So, our legs (and arms, and butts, and backs, and...) didn't make it back from Belize unscathed. In fact, the angry legions of bites numbered in the many of tens, nearly a hundred. Each. To stop the (MADNESS!!) itchiness, I applied, nearly constantly:
prescription-strength hydrocortisone
Sting-eze
triple antibiotic ointment
lotion, lots of lotion
Benadryl anti-itch
and took:
diphenhydramine (generic Benadryl - turns out, you're not supposed to take the pill form in addition to the topical Benadryl. Oops, oh well, still didn't make the itching stop)
loratadine
pseudoephedrine (why not?)
And you know what? All that, and it didn't matter. I scratched at those little, and not so little red welts during the day, in my sleep, ALL THE TIME, until they broke and bled. And then I SCRATCHED SOME MORE. I'm simply, what one would call, highly allergic with erm, reactive skin. Also, low impulse control. I expect the scars will last a long, long time :(
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