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Showing posts with label mystery red marks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mystery red marks. Show all posts
March 08, 2011
February 25, 2011
BedBugs 101: Free iPhone App to Recommend
I just discovered an excellent FREE iPhone app called BedBugs 101. It is like an instant information resource when you need it.
It is packed full of facts and pictures.
Yes, it is an advertisement for the Protect-a-Bed system, a set of mattress, box spring, and pillow encasements that I am willing to endorse, but you do not have to buy anything to enjoy the application itself.
Plus, if you ever find any bed bugs you can instantly report it at the Bed Bug Registry, right there in the App. (I also link to this registry check the side bar.)
I absolutely love this App!
Here is the link!
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/bedbugs-101/id411932955?mt=8
It is packed full of facts and pictures.
Yes, it is an advertisement for the Protect-a-Bed system, a set of mattress, box spring, and pillow encasements that I am willing to endorse, but you do not have to buy anything to enjoy the application itself.
Plus, if you ever find any bed bugs you can instantly report it at the Bed Bug Registry, right there in the App. (I also link to this registry check the side bar.)
I absolutely love this App!
Here is the link!
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/bedbugs-101/id411932955?mt=8
January 31, 2011
What to do to help stop the itch
Many readers are asking me, fine I got bed bug bites, I know what they look like, but, What do you do to stop the itch?
These instructions are for adults. Parents, use your own discretion when applying salves and balms to your children.
This is the way I have handled it: If there is no mark yet, just a pin-prick like itch, I scratch or rub the whole area until the skin is red. Let's say it is about twenty scratches' worth. The reason for doing this is because it activates the skin's natural repair responses. The tiny pin sized red spots show up within a minute. Now that you know where they are, do the following.
Option One: Rub the strongest rubbing alcohol on the spots. I have a handy spray bottle, one I got empty and clean from the dollar store which I fill with 99% rubbing alcohol. I spray the area with this and then rub it in.
(The reason I have it in a spray bottle is because bed bugs die on contact with it so it makes a good general spray when I see them live. That is another story.)
Option Two: A decent topical Cortizone cream does wonders. I apply it on all the red spots daily until the lesion is gone or stops being itchy. Also anything you would use to reduce the swelling on a pimple that contains a salicate, or salicilic acid is also perfect for bites.
Option Three: Mopiko, a Japanese ointment, if you can get it is great for insect bites. Due to the camphor content do not use on children two or younger. Tiger Balm will also work.
Option Four: Baking Soda wash. If you have scratched till bleeding you would not want to apply a salve or alcohol on the lesion without calming it down with a baking soda wash. 1 tblsp of soda to a cup of warm water. Dissolve and apply with a cotton ball or wash cloth gently.
Leave comments if you have any other tricks.
These instructions are for adults. Parents, use your own discretion when applying salves and balms to your children.
This is the way I have handled it: If there is no mark yet, just a pin-prick like itch, I scratch or rub the whole area until the skin is red. Let's say it is about twenty scratches' worth. The reason for doing this is because it activates the skin's natural repair responses. The tiny pin sized red spots show up within a minute. Now that you know where they are, do the following.
Option One: Rub the strongest rubbing alcohol on the spots. I have a handy spray bottle, one I got empty and clean from the dollar store which I fill with 99% rubbing alcohol. I spray the area with this and then rub it in.
(The reason I have it in a spray bottle is because bed bugs die on contact with it so it makes a good general spray when I see them live. That is another story.)
Option Two: A decent topical Cortizone cream does wonders. I apply it on all the red spots daily until the lesion is gone or stops being itchy. Also anything you would use to reduce the swelling on a pimple that contains a salicate, or salicilic acid is also perfect for bites.
Option Three: Mopiko, a Japanese ointment, if you can get it is great for insect bites. Due to the camphor content do not use on children two or younger. Tiger Balm will also work.
Option Four: Baking Soda wash. If you have scratched till bleeding you would not want to apply a salve or alcohol on the lesion without calming it down with a baking soda wash. 1 tblsp of soda to a cup of warm water. Dissolve and apply with a cotton ball or wash cloth gently.
Leave comments if you have any other tricks.
January 17, 2011
A Great Bedbugs and Skin Problems Picture Site
Recently, I found a great site with good information that I thought I would recommend. It is at MedicineNet.com.
It shows pictures of other skin irritations so you can compare between them and identify what your "red spots" could be. What is important in identifying what the mystery itchy red marks are is eliminating what it is not.
Here is a list of links that open in a new page up at MedicineNet.com, a reliable site for medical information. There are hundreds of slideshows, photos and articles which I have sifted through to pick out only the ones relative to identifying skin problems.
Here they are:
Itch Mite (Scabies)
Head Lice
Psoriasis
Nerve Pain (itching with no lesion)
Bad Bugs (bugs and their bite)
Ring worm
Bed Bugs
Childhood skin Problems
Spiders (black widow & brown recluse)
Lyme desease
Boils
Skin Cancer
Skin gallery
Bed Bug Article
It shows pictures of other skin irritations so you can compare between them and identify what your "red spots" could be. What is important in identifying what the mystery itchy red marks are is eliminating what it is not.
Here is a list of links that open in a new page up at MedicineNet.com, a reliable site for medical information. There are hundreds of slideshows, photos and articles which I have sifted through to pick out only the ones relative to identifying skin problems.
Here they are:
Itch Mite (Scabies)
Head Lice
Psoriasis
Nerve Pain (itching with no lesion)
Bad Bugs (bugs and their bite)
Ring worm
Bed Bugs
Childhood skin Problems
Spiders (black widow & brown recluse)
Lyme desease
Boils
Skin Cancer
Skin gallery
Bed Bug Article
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