On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:49:28 -0700, "Jacqueline Davidson"
wrote:

What works best for these bites? I use diphenhydramine cream, cortisone
cream, nothing works.

Can you take oral antihistamines? Like Claritin (supposed to be less
drowsy-making than other brands). Just a thought.

The low-tech way is supposed to be to bathe the area in your saliva
*immediately* and keep it up until itching dies down -- w/o
scratching, of course. Some people have reported success.

I'm facing the same prob. since I'm going to mosquito country, and
I'm very sensitive -- I'd almost say allergic -- to insect bites. We
have fleas this year. It took me a while to wake up and treat the cat
and vacuuum & spray rugs.

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Persephone