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FoldCatOne · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 12:59 pm Post subject: Mosquito Bite Relief

A pharmacist friend (ex-Navy no less) in Florida turned me on to some safe biting insect relief. This doesn't keep them away, just banishes the itch. The secret is to have a stick of anti perspirant handy. Once the itch starts, rub in some of the anti perspirant and voila, the itch is gone. The active ingredient is aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrex. If the itch returns a second application may be needed.

Works for me.
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Transplanted · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 3:25 pm Post subject:

My old timer neighbor told me to do the same thing for scorpion stings

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:53 pm Post subject:

Only problem being: itching won't cause Alzheimers and/or other brain problems, while the evidence grows stronger every year that Aluminum does!!! Shocked

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Transplanted · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:37 pm Post subject:

I used to clean a lot of aluminum wheels for leaking beads when I lived in NY....
I breathed quite a bit of aluminum dust.... I found out later it wasnt good.....
But I still wear antiperspirant..... I wont know who i am or where I am but i wont stink!

FoldCatOne · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:32 am Post subject:

Since I wear deodorant not anti-perspirant, I should be able to get by with the exposure on mosquito bites.
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:07 am Post subject:

Whatever you want to call it, read the label. If you want to put aluminum on or in your body, it's a free country! Embarassed

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Bigrock · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 4:38 pm Post subject:

Any of the many diseases contracted from mosquito bites are far riskier than the minuscule amount of aluminum one would apply to a bite. Wink

A little dab of rubbing alcohol will offer relief also.

FoldCatOne · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:26 pm Post subject:

Tell me not to use it if I have a 5 yr old grand daughter in front of me with big red spots that itch like...
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bulldog1935 · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:42 pm Post subject:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipruritic

BayFly · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:34 pm Post subject:

I was raised on the East Texas Gulf coast in Orange, and have been bitten by mosquitoes my entire life and have never had an itch from their bites. Hopefully, I'm not the only person who has this experience. I will admit though, when the mosquitoes are bad here in Flour Bluff, they are as bad as I can ever remember them at home, so I generally wear some kind of dope to retard their bite, primarily because of the different deceases possible from their bite.