the Australian Army for over 50 years.
The strongest I have found is 80% cream from Bushmans - it will last about 8 hours between applications. On the internet at about $100 a litre (lasts me about 3 years)
Picaridin (available from supermarkets under various names) a spray which is good and doesn’t have the smell of DEET – lasts about 2 hours.
B – After you’re bitten.
Desensitise the bite with hot water (hot as you can stand it).
Or use a product such as Itch Eze which has a local anaesthetic called lignocaine.
Other products contain lignocaine but Itch-Eze has the highest strength I have found on the market.
My wife and I spend months each year in high infestations of mossies and midgies, fishing around mangroves, in Northwest WA
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Follow Up By: Pushy - Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:03
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:03
The only drawback with DEET is that there is some health worries with prolonged heavy use especially for children. The picaridin is as you say less smelly but does not last as long.
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Follow Up By: Dennis Ellery - Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:20
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:20
Mate I have been using it for over 40 years – since we were issued with it in Vietnam.
I must admit that I do glow after dark - but other than that I’m perfect.
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Follow Up By: Aussi Traveller - Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:55
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:55
I believe Bushman's works
well BUT.
There are 2 things never allowed in my boat
Bananas and Bushman's repellent in fact any repellent with DEET in it, I will not let it in the car either.
I recently had to re spool a couple of reels with new braid as the braid I had was just braking at will, the trouble was that it was new braid, as I was talking to the guy re spooling the line we were discussing the reasons why the braid kept braking, any way long story sort was that the old man without my knowledge had spayed himself and in inadvertently reals with bushman's and the bushman's destroyed the braid.
As for bushman's in the car I had to replace the window tint because the stuff wrecks that as
well.
Phil
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Follow Up By: Dennis Ellery - Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 13:14
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 13:14
Its probably the most effective repellant you can buy (the 80% DEET in a cream base)
Never thought about braid – it doesn’t seem to affect nylon.
I am most careful to wash my hands before handling my glasses (plastic lenses).
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Reply By: NTVRX - Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 at 13:54
Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 at 13:54
Hi
John, I used the dettol,baby oil & rid formula but the best by far is the cream from a produce & stock feed place. It has
sandlewood oil & rosemary. Five star mate it's the best pretty sure it keeps the flies at bay too. There is also a spray available but very hard to get.....a small tub of cream retails for about $ 8 to $9. The reason why mossies bite some people & not others? Depends on the amount of carbon dioxide you emit.....mossies don't fly in a straight line they zig zag. Midgies don'y piddle on you the female bites you the same as a mossie.
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Reply By: Member - Min (NSW) - Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 16:46
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 at 16:46
Hi
John,
Zyrtec is what I always have on hand. 1 tablet every 24 hours. Does not cause sleepiness. I very cautiously gave one to someone badly bitten by sandflies. She almost wept with gratitude after her distress was relieved and then shot into town to get some. It is safe for children. Available from pharmacies and some supermarkets.
As a preventative we use Rid (with Deet) taking particular care to cover feet, ankles, hands and wrists.
I'm probably odd because I love the smell of Rid!
Min
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