I could be in my backyard with friends and while no one else would get even one bite, I would get 10.

Also, many years ago my dog had fleas. I am not sure who was more flea bitten.....me or my dog.

So far this summer I have had more than 10 mosquitoe bites and that is just walking from the car to the house. I use repellant but haven't found one that works completely. Suggestions appreciated.

So I was wondering if any of you had a tendency to be extremely atractive to bugs? Do you get bitten more than the average person? I have a thought that all these bites over many years that my wear down our immune system.

Let me know your experience and what you think.

Peace and Health,
robi
 

Off deepwoods works for me on mosquitos but it dosent work on the little noseeums,or ticks there Ive said it. Skin so soft mixed with rubbing alchohol,oil of clove,white viniger,repells but only about 2 hrs.

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Now, for me, it has always been ticks. I'm always the one that finds them crawling on me or attached to me. We used to go hiking in the woods and I could find at least two or three crawling on my shoes or socks or pant legs, the other four members of the family, nothing.

I know that doesn't make sense, because ticks supposedly just lie in the grass, leaves etc. and hop on the first thing that comes by. I don't know, maybe I shuffle my feet too much!!

But, I do agree with you. I think some of us are more of a magnet.
 

I can use repellent, sit by a fire, have a citronella candle next to me and STILL the mosquitos, etc. bite me.

I hate the out-of-doors because of this. I'm thinking of wearing a garlic necklace to see what that does for me!

But yes, bugs love to chomp on me too.

CAT
 

Pam
 

Not only magnet, But do you have big time reaction to mosquito bites. I swell all up.

Funny, but true story, friend used to ask me to come over to see if they had fleas. I would be there few minutes, could see them jumping on my ankles, no 1 elses. Now Is that a friend or what.lol.....??

Others, like me to be around because bugs go straight to me leave them alone, arghhhh

Was standing outside gabbing bro`s yard. Bee comes right to me & stung me. They all saw it. I did not swat or anything. It just flew up & stung me. hmmmm

Also at pool wasp came up did same thing.

1 time had wasp in shirt, since I have so much stinging stabbing, (neurontin has helped me alot now). I thought it was my usual stinging I get, caused by lyme doc told me. It stung me 5 times before I realized was a wasp, since felt it crawling,also alot of swelling began so knew then it was something else. But DUH>>>This is another thing Dr. Devin addresses in her book.
Ahhh the list goe`s on.....

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Jamie
 

If he ever gets more then 5 bites he gets bendryl right away. Same thing for ants.

Of course the tick that got him.

Then just this May a caterpiller (the burning kind)fell out of a tree and got him on the arm. We started bendryl at 10a.m. by 7 that night he had welps all over.

Our ped. told me to make a bubble and keep him inside!!!!!

Starr

 

You sound just like me!

That's why that bullseye rash didn't concern me. I just figured some weird mosquito or spider bit me.

I always swell up at every bug bite and the swelling always gets worse at the end of the summer vs the beginning.

Maybe we are just 'sweet people'!

Nancy
 

No joke it works.
 

It was a park that had animals just going free where we stayed. A deer did come up to my daughter & I. She ran a fever for couple days with no fever or anything else showing at time.

I came home. Alot of bites, thought it was all from mosquito with both of us. Usually having bad reactions to them.

I told the doc`s came home with alot of bites when I ended up in hosp. for 10 days with what they said diff. strain of menigitis.5 doc`s around bed all scrathing their heads.DUH.. I was never quite well again.

Now yrs. later in horrid physical shape.

Took them yrs. to dx me.

It is hard to keep covered up all the time in Fl. Usually get bit when by pool or if mosquito gets in house.Can`t afford air cond. so where shorts all the time. Last summer mosquito in house bit me got encephalitis. Doc thought I got WNV. Was too sick to even get to hosp where they told me to go.

Since then been really sick. Think it stirred up co=infect.

Do use garlic.