Chiggers Cure

Chiggers can actually continue to attach itself to your skin and feed for many days. However, you can easily get rid of them when you scrub your skin or take a shower. This is the reason why it is better for people who have stayed outdoors in the wild areas to take a shower immediately to prevent chigger attacks.

Therefore it suggested loose fitting, light colored clothing be chosen with the pants legs tucked into the boots (taller is better), long sleeve shirts of a rather tight weave. Since chiggers are lazy they will look for an opening to breach first. Once inside they will look for a nice warm tight place to order dinner.

Chiggers look like a monster from dinosaur days. Adult chiggers have eight legs and rounded body. The larval has only six legs and has a rounded body. An egg looks like an egg. Adult chiggers come in a variety of colors. Some are red, thus Red Bug. Some are amber or gray. Chiggers largely resemble spiders, of which clan they are a part of.

Scratching will not stop the itch, even if it does feel better momentarily. The scratching cannot go deep enough to remove the healing process of the body. It takes any where from a week to two weeks, sometimes more for the itching to subside. It is this mother of all itches that causes people to go insane looking for the chigger bite treatment that will actually put them out of their misery.

House plants must be treated with an insect killer or sprayed with a combination of diluted dish soap and vegetable oil(4 tablespoons of dish soap and 4 teaspoons of vegetable oil per gallon of water)or diluted Safe Solutions, Inc. Enzyme Cleaner with Peppermint(1 - 2 oz. per gallon of water).

Unlike a mosquito bite that will resolve in minutes to hours, the rash of chiggers takes days, weeks, sometimes over a month to go away. It doesn't actually require any treatment, and will go away on its own - that is, if you can stand to wait that long. The itching is so intense that most people cannot resist the urge to scratch (which only makes things worse and prolongs healing). In my experience, scratching also intensifies the immune-modulated reaction, perhaps by spreading the injected proteins more widely.

Bites: Insect bites can cause inflammation and severe itching. Several home remedies may be helpful in reducing the itch factor as well as the swelling. Rubbing alcohol, meat tenderizer, distilled witch hazel and lime juice are a few examples. If it is a chigger bite, applying nail polish is also beneficial.

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