tick bite that won't heal Posted: 07-16-08 09:57am
The solution for me was NEOSPORIN. The
trick you have to open the sore up each
time you apply it so that it can get in.
This has healed mine in a week. I had a
tick bite for 2 months it never got any
better and was this big welt that itched
constantly. The tea tree oil helped with
itching but I wanted it gone. This is a
miserable situation so good luck and I
hope this helps.
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How I healed my tick bite Posted: 07-16-08 10:03am
Nesporin. Open the bite up each time by
taking off the scab or using a needle.
Mine swelled up and itched for 2 months
with no improvement until my husband got
me to try this. It took about 2 weeks
applying it twice a day, but it finally
healed.
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Posted: 07-16-08 23:12pm
If it is Lymes disease, that will not
help, but great news for any other kind of
tick or bug bite.
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neezmore
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tick bite Posted: 09-13-08 08:58am
Hi, I'm from Spring Hill TN and I was
bitten about 4 months ago. The bite is
still here and itching like crazy. I have
a raised bump in the area I was bit. It
is so annoying. I really need some help.
Could this be that I'm allergic to ticks?
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leinad
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bug bites that won't heal Posted: 09-18-08 21:31pm
I'm starting to wonder if we aren't
talking about a new as yet unrecognized
blood born pathogen transmitted by insect
bites. My story: I'm 51 years old.
I've played and worked outside all my
life, and have been bitten many many times
by various insects and they always healed
quickly. Then about 5 or 6 years ago I
got a tick bite. It lasted all that
summer, all that fall and winter and was
still around when the next spring rolled
around. It was almost healed at that point
but then I got more bites. These in turn
lasted for about a year maybe a little
longer. Anyway each year I've gotten more
bites that have taken longer and longer to
heal. Now my lower legs are looking poka
dotted with little red spots. All this
despite the fact that I really try to
avoid being bitten. I've seen doctors,
and even a dermatologist that all seam to
brush my concern aside.
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Bug Bites Won't Go Away Posted: 10-02-08 16:27pm
I also live in North Carolina. I have
numerous bug bites on my right arm -
mostly above the elbow and on the front of
my arm. I have had the bites for several
months. At first, I assumed they were
from mosquitos. Nothing I do makes them
go away. I have used neosporin, pink
calamine lotion and rubbing alcohol. The
calamine lotion stopped the itching and
oozing but they didn't go away. The
rubbing alcohol is drying up the bites. I
put in on several times a day. The bites
are still slightly red. I am going to try
the tea tree oil as suggested in a
previous post. I have no idea where these
bites came from - I haven't been hiking,
camping or any other obvious activity that
I would have been bitten by fleas/ticks.
I also don't understand why they are only
on the upper part of one arm. If the
bites were from fleas(from my dogs), I
assumed the bites would be all over my
body. Any ideas?
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Pnerissa
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Posted: 10-12-08 08:29am
Add me to the list. I got bitten two
months ago (Florida) by an incredibly tiny
tick that I had a heck of a time getting
out. He'd only been latched on a couple of
hours when I found him. He was so tiny, I
have no way of knowing whether or not I
got the head, and as hard as he hung on, I
wouldn't be surprised if I didn't. But it
didn't get infected and I've treated it
almost every day with either Neosporin or
Cortaid and today it was Benadryl gel
because it just won't stop itching. The
skin over the bite mark will regrow a very
thin layer of skin, but anything will
cause it to rupture and ooze (clear). I'm
going nuts. I have to keep it bandaged all
the time or I will claw my leg off.
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Bad bite Posted: 10-25-08 15:13pm
I live in upstate NY, I was at work about
3 days ago i was bite by some thing while
i was working i didn't see what it was i
thought a leg hair was pull out it wasn't
a major pain. it under the back of my nee
cap at first it was just a red dot now its
swelled up and turned pretty hard, iv been
keeping it clean, at this point it
probably wouldn't be anymore pain, just to
pop it. iv had spider bites before, and
they didn't hurt like this it makes it
difficult to walk or just stretch my leg,
I'm gonna give it a few day then go to the
doctor and if he says its OK ill give it
some time.. good luck to others
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My three-month tick bite cured with alcohol Posted: 11-07-08 14:59pm
My partner and I went canoeing in Costa
Rica and camped in the jungle. We brought
back more than pictures. We had tick bites
that lasted several months. I tried
alcohol as it had successfully cured my
planter warts and foot rot years ago. I
used 95% Everclear grain alcohol soaked in
a cotton wad, covered it with a plastic
film, and taped the edges of the plastic
with white medical tape. This was to
prevent evaporation of the volatile
alcohol so that it had a chance to soak
into the skin and kill any critters in
there. I left this on the bite overnight,
and removed it in the morning. I applied
this treatment 5-10 times over a month,
and voila, bites and itching be gone!
