I hate mosquitoes...

[SunnyD]

I got a couple of mosquito bites on my left pinky finger last night, and it's swollen enough today so that I can't bend it fully. If I try, it feels like it's going to rip open.

A little history - I'm allergic to mosquito "venom", moreso than most people. When I get a bite, odds are that the smallest it will get is swolen about the side of a quarter raised up about a quarter-inch off the normal level of the skin (on a flat surface). More often I'll end up with a lump about the side of a golfball or larger.

Ugh, I hate mosquitoes. And my wife wonders why I hate being outside.

 

[huesmann]

Lance your finger.

 

[Howard]

I'm even more sensitive than you are. Let me see if I can dig up an old pic of my leg with a mosquito bite.

Ah, here it is.

Keep in mind that my leg is less than 12" around at the thickest part.

EDIT: Faster link

http://tinypic.com/a1jzo

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Howard
I'm even more sensitive than you are. Let me see if I can dig up an old pic of my leg with a mosquito bite.

Ah, here it is.

Keep in mind that my leg is less than 12" around at the thickest part.

EDIT: Faster link

http://tinypic.com/a1jzo

Yeah, that looks about right. Sucks doesn't it? Especially when you get a bite on a joint (not the blunt kind you fools).

 

[Wallydraigle]

When I get bit it just kind of itches a little for a few minutes and then it goes away. Same with bee stings. I don't get poison ivy either.


*runs screaming out of thread from angry mob*

 

[Scarpozzi]

I just bought this house that had a ton of bugs in the yard. I ended up buying a spray nozzle that goes ont he garden hose. I sprayed my yard with the pesticide and killed off most of what was there. I'm going to spray the backyard soon...

I HATE mosquitos, but they only have a month or so left....if that.

 

[SearchMaster]

Mosquito bites don't affect me at all. Not even the slightest redness or itching.

But I have the normal reaction to bee stings and poison ivy.

 

[daveshel]

Be thankful you don't live here in Arizona where mosquito bites can be fatal.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: daveshel
Be thankful you don't live here in Arizona where mosquito bites can be fatal.

So I don't have to be worried about West Nile here in Florida?