A biting fly got in my house. It bit my leg. I killed it right away
worried about my kid standing near me. Now I'm paranoid..
I'm not on antibiotics at the moment because I got food poisoning
on Monday that is still lingering but I'm wondering if I need to
resume anyways...
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- No need to go to paranoid state - yet it's good to protect yourself from whatever any biting insect might pass along.
If you have some herbs with antimicrobial action, take those for a week or two. If you don't, you can get some or eat a couple raw garlic cloves a day for a while.
To avoid burn from garlic, peel the small to med.-small clove cut off the sharp ends and barely break the skin of it with your teeth before swallowing. You might put in in the middle of at least a small meal. Do not lie down for a half hour. -
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- As you got food poisoning on Monday, rather than stop your antibiotics, you need to be on something to address whatever microbe caused the food poisoning. It can be hard to pinpoint so a broad spectrum antimicrobial herb might cover your bases - or garlic - as well.
I don't think just any antibiotic is going to cover all the bases, though.
If your stomach is rough, be sure to have enough good food to carry the garlic through you, though.
Colloidal silver might be a good thing. -
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- If not treated, some food poisoning can cause chronic illness & joint pain, fatigue, etc. If you can address that head on right now, it's bound to be help. Hope you feel better soon.
Do you know what KIND of food poisoning? That matters.
Or - If there is a way to still test whatever food might have been bad, that would be excellent to know what kind of infection you'd be dealing with. Then you could better plan the treatment.
Most likely, those answers are elusive so just go for some broad spectrum herbals that will help in various ways. Berberine, Allicin, Olive Leaf Extract (though Seagate quality the best).
At your food store, perhaps they carry Herb Pharm Tinctures. Good choices there. Or Gaia.
Oregano Oil - only in a GELCAP, though. a good choice.
Does anyone know the percentage of flies carrying disease? In some places, only a low percentage of ticks carry disease .. so it's not like every bite brings illness.
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
You didn't read the studies at the link above, did you TuTu?
There are MANY studies published now, not as much on black flies and mosquitoes as there are on ticks, of course, but the range of infected flies and mosquitoes, after quickly skimming the abstracts listed above was a 1.7 % to 24% infection rate.
Since these are older studies, I will guess those numbers have increased, as they have in ticks over the years.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Nope .. too lazy yesterday!!
1.7 to 24% .. yep.. sounds about right!
Posted by mamalicious (Member # 43611) on :
Darn bugs! I don't even have to leave my house and they find me!!!
I had recently read about the biting flies thats why I flipped out. I
saw it in my house and thought oh I will kill that later... then he
followed me and bit my leg!
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Seagate brand (or one who uses similar excellent growing, harvesting, tending methods) is a good all round friend to have on board (in one's body) for the typical insect encounters of warmer months. It's a good support in so many ways, too, that to just include it in one's protocol can cover various bases.
OLE Links -
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- It would also be a good idea to have a tiny jar of TEA TREE OIL on hand for topical application after various kinds of insect bites. Just be sure to keep away from face, pillow cases, EYES.
If used on hands, put a Band-Aid over it so as not the brush up against face / eyes.
A cotton swab dab is enough to soothe a mosquito bite. Good for fly bites, too. There are some antimicrobial properties as well. Of course, no topical would be enough alone, though. -
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