AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!

[david_lewis93]

Big  see if you can get ahold of either benedryl cream or hydrocortisone cream , rub on to affected areas and it will STOP the itch, so will cornmeal in water .dab it on then shower it off .(free nursing advice to a trad Brother fron a trad brother who is a practical nurse too).
David Out

[Barry Wensel]

Biggie: I bet you're really itchy right about now. Wouldn't it feel great to scratch? Man.. I love to scratch when I itch. I heard if you scratch hard enough those buggers won't itch anymore. I'm not itchy at all right now though. I know you aren't supposed to scratch them, but I bet it'd really feel good. Go ahead... do it. xoxo bw

[Killdeer]

Good advice right there! They won't stop itching until you scratch the tops off of the bumps and get all the juice out. Takes a few sessions, too, cause they'll keep seepin', and then you gotta rake those clear globs off the tops and let 'em drain again. Think of those scabs as corks, holding the itch in.

Killdeer  

[RC]

I`m with JoeBuck on this one.  SISSY.RC

[Tom L]

Take some steel wool and use that to scratch with. THEN give em a DRINK of that alchol      

That's what I'm talkin about  

[JohnV]

Biggie, you will feel a lot better if you use the alcohol internally instead of externally.

[Jeff Strubberg]

If it makes you feel any better, Biggie, biting a human is death for chiggers.  They can only digest cellulose.  Protein is a death sentence.

[John3]

Biggie,

Did you get the chiggers the same place that you got your truck n trailer stuck?   LOL


JDS III

[Biggie Hoffman]

I bought every solution you guys suggested and put it all on and in. Now I have second degree burns on my legs and I'm feeling a little tipsey......but the itching is gone!

:-) hiccup

[pine nut]

I got either chiggers or seed tick bites a few years ago that were so bad  I could cover (by actual count) 32 on either ankle with one hand.  They were up both legs like this and some higher up too!  A friend said to get in a tub of hot water with as much epsom salt as you could get disolved in it.  (This is the part you will enjoy) scratch them until they bleed then let the saturated salt water draw the poison out of the bites.  I couldn't afford THAT much epsom salt so I modified the process.  I scratched each one until it was raw (that's fun) then I applied a few crystals of epsom salt and a small drop of water.  I did this while watching TV and actually let it stay there until it dried.  I was so bad I would go to bed with the salt on my body.  You've heard that expression "She could eat crackers in my bed anytime".  Believe me it was better than itching as bad as I was. It wasn't fun but it did help greatly and I scabbed up and healed without further itching.  At the point I did this I had been itching for about two weeks.  Try it and send me a nickel if it works.  I'm getting ready to retire!
The first night I discovered I had them, I went to the general store at Jewel, GA and asked the lady about what to do.  She said to use straight chlorox on them.  While there a pulpwooder came in and told me he used two drops of turpentine orally daily and "they "didn't bother him. I bought a bottle of each, and I had a fifth of Black Jack in camp. Right before I went to sleep I was taking equal swigs of all three.  Try a few hundred of these %^&#$@ on you at one time and you might, just might, understand.  I was anesthetized when I went to sleep, but it didn't last long.  Good luck and don't forget my nickel!

[Pat B.]

Straight Clorox is the ticket for me when I get the chiggers..

Did you try it Biggie ?

[Bill Turner]

Tea Tree Oil? I bought a 2 oz bottle at pharmacy in Walmart for $5.95. Put it on some chiggar bites I picked up on Saturday in Oklahoma while scouting. Applied the oil this morning with a que tip. Itching has stopped. I am a believer. Thanks for the tip.  

[2-BIG]

I just got back from scouting and hanging stands in southern Ohio and I am covered from my knees to my toes in chigger bites! I have been using clorox and it helps for a few hours at a time but the itching comes back. I think I'll give the tea tree oil a try.

[DW]

Skyler and I try to stay away from them but Summertime 3-D shoots, Stump shooting, Deer Scouting, Food Plot Planting, Fishing, ETC.....They are a terrible part of our life that we can't seem to completely avoid....Permanone is the best thing we've used as a preventive....Clorox is best after the fact, scratch it till it bleeds then pour on the bleach and hang on....A Word of CAUTION...4 WEEKS ago while planting food plots, I got eat up by the things. I waited a few days about doing anything about them except scrathing,,,a bite on the back of my leg got sore and seemed infected and getting worse by the hour..Went to the DR. and had a staff(sp) infection...Anti biotic injections and 10 days of pills that could choke a horse....Be Careful! Don and Skyler