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Best remedy we know is a Click-It, a small yellow plastic thing like a piezo gas-lighter. Boots sell them.
Zap the bitten area about 15 times, as soon as possible, then follow up with essential oil of lavender, or T-tree if not.
The allergic reaction often doesn't kick in for 24 hours anyway, but this should stop it, or calm it down substantially.
If you get a bad allergic reaction, get an anti-histamine such as Zyrtec ( active ingredient cetirizine), or Vitamin C is quite a strong anti-histamine.
which is very effective for removing venom from a variety of bites, stings and punctures - including snakes. It's not cheap but is handy to have when going to foreign parts.
Get at a mozzy bite early and it does at least prevent some of the swelling and damage.
I don't find taking preventative anti-histamine a lot of use- I take acrivastine anyway for various reasons and it does not seem to stop bites itching.
Thanks for all the info, not much reassuring! We have some anti-mosquito spray to spray on the skin for prevention, acquired in France a couple of years ago and another version which we bought in New Zealand to combat sand flies as I had suffered a mass attack on a previous visit around 4 years ago. As with others, I appear to be more prone to attack than my wife. We also have some anti-histamine cream and cortisone cream which is supposed to help once bitten.
The disturbing thing with these tiger mosquitos is that apparently they are biting during the day time when the usual risk time is dusk and later.
Anyway, the M/H is loaded up now ready for our getaway tomorrow morning but we do not depart from Dover until Monday morning. We are using a BritStop tomorrow night near Beaconsfield so that we can meet up with our two adult children who both live and work in the Thames Valley.
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For keeping all sorts of mozzies (but not spiders) away, can also vouch for a regular dose of Marmite.
