If preventing chigger bites fails you then you need to know:

How To Treat Chigger Bites

Ticks and chiggers. Almost every woodsman want to know how to prevent chigger bites even more than tick bites. Why, you may ask. If you are asking you have not had the dubious pleasure of having gotten a good infestation of chigger bites.

If there are two things most woodsmen hate it is ticks and chiggers. Of course there could be occasional leach if you fall into some nasty pond or swamp. And there are some seriously nasty biting flies and some mosquitoes, but nothing lasts as long or is as nasty a case of chiggers and seed ticks.

Ticks and chiggers are the terror of the woodsman. Ticks can be seen and removed rather quickly after their attachment, if you paying attention. if ticks do get a good hold on you, that is his head is buried into your flesh do not try to pull him out and do not try to brush him off.

A Q-tip dipped into liquid detergent, put on him and held for a few moments and he will back out all by himself. Such not the luxury of getting rid of chiggers. You see, chiggers are only about 150th of an inch big. Hardly the thing you will be able to see to to dob off.

What most do not know about chiggers, is they do not bore into the skin and they do no suck blood. However, chiggers do bite, then they puke into the bite an enzyme that melts or rots the flesh, which is then sucked up. The good news they do not eat much. The bad news is the bodies reaction is one horrendous itch that can last for two weeks or longer.

The other good news is most chiggers are knocked off long before they can do any damage. The main trust of this article is to teach you how to prevent chigger bites.

A lot of folks take pretty good precautions when in the woods in preventing chigger bites by following a few simple rules, such as;

• Wearing protective clothing
• Applying a repellent, natural or toxic DEET products
  
• Avoiding areas likely inhabited by chiggers and ticks
• Dusting themselves off every little while, dislodging any or most hitch hikers

However, is from this point on most neglect or abandon their preventive measures and get into trouble with chigger bites because of it. It is just as important to;

• Dust yourself off before getting back into your car when leaving
• Getting rid of your clothes when you get home, before scattering whatever chiggers may still be attached around the house
• Washing contaminated clothes in hot water with bleach and soap
• Drying clothes on high heat or hanging outdoors in the direct sunlight away from anyplace chiggers can get to them
• Taking a hot shower/bath with soap and wash cloth or exfoliating scrub
• Noticing any itching sensation when it first starts and applying proper chigger treatment

And this not to mention anything about pets. If you pets, they get chiggers also if they are outside and into areas where chiggers live.

And there are some serious misconceptions about how to get rid of chigger bites. There are some things that simply do not work and some are simply dangerous to your health and well being, such as;

• Nail polish does not work
• Kerosene does not work directly or in bath water
• Bleach does not work, as above
• Alcohol does not work
• Anti-itch creams do not work more than a few minutes
• Not scratching does not work, if you can even not do it
  
• Antihistamines do not work
• Gas, matches and the ice pick trick does not work on chiggers any more than it does on crabs

So, what does work to get rid of chigger bites? There are some thing which may have some merit, such as;

• Tea Tree Oil
• Crushed aspirin and organic vinegar
• Bounce Dryer Sheets

Those are three things the author has heard of but has no experience to relate or comment on. However, that being said there is a remedy for chigger bites that does work and it does work fast and permanently.  If you want to know how to treat chigger bites then follow this link to get the cure for chiggers. Download it and be using it in minutes from now.

Chiggers are like cockroaches in some ways. They have learned to survive just about anything and are millions of years old. They have adapted very nicely to surviving in the modern rural society just fine.

It seems unseemly something so small as a chigger can be the topic of more conversations at the dinner table than the latest and greatest movie, or ball game, whatever game that may be. Talking about chiggers is like talking about the weather. Everyone wants to discuss how hot or cold it is but can do nothing about it except complain.

When it comes to talking about chiggers everyone complains about the itching and wondering if there is such a thing as chigger treatment that actually works. Just about everyone that lives in Chiggerland has heard of all the wives tails about how to get rid of chiggers and just about everyone has tried them all, and more.

One thing is for sure, after you spend enough time around chiggers or at least around those who have been around chiggers for more than season or three will learn how to fight back or they will never survive living where chiggers share the country side.

Some of the best advice ever given to a novice or otherwise when it comes to treating chiggers it is to avoid them like the plague. Now this may seem easier said than done. But all it takes is a minute of your time to avoid hours suffering and cursing a few hours later.

Here are some hot chigger treatment tips for those wise enough to use them.

Number one. Do not under any circumstances use dangerous chemicals to stop the itching. They do not work. Period. Leave the gasoline and matches and ice pick alone. You will only hurt yourself and regret it later.

Number two. Leave chiggers in the field where you found them. Do not drag them home with you. Brush yourself off or if you have a buddy dust each other off every few hours and before getting in the pickup truck to head on home. (If you don’t you may find your buddies waiting for you when you go for the next ride into town.)

Number three. When you get home and before you make yourself comfortable, strip off and get a good hot shower with lots of soap and wash rag or exfoliating scrubber. Get those critters off before they can set in for free lunch at your expense. While your are at it get your duds tossed into the washer on hot water, some soap and a bit of bleach. When done dry on high heat or hang in the sun to dry. Preferably above the grass and away from trees etc where chiggers may be hiding.

Now there are some repellents that work pretty well that are natural. DEET is a powerful toxic substance that affects bugs nerves and if it affects them, it all will affect you. Don’t use it on the skin and wash it off immediately if not sooner if you get it on you.

Flowers of Sulfur is good and cheap and works. Get one of those powder puff things women use to powder their faces and dust some of it on you. Or put it in a sock and bang it around where you want it.

It also works great around camp grounds when camping or pick nicking.

There are also some so called treatments for stopping the itch. As mentioned above most don’t work and some are down right dangerous to your well being. That means your health. DO NOT use them.

All of that over the counter stuff does not work long term if at all. Even Chigger Aide is short on results and costs like the devil.

If you have a baby around the house try some of the diaper rash cream you have. There seems to be some truth to it’s working on chigger bites. There is also a rumor aspirin and organic apple cider vinegar work well also.

But you can download your own secret Chigger Treatment Formula and stop itching within minutes. Isn’t it worth it?

All of your tax dollars are going to help some illegal foreigner get benefits, but you do not get relief from chiggers or the chigger’s maddening itch. Doesn’t that just make you want to go scratch?

Well, the truth is, those chiggers, like illegals, are still on the attack. You still have to be educated if you expect to survive the summer and enjoy your time in the yard with your families and in the woods doing whatever you do there.

There are some chigger treatments available but the stimulus package will not buy them for you. So here are few tips you can do to be smarter than the average chigger.

Rule number 1: The best rule of all. Avoid chiggers if all possible.

Rule number 2: Apply a strong insect repellent to your clothes. Apply around the cuffs, the belt line, up and down your legs. DO NOT apply to your skin and for heaven sakes do apply to your children. Most animal feed store carry pet supplies. They probably carry a good repellent for pets that is much stronger than made for humans at less cost. Just use with care and caution.

IMPORTANT: DEET is a great chigger repellent but it is known to cause serious damage to the body that may not become known until sometimes years down the road. Including brain damage resulting in seizures and worse.

Or as an alternative there is a substance called sulfur, more particularly called flowers of sulfur that makes an excellent repellent. It can be obtained from most pharmacies. Apply the powder around the bottom of the pant legs, up the legs and around the belt line. It can be bit messy but it is quite effective for repelling chiggers and ticks.

There are also essential oils to use for chigger repellent. Citronella, Bergamot, and Wild Tansy will help to repel chiggers.

Mix five parts of Lavender and Lemongrass with three parts Peppermint and one part Thyme, add to cup of water, shake well and spray on.

Or combine equal parts of Clove, Lemon and Orange to one cup of water and spray on.

If you can find fresh mint, crush it and rub it around your pants and shirt openings and on your hands and neck.

Lavender will help with the itching as does Tea Tree oil.

Rule number 3: Brush off your clothes periodically. Chiggers can penetrate clothing but usually, like people, are lazy. They look for the easy way in.

Rule number 4: Wear light colored, loose fitting clothing when in chigger land. Chiggers like dark colored objects.

Rule number 5: Wear boots with your pants tucked inside if possible.

Rule number 6: Do not be petting and holding your pets when they have been out in the woods. Chiggers like them better than they like you.

Rule number 7: Avoid those wive tail formulas about curing chigger bites like the swine flue. They are not only worthless, they downright dangerous.

Rule number 8: After exposure wash all clothes in HOT HOT water with soap. Then and only then wash yourself in hot water. Be sure to scrub down with a good wash rag to dislodge any free loaders. The sooner you do all of this, the better.

Rule number 9: Download you chigger treatment and go have worry free fun.

As a word of warning though, I have found information, take it or leave it, the ingredients in drier sheets will cause strange behavioral problems in people as ti does in bugs and insects. It takes about 10 washings to clear it out of your clothes completely.

From my point of view, if this stuff does work as he says in tongue in cheek, repelling various and assorted insects, it cannot be good for a body either. Remember, the skin is the biggest organ the body has and it also a sponge. It will soak up anything put next to it in a flash. So you have been warned. Enjoy this article. It is fun.

An early P.S. Don’t forget to come back up here and grab your own Chigger Treatment before you leave. You won’t regret it.

Beyond the Dryer: The Truth About Bounce

By Jon Kline

Visiting my favorite computer support website, I didn’t expect to find information about a common household product like Bounce brand dryer sheets.  However, as with many successful internet communities, the function sometimes exceeds its original ambitions.  There was a post from September 12th that caught my eye, “Bounce this around” filed in “The Doctor’s Lounge,” (usually reserved for birthday announcements or other off-topic remarks).  I was surprised to find the post was written like ad copy for Bounce brand dryer sheets:

The US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow jackets [sic] away.

Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. It really works. The yellow jackets just veer around you.

1. All this time you’ve just been putting Bounce in the dryer! It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.

2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don’t get opened too often.

4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

The post went on to claim a total of 21 ‘alternative’ uses for the product.  I was astounded.  Money couldn’t buy advertising like this!  My first thought was “What’s in these dryer sheets anyway?” Surely if they repelled insects they must be toxic.  So I turned to the chief resource abut the dangers of any household consumable, the Material Safety Data Sheet.  Hoping to find something carcinogenic (or at least environmentally unfriendly); I was disappointed when the most serious health warning read: “ingestion of used or unused sheet by a young child or household pet may lead to impaction of the gastrointestinal tract. A physician or veterinarian should be contacted.”  So they could potentially cause constipation but obviously the manufacturers weren’t worried about what might happen if you actually digested it.

“Biodegradable fabric softening agents”, whatever those are, are the active chemicals on the sheets.  According to the MSDS sheet, if you feed enough of it to rats (more than 1% of their body weight) it will kill them.  That sounded like damning evidence to me, until I realized that if I ate 1% of my body weight of just about anything I’d probably be pretty sick myself.

By now I was thinking the 21 claims were a bit more dubious.  Surely there must be official claims at BounceEverywhere.com, the website for this product.  While Procter and Gamble, the owner of the Bounce brand, makes no claim of extraordinary insect fighting ability, some of the posters on the Bounce message boards have.  “When in an outdoor area where wasps are a problem, just rub a fresh bounce sheet on your hair, clothing and exposed skin.  It seems to repel[sic] the pests and keeps you smelling fresh to boot,” claims Margie M. from Salyersville, KY.  Well it’s obvious that Bounce is not trying to deny that it may repel insects, even if they are not directly promoting it for that cause.  As I dug further into the posts I found a trend.  They allegedly repel mosquitoes, wasps, yellow jackets, moths, ticks, chiggers, ants, rats, mice, chipmunks, and even birds!  Dissolve a sheet in water and use it to remove tough burned-on grease in pans, or even wallpaper from the walls!  Yes, that’s right, someone posting on BounceEverywhere.com claims to have used bounce to remove wallpaper.  Bounce’s official stance on the postings is “We do not edit your comments and therefore are not responsible for the content, or its accuracy.”  Having read enough of these outlandish claims, my research took a cynical turn.  Surely there must be an unbiased resource for analyzing these claims.  So I checked my favorite authority for confirming and debunking modern myths, snopes.com.

Snopes’ article, titled “Bounce Back”, addressed sixteen claims made about Bounce in a highly circulated email first documented in 2003.  The article gave two of the sixteen claims a clear win for Bounce (both relating to its odor-fighting properties) and four claims a definitely not, while the balance fell into a category where it was not particularly effective, ineffective, or measurable.

At this point I was lost.  How could I possibly refute every claim I’d found so far?  I turned my research back to the original post that started my dilemma.  I saw my comments had prompted a few more responses.  “It’s also an elephant repellent.  See any elephants?” posted SpywareDr. My research had only managed to ask more questions than it answered, when another poster claimed:

*Cram one down the filler neck in your car’s fuel tank and increase gas mileage by 430%.

*Tape ten sheets across both of your car’s bumpers to prevent accidents–it repels other vehicles.

*Put a sheet in your dishwasher and your plates will be wrinkle-free.

*A sheet or two in the bottom of your computer case will prevent BSODs [windows errors] and corrupted files.

I haven’t seen a difference in gas mileage yet, but I haven’t had an accident since 1985, none of my dishes have wrinkles and my computer works perfectly.

The internet is the most ubiquitous tool of the information age, yet it seems to flourish on misinformation and disinformation.  Realizing that after all this internet research I had yet to hold one of these mystical sheets in my hand, I went to the grocery store to purchase a box for my own experiments.  Staring down the aisles I worked my way to the place on the shelf where the original scent Bounce dryer sheets should have been.  “Outdoor Fresh Scent,” “Fresh Linen,” and “Spring Awakening,” the boxes proclaimed.  I resigned myself to smelling like a “Summer Orchard” and put one inside my jacket pocket.  Two days later, I visited a friend with a small pet lovebird.  As the bird hopped across the couch and into my lap I remembered the dryer sheet was still in my jacket, mere inches away from this adorable bird.

While my research revealed that Bounce may not be bird-repellent, I haven’t seen any mosquitoes, wasps, yellow jackets, moths, ticks, chiggers, ants, rats, mice, or chipmunks.  Or elephants, for that matter.  But the box containing the rest of my Bounce dryer sheets will be staying right where it belongs: in my laundry room, on the shelf above my dryer.

Jonathan Kline is a amateur filmmaker and professional student at the University of Wisconsin Colleges.  He is also the webmaster for the independent film Six Bullets.

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The effects can range from mild momentary itching bumps to severe swelling, fever, inability to breath to even death. Yes, the records show approximately 100+ folks die each year from insect bites. Because of the annoyance and in some cases life threatening effects of these bites and stings folks are turning to fight them off with their insect repellent of choice.

Precautions so be taken to avoid bites and stings before going into the critters territory. Stinger can be brushed off, not squeezed and pulled off. Ticks and chiggers can be treated with some for of anti itch formula. Ticks can be taken off with dish soap and a cotton ball. Apply the soap to the cotton ball and set it over the tick for short spell then when removed the tick should come with it. No nasty heads left behind and no excess poison squeezed into the bite.

Most commercial insect repellents chosen to detour insect attacks contains a chemical known as DEET. DEET can be applied in spray form or ointment directly to the skin and clothing in concentration up to 100% by volume.

While millions of dollars are spent annually extolling the virtues of these various repellents, not one will tell you of the potentially devastating side effects of DEET.

WARNING!!! Do NOT use DEET for a Chigger repellent!

The findings recent research and not so recent research on DEET should be enough to make you squirm. Duke University revealed that DEET is responsible for behavioral changes and even brain cell death with frequent use. Prolonged continuous exposure of DEET to children and the aged is DANGEROUS. If it is dangerous to them, maybe is also dangerous to middle aged men and women also.

Human skin will absorb any kind of toxic and non toxic substance applied to it. IN SECONDS!

Chigger Bites are a small price to pay compared to the side effects of DEET.

DEET is responsible for producing the following side effects to users even years later after being exposed. Severe memory loss, seizures, headaches, muscle and joint pain, shortness of breath, tremors, fatigue, weakness and even death. WARNING! Insects are not the only thing that should avoid DEET!

Please do not expose your children to this nasty chemical. Find some form of natural insect repellents that is harmless. It may be less long term effective, but your health is at stake here. If you must use it, apply it only to clothing and never to the skin. If you it does get on the skin, wash it off immediately if not sooner, please.

A body may perhaps tell you chiggers are also known as harvest mite, red bugs (not to be confused with bed bugs) and perhaps a few unmentionables. But what do you care about what they are called. You are not here to get a biology report on chiggers.

However, it may prove to be advantageous to know chiggers do not bore under the skin and live there till they die. If you know chiggers only fasten to your skin during the process of their feeding you will know it is easier to get rid of them than you thought.

Avoiding chiggers is without a doubt the easiest and most effectual way of avoiding bites, therefore having to go looking for an effective anti itch treatment.

Chiggers have a special habitation they like to hang out in. They love the woods and shaded areas that are warm. Like wood piles and leaf piles or other heaps of organic substance in the process of producing heat during decay.

They also like to hang out on undergrowth of brush and the tall grass of meadows and fields, waiting for their host to come marching by, so they can rub off or drop on them.

So clearly it is to your advantage to avoid these areas if possible. If you are hiking try to stay on trails and away from overhanging grass and branches.

While you are in the woods it is advisable to wear protective clothing. Wear boots and tuck your britches inside of them. Wear light colored clothes with tight weave, but not close-fitting. If you do not have boots, tuck your pants inside of your socks.

If you are with someone employ what the army calls the buddy system. Stop every little while and brush each other off. It takes chiggers a while to find an opening into your body, so a good thorough brush off every couple of hours will help to keep yourself shucked of them.

If you are driving back home, before entering your vehicle, again do a brush off to keep as many chiggers as possible from entering your vehicle with you. If you have cloth upholstery they will live in there waiting for your return. Remember, prevention is the best chigger treatment known.

When you get home, get your clothes into a nice hot wash with lots of soap and bleach ahead of going anywhere or doing anything. The idea is keep the chiggers isolated to only a small area, not depositing them all through out the house.

Then get yourself into a nice hot shower with soap and a good scrubber cloth or exfoliating sponge and do an all over good job of rubbing your body down to displace any little hitch hikers.

If you prefer a bath do not use any sort of chemicals such as bleach, but do use the scrubbing method described above.

If you are one of those who really do not think about or believe that what you put on your body is the equivalent of putting into your body then by all means use whatever chemicals you like to prevent or get rid of chiggers. In this case you can use RID delousing shampoo to do a body wash with then do a complete soap and scrubbing shower.

No matter how you feel regarding your own health, please do not use this stuff on children.

Heat from a hair drier directed at the source of the itch for a couple of minutes as hot as you can without burning the skin will help to alleviate the itching. Some forms of anti itch creams work for a few hours. Crushed aspirin, moistened and applied to the bite seems to help. It has been reported diaper rash ointment and petroleum jelly also works well to stop the itching.

There are several natural chigger treatments obtainable, not all of which this article has time to address.

You can download the famous Chigger Bite Treatment Formula by clicking on this link now.

I hope you enjoy the article and don’t forget stop on back up here and pick up your own Chigger Treatment formula and report before you leave. It will for sure prove to be a remedy for those insect bites.

Pest Control Breakthrough in the Never Ending Battle around Home and Garden

Since I am not only an avid gardener, but also much concerned about the environment, I’m always looking for safe methods to grow plants including pest control in home and garden.

Think about pest control and how it works: We spray chemicals on plants or pests and the bugs die or stop reproducing because the chemicals are toxic to them. Unfortunately, many of these products are also toxic to humans and animals. Reading warning labels on pest control products makes you wonder why anybody would want to risk using them. Exposure to the fumes of these products can result in headaches, feelings of nausea and other discomfort Pesticide use can also results in chronic illness such as allergies, in miscarriages, sterility, cancer and even death.

We not only spray and fumigate in home and garden, we also apply bug killing toxins on our pets and expose them and ourselves non stop to a variety of chemicals to kill fleas, ticks and more.

Over the years, I have had some success with such Earth friendly things as vinegar, diatomaceous earth, garlic, cayenne pepper and Saver Soap in my never ending battle with bugs that invade home and garden. My quest also led me to pure essential oils which repel or kill bugs, yet are actually healthful to people and their pets.

Experimentation lead to the discovery that if the oils are used undiluted, they repel the pests, but if the oils are mixed with water, they often become “insecticides”. In other words, if you like to repel insects from entering your home, you can do that by putting a few drops of the appropriate oil on your fingers or some other applicator and then brush or spray the oil along the line of demarcation such as a windowsill, a door jamb, or other point of entry.

To kill or disable pests, mix a few drops of a specific oil with water in a spray bottle, shake frequently and aim at the pests. For example, to discourage aphids and ants from roses and other plants, generously spray infested plants with the mix. While the pests will leave or fall off, there is no harm done to the plant itself. (Best not to do that in mid day when temperatures go above 100 degrees F.)

You can keep ticks, chiggers and fleas off yourself and your pets when in the outdoors by using the appropriate oils. Either spray on exposed areas or rub on cuffs around neck, wrists and ankles. Avoid using oils near the eyes. Should you get oils in the eyes, dilute with vegetable oil – NOT with water. If an oil should be too strong for the user, experiencing a slight discomfort, apply a little vegetable oil to dilute. For your pets, you can put recommended oils around the neck, legs and along the back, but keep oils from around the eyes and other tender areas.

If an oil should be too strong for the user, apply a little vegetable oil on the area to dilute.

The following oils have been used successfully in the elimination of pests from home and garden:

ANTS: Peppermint, Spearmint

APHIDS: Cedarwood, Hyssop, Peppermint, Spearmint

BEETLES: Peppermint, Thyme

CATERPILLARS: Spearmint, Peppermint

CHIGGERS : Lavender, Lemongrass, Sage, Thyme

CUTWORM: Thyme, Sage Lemongrass, Spearmint, Lavender

FLIES: Lavender, Peppermint, Rosemary, Sage

GNATS: Patchouli, Spearmint

LICE: Cedarwood, Peppermint, Spearmint

MOSQUITOES: Lavender, Lemongrass

MOTHS: Cedarwood, Hyssop, Lavender, Peppermint, Spearmint

PLANT LICE : Peppermint, Spearmint

SLUGS: Cedarwood, Hyssop, Pine

SLUGS: Cedarwood, Hyssop, Pine

SNAILS: Cedarwood: Pine, Patchouli

SPIDERS: Peppermint, Spearmint

TICKS: Lavender, Lemongrass, Sage, Thyme

WEEVILS: Cedarwood, Patchouli, Sandalwood

I like to add these cautions about essential oils: Not all essential oils on the market are safe. Many are diluted with harmful chemicals. Many essential oils are ineffective due to the way they are processed. Please make sure that you use safe, pure, properly distilled oils.

Copyright (c) 2007 Elisabeth Mcgill

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I came across this article on how to cure chigger bites. It is quite informative and quite accurate. I think you will get a some good from reading it if you are a sufferer of chigger bites. She knows a lot about skin care but does not know as much about chiggers as she might if she had lived with them for years as I have.

After reading come on back up here and check out the Ultimate Chigger Bite Treatment Formula. Thanks for reading.

Forward by Justin Case

Many people are not aware of what chigger bites are. This is the best time to educate yourself on what this is and find out the effective cure for chigger bites that are available to you.

What are chiggers?

Chiggers are also known as harvest mites and red bugs. These are very minuscule insects that can only be seen through a magnifying glass or a microscope.

Chigger bites cannot really be felt. However, you will start to itch or your skin will start to inflame and redden hours later. They can live on your body and can move around to look for a place to feed.

They usually “eat” the thin outer layer of your skin. A barrier such as the waistband of jeans or your armpit may trigger them to feed.

Chiggers do not really “bite” in the truest sense of the word. They just fasten themselves on your skin and infuse saliva that contains digestive enzymes that can break down the cells of your skin making it easier for them to drink. The enzymes are the ones that cause the itching.

The enzyme irritates the tissues that surround it and it causes welt to form. The longer the chigger stays in our body and feeds, the bigger the welts form and the longer the itchiness persists.

Chiggers can actually continue to attach itself to your skin and feed for many days. However, you can easily get rid of them when you scrub your skin or take a shower. This is the reason why it is better for people who have stayed outdoors in the wild areas to take a shower immediately to prevent chigger attacks.

Chigger bites are not actually a serious condition. However, many people mistake this condition with chicken pox. You can easily distinguish the difference between the two because chigger usually attacks the waist, ankles, neck, and armpits only.

Another misconception that people make is that chiggers tunnel their way deep into our skin. This is actually just a myth. Chiggers do not have the teeth or sting to tunnel their way into our skin. Although they are small, they are still too big to fit in our pores.

What can help chigger bites?

Many people use nail polish as a cure for chigger bites. However, this is not an advisable treatment. Nail polish contains chemicals that can further aggravate chigger bites.

You can apply topical treatments to help relieve the itchiness. Applying Calamine lotions can also help relieve the itchiness caused by chigger bites. Using oatmeal scrub can also help relieve the itchiness.

In worst cases, Doctors can prescribe you with steroid creams or benadryl to help relieve the itchiness and the skin inflammation.

You can also use a natural remedy called Pure-Heal Gel. This is a natural remedy that can help soothe the skin and can help provide skin support.

This product contains herbal ingredients such as Marigold, Tea Tree, Lavender and Gotu Kola. Marigold is an herbal remedy that is known for its powers in maintaining healthy skin tissues.

Tea Tree penetrates the skin deeply and can heal inflammations on a deeper level. Lavender can soothe aggravated skin effectively and can help maintain healthy skin circulation. Gotu Kola is a natural anti-oxidant that can support the health of the skin.

If you are looking for an easier cure for chigger bites, then a product like Pure-Heal Gel is perfect for you. Relieve itchiness right away with this remedy.

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Discover how to treat chigger bites before you get them.

If you think you know everything or nothing that is to be known on how cure chigger bites, read this article to remove your confusion.

Chigger Bite Time is at hand and you best hurry or you will miss the train. Actually this is a train you will want to miss. There is not much time to prepare for this years harvest of the infamous Harvest Mite, known as the Chigger and mite and Red Bug.

Chiggers are now busy laying eggs that will be hatching in a few days. It those larvae that will soon be causing you problems. So now is the time to prepare. Now is the time to stop the Chigger life cycle while you can.

The best chigger remedy is pretty much chigger avoidance. So, how do you avoid them? Chiggers love places that hold moisture like decaying leaves and old rotting woodpiles. Chiggers need to keep hydrated, so they love to hang out in disturbed forest areas that are moist and warm. In short any place that rabbits, mice and rodents like to hang out you may find chiggers.

Keep your lawn mowed short and the vegetation trimmed back from areas where you will travel or hang out. Get rid of all those old leaf piles, NOW. If you can eliminate those early hatchers you will get a long head start on minimizing a chigger problem in your area.

There are also sprays you can use on the yard. A natural solution of soap and water sprayed in your use areas shortly before use helps to keep chiggers at bay. For maximum control do this every week for about three weeks to catch all of the chigger’s life cycles.

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…Do not let chiggers quarantine you to your home. Dress for the occasion you can minimize the effect chiggers have on you. Isn’t that what you really want anyway?

• Wear boots and tuck your pants inside and inside your socks as well. Wear light colored clothes. Chiggers like dark things. Like dark, moist places. Speaking of dark moist places, where is yours? You got it. Arm pits, inside your panties, around your sock tops and around your belt line. I can guarantee that the one place you don’t want these little freeloaders in that dark, moist place inside your panties.

There is also commercial chigger repellents to help to keep chiggers at bay. Some are natural and some are not. It is my personal preference to not put anything on my skin that I would not put in my mouth. Your skin is the biggest organ of the body. It will absorb just about anything that you put on it.

Put those unnatural repellents on your clothes, ONLY. DEET is the most popular repellent and it can last for several hours. There are some natural repellents like citronella but it does not last long.

There are one or two more things you might want to do for chigger remedies.

When you get home from your romps in the woods, get out of your clothes quickly. Do not park on your couch and watch that latest edition of American Idol. Do not sit or lounge on your bed, even briefly. If you do, you just might find your friends waiting patiently for you right where you left them when you do go to bed.

• Get your clothes into the laundry fast and wash them in hot, hot water for about 30 minutes. Then get yourself into the shower and get your self washed up. You will want to get anything that is hitch hiking washed off immediately if not sooner.

So what do you do if you do get bit and get bit you will? Forget the wives tales of finger nail polish. It just makes for stylish spots on your body. And forget about Clorox i.e. bleach and paint thinner baths and such, if you value your health that is. Antihistamines help with the itch a bit, but don’t count on it too much. DO NOT use such things as turpentine, gasoline, alcohol, ice picks and definitely do not use matches after using gasoline or alcohol.

And do not even think about not scratching. That is just not going to happen.

So, what is this chigger cure? Avoid the places chiggers like to hang out to start with. Then dress accordingly. Wash yourself and your clothes.

Now, go enjoy your summer.

Oh, did I mention don’t forget to treat that car seat you rode home in from your favorite wooded haunt?

As you know, knowledge is not just about reading tips and tricks. It is also about applying what you have learned. This article was all about learning new things about Chigger Treatments and then applying what you have learned.

Kathlene Easter

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