Soothing a chigger bite

I imagine I'm not the only one on this forum who gets a chigger bite or two every once in a while. They itch like crazy. The best thing to do is not to get bit in the first place. Sometimes, however, that's easier said than done. When that fails, try making a paste out of baking soda and water, and dabbing a bit of that onto the bite. That's it; it's simple, inexpensive, and effective. This is a temporary solution, but it does soothe and cool the bite quickly.

Try rubbing alcohol. My grandmother taught me that when I was a wee lad. Spent my summers in a hot, sandy local near the ocean with chiggers, horse flies, and mosquitos so large they drew pints from you. Alcohol is quick and works.

I got bitten by about 200 of those things when I was in northern Florida during warm weather.

Afterwards I could not take a bath or shower, because I had no where to go to take a bath.

This was many years ago.

Nothing bad happened.

Again, NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.



I will say that chiggers are not that bad. I have nothing more to say.

That works well for about any bug bite or sting.

Benadryl cream works well, too, if you want something quick and portable.

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August West said:

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Just fly down to my local quickie mart for JP-4?

Use calamine lotion.

BigWill said:

Just fly down to my local quickie mart for JP-4?

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LOL! Have not had a chigger bite since that stuff was laying around.

JP-4 and a match will cure just about anything, I bet.

You can use toothpaste in a pinch for just about any insect bite. This was my year for getting hit by hornets and wasps.. 3 x's this year with a dozen or so bites..its been years since I was bitten.

Styptic.

Jim said:

You can use toothpaste in a pinch for just about any insect bite. This was my year for getting hit by hornets and wasps.. 3 x's this year with a dozen or so bites..its been years since I was bitten.

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I started a thread about that earlier in the summer. Anything with mint/menthol in it (toothpaste, mouthwash, aftershave) will soothe most bites. I've used this technique for mosquito and ant bites. For some reason, however, it does not work with chiggers; at least, it doesn't for me.

Get a jar of Chiggerex. You can get it at any local CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, target, grocery store. Amazing stuff. Works wonders mosquito bites too.

Alcohol. Lots. Taken internally.

1. Presnisdone steroid ( if you have med insurance ) - Go to a doc in a box
2. Tecum Calagel

They itch because there alive in there. Simple cure drowned them in water for about 10 min .
Another easy one of you only have a few of them is fingernail polish. This suffocates them.
If you have any itching after that because of scratching and a open wound then get some Gold Bond itch relief cream and live happily ever after.

+1 f86sabjf, fingernail polish.

...brought to you by Georgia, since 2008...

Seabreeze works great on insect bites. And +1 to the alcohol taken internally suggestion.

Burts Bees green tin - thing it's Calle Res-q ointment, or something similar.