I just moved in Vancouver and I keep having these bug bites once per month on legs-arms-back.Clue anyone?
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When I lived in Vancouver, there was a terrible problem with fleas. It appears that Vancouver's warm and humid environment was ideal for fleas. It was also a problem in San Francisco too. At this time of the year, fleas are coming out of their dormant state and looking to feed. Just walking near fleas could attract them. They live on the ground or in crevices in wooden floors. I had to wear a dog's flea collar around my ankles during the spring for a short time for relief. I read about the flea collar remedy in a small local west coast paper when I lived there. BTW, some people have blood that's more attractive to fleas than other people so you might be the only person affected in your immediate area.
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Smart lady--catch it put in jar--just in case--I do the same thing with wood ticks. I put them in jar with a little alcohol--my guess is it's probably just an albino or a young one--not sure what say beyond that--I'm not a doctor maybe try http://www.webMD.com or http://www.mayoclinic.com/ you could always call a local university and ask for an expert in the biology department. maybe Google "white mosquito" or "mosquito identification." Hope it's not serious. Try not to worry it's probably nothing. Good Luck :-)
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Yes, please see a doctor at once. This could be related to a bacteria, which is a flesh-eating bacteria. Goes through the circulatory system, often shows up in the legs / ankles area.
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Hi rubberbandlee,\nGet a can of cooking spray ( like Crisco ) and spray lightly once a week. Good Luck: Blueladybug
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I am not positive whether it is cancer or not but I have been bitten many times and it sounds like you have gotten bit by a brown rucluse or black widow. Spiders like warm places in the winter, wash your sheets. Also call the doctor and make an appointment. They might send you to a dermatologist also. Finally apply an ice pack and take IBprofin to reduce swelling. Good Luck!
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It's the flesh-eating virus.  Get your leg amputated immediately!  J/K  I get little patches of the same thing on occasion just under my armpits.  I just apply a little Vaseline cream, and it clears up in a day or two.  No pain, no itching or irration.  Just a little strange.
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I'd call local pest control, they are in the phone book.
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Sorry to hear that and I know how uncomfortable they can be. My best guesses are: Are you taking antibiotics such as tetracycline? They've been known to cause infections like this. Also, it may be an allergic reaction to your undergarments (I like cotton for this reason) and/or pantyhose. It could be from tight clothing rubbing, feminine hygiene products or perhaps an overly vigorous sex life. The other thing it might be is some sort of imflammation due to an infection such as candidiasis or cervicitis (especially if there's itching). In any case, since you are experiencing these regularly (you don't say how often though) a trip to your doctor is in order. This is a fairly common type of situation and your doctor will know best how to treat it. I've found some relief with taking acidophilis tablets, but you really need to see your doctor to rule anything serious out since there's a good chance it won't go away on its own and will keep recurring. \nI wish you well.
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try this\n\nhttp://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/bugclub/bugbid.html
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Try:\nhttp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-insect-bites/FA00046
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You better run to the doctors office . It sounds as you are having a reaction to the bites.\nThere is no way to get rid of them , only time will take care the problem
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Dear Lord I am scared of spiders and ticks.  I had a cousin that got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick bite when I was little.  I've been scared of anything with a bunch of legs that looks spider like since then.  I couldn't get in the shower the other day because a spider was in it.  I was late to work because I couldn't get it to wash down the drain.  Sad, but true.
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Hello!\nI don't mean to answer a question with a question initially, but are you sure it was a flea?  (Just curious)\n\nI recently had issues with fleas here in my apartment because of a neighbor who brought in a stray, flea infested, dog.\n\nI was bit all over my feet and ankles for about a month till we got the problem under control.  It was AWFUL!\n\nFlea bites itch like mad, of course.  Definitely competition for Mesquito bites.  LOL\n\nIF you take the steps to help keep your flea bite from itching rather than scratching at it, you'll heal within 2 weeks.   If you keep aggrivating it by scratching it, you'll damage your skin further and it'll take longer, of course.\n\nThere's really good Cortizone creams out there that you can get over the counter that help with the itch.   I bought Cortaid Advanced for me because I have a health condition that causes bites to itch much worse than normal so I got INSANE if I get bit by something that makes me itch. \n\nThe Cortaid Advanced lasts 24 hours (give or take a few hours depending on how sensative you are).\n\nKeep in mind, also, that unless you get some form of pest control, you'll be bit over and over again and fleas DO multiply quite rapidly.\n\nWe had to have a professional pest control company come in and saturate our carpets and spray all around our apartments to get the fleas under control.  Even then they're not completely gone, I still get bit from time to time.\n\nI ask if you're sure it's a flea that bit you because generally they do bite on the feet and ankles and it's likely you'd have numerous bites.\n\nGood luck to you!  Hope ya heal up quick :)
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You are getting the chigger bites from outdoors. (By the way, some areas of the country call them red bugs, same things) You need to get a lawn pest control treatment on your yard. As for your bodies, when you come in from outside, go straight to the bath. You need to add bleach to your bath water. I would say a cup or two at least, and sit in the tub. You may have noticed those boogers like the darkest and warmest areas, so be sure and keep those parts in the water as long as you can. For the itching nothing beats good ol' Calamine lotion. You can dunk the kids in bleach water baths, too, or at least I did mine and they didn't fall on the floor kicking arms and legs in the air. :) Good luck, and please know that millions before you have survived this dreaded plague and you will, too! :)
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I have heard of only two poisonous spiders that live in homes.  Black widows which unless you have a serious allergic reaction to venoms, are the lease harmful.  But from the sound of it, u could have been bitten by a brown recluse which is very deadly.  These bite will not get better.  The venom will eat the surrounding tissue and eventually gangrene will set in and unfortunely ur limb is on the chopping block. :(  I would serious go to the ER and say look this could be a brown recluse bite and I need serious med attention.  I have pics from an email as a warning and what the bite looks like and the effect of that bite 9 days after it happen.  So u are welcome to email me and I'll be happy to send it to u for comparisons.  But I do agree with you your doctor should have done better.  He should have done a blood work or gotten tissue samples to determine the seriousness of the problem.  Return to the ER and be seen!!!
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I doubt it is a hygiene problem which may provide some relief for you.  As an entomology graduate student I have learned that some types of anthrophilic or "human-loving" arthropods are simply more attracted to certain individuals because of their CO2 emissions, sweat or other natural smells.  I believe that you aren't just being overly sensitive to their annoyance, so make sure that the problem isn't a fragrance or other application.  I don't know of any silver bullets to remedy the problem but you could try adjusting your diet, experiment with eating less of foods you generally consume a high percentage of.  If all else fails and the annoyance it too great you can depend on repellants, Picaridin is a newer one that is available for use. Don't lose hope, good luck.
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The "love bug" (also known as the honeymoon fly, telephone bug, double-headed bug, united bug, and March fly) is a  nuisance any Florida motorist is unhappily more than passingly familiar with. Though these bugs neither bite nor sting, at certain times of the year their sheer numbers transform these innocuous insects into airborne hordes seemingly determined to devil anyone fool enough to take to the road. The adults splatter on windshields, lights, grills, and radiators of motor vehicles, and their dried remains are hard to remove. Suicidal pairs of love bugs have been known to cause overheating of motors when large numbers of them are drawn into the cooling systems of liquid-cooled engines. Unlike other bugs, something particular to them adversely affects the paint jobs on cars, pitting and etching the paint if their mortal remains are left on a vehicle for more than 48 hours. \n\nEvery May and September these sex-crazed critters become an annoyance bordering on intolerable as the air teems with mating pairs. But the "love bugs" haven't always been part of the Floridian landscape, thus we've seen an abundance of "mad scientist" stories about how the state came to be infested with them. (Love bugs are not solely a Floridian plague; they range throughout the Gulf states and into Mexico and Central America, as well as up into Georgia and South Carolina. But they seem particularly enamored of Florida.) \n\nTruth is, Mother Nature is far more to be feared than any mad scientist and is far more capricious. In this case, she inspired some of her children to migrate to a new area, and in doing so prompted the creation of a number of rumors which attempt to explain why these critters came to take up residence in places where they weren't found before. \n\nLove bugs are not the result of a genetic cloning experiment gone wrong, nor were they unwittingly loosed from a research facility charged with studying exotic insects. They also weren't bio-engineered as a natural solution to the mosquito problem. (Love bugs do not eat mosquitos: the adults do not eat at all, and larvae feed on decaying plant material.) These overly amorous critters are native to Central America; the best guess as to how they came to these United States places them as undiscovered stowaways who arrived by ship in Galveston or New Orleans around 1920. They migrated into Florida in 1947 from Louisiana, looked around, liked what they saw, and decided to stay. Their natural capacity for reproduction took care of the rest.