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Here's an email and some photos from Mechelle who has been bitten on the
arm. Anyone with any ideas on what may have bitten her please email me.
Here's a another
replyHello, I've stumbled upon your site and viewed this picture of a
bite that
the woman states must have been from an insect under her watch. The
rash looks very similar to a skin reaction I encounter anytime I wear a
watch with a "questionable" metal backing or lesser value jewelry. If I
continue to wear the watch or jewelry the rash worsens quickly and often
pusses and takes weeks to heal as the metal is still reacting with my skin
after I remove it. If I was presented with this picture I would first ask if
the watch was new or had been recently polished or cleaned. If it was a
new watch she may have gotten a hold of a bad watch, if it's a watch
she's worn for a while with no reaction, she may react to it after a
polishing or cleaning if the watch has a "plated" back. Just my
opinion.......Gina, Austin, Elkin, NC
Here's a reply from
Andrew:
The bites
to me look more like the stings of fireants, but I would think you
would have felt that as many times as it looks to have stung you. We
have alot of fire ants that are now in the TN area, I was stung on
the ankle by some fire ants and it looked just like a zit everywhere
they bit or stung, but if you didn't feel anything it is more than
likely a chigger and you have to get it out of your body to get the
infection out of it. If it is chiggers instead of squeezing them out
and maybe let them dig in somewhere else, apply a heavy coat of nail
polish on each bite. I know this sounds funny, but a chigger breaths
through your skin if you cut off its air it will die. If you do
decide to bust them, use rubbing alcohol or anti-bacterial hand
sanitizer on everything around the bites and also on your hand if
you don't use gloves or tissue to squeeze them out. If you grew up
in eastern TN or anywhere in the deep south you have gotten chiggers
at least once as a child playing in the woods and field areas. I do
hope this helps with your situation.
Here's an email from
Charlotte:
Perhaps this picture is of a
Chigger bite…
We have them A Lot here in the
Great Smoky Mountains – Tennessee - USA …
Here is a great site just in
case…..
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/chiggers.html
Charlotte.
I
think this is one or more spider bites. The insect was
trapped under my watch. I did not feel it bite me. Let me
know what you think? Photos are from day 3.
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