B@stard bites

[vickster]

Ice. Keep an eye for increasing redness and infection. Sounds like those horrid tick things that live in grass got you

Vinegar is for wasp stings iirc

 

[hopless500]

You could try the Zap-it. I am going to get one for the wife. She quickly ends up looking swollen and itchy whenever small flying things or ants are about.

http://www.ecobrands.co.uk/zapit.html

Unfortunately didn't work for me

 

[screenman]

The pain should ease in a week or two.

 

[Milkfloat]

Just MTFU.

 

[steveindenmark]

Vinegar does work on bee stings.

 

[Nibor]

Vinegar does work on bee stings.

No vinegar is for wasp stings Bee stings need something alkali like Bicarb

 

[Levo-Lon]

Best thing ive ever found for itching bites mosser bites or flea..
heat the area as hot as you can cope with for 10 mins..shower bath etc or local with a hot flannel.

the histomines do something and the itching totally stops Bliss.

i suffer with bites and take anti histomines often

 

[Andrew_P]

I had a few lumpy Gnat bites and had a soak in a Dr Salts bath not for that reason but they were all but gone afterwards

 

[byegad]

I suddenly developed a much worse reaction then the one shown some 4 years ago. I now ride in Longs all year round and tuck the bottom of each leg into my socks. For bare areas I use Deet. So far in the three and a half years I've been doing this I've had one bite. As one of my other habits is Bird Watching I spend a lot of time in areas where getting bitten is an ever-present possibility.

 

[raleighnut]

Another vote for spit rubbed in.