Mosquito Bites. Is There A Cream...

[rene123]

Is there a cream to remove the itch from mosquito and other insect bites? I can ignore an itch during the day, but at night when I'm trying to sleep it is annoying. Thankfully, not all mosquito bites affect me, but the ones that do are annoying.

[Thaddeus]

Try vinegar or lemon juice.

[maturebrit]

listerine or any non perfumed alcohol base lotion.

if you spray listerine around the place where your sitting you will find they dont bother you... we use it a lot and have no bites anymore

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[HeijoshinCool]

The stronger massage lineaments work well, as do the Poy-Sian inhalers that they bury up their nostrils. They have a dropper at the opposite end of the inhaler.

[Soutpeel]

I find toothpaste works for some reason...the minter the better..

[Crossy]

Tiger Balm seems to fix just about anything

[canman]

A paste made from baking soda and water

[canman]

There is also a green paste in a small round tin available in Thailand, smells alot like tiger balm and works a treat. I am sure if you ask at a 7-11 or a pharmacy they will know the stuff.

[Orac]

I use Systral - over the counter at any pharmacy.

[draggons]

Tiger balm does it for me

[rene123]

Thank you for all the quick replies. I'll now be off to the pharmacy and trusty old 7-11.

I'll report back with a reply on what worked.

[MickA]

Tiger balm

[pattayadingo]

There is also a green paste in a small round tin available in Thailand, smells alot like tiger balm and works a treat. I am sure if you ask at a 7-11 or a pharmacy they will know the stuff.

Sold near the tills where they sell paracetamol etc.

Small round tin, green lid with red writing in a white band across the top.

Works great especially if you leave some of this green cream over the top of the bite itself as opposed to simply rubbing it in.

[cooked]

I found Fenistil in a BigC pharmacy. Relieved my bee sting. I tried everything while I worked in Switzerland and this is the best as far as I am concerned.

Edited January 16, 2013 by cooked

[craigt3365]

Hydrocortisone works great.

[Skint]

systral cream from boots works fairly quick, marmite also works

[catmac]

Could also try Antergan cream. Sold in most pharmacies at about 30 baht a small tube. A very good anti-hystamine cream based on Hydrocortisone Acetate and Mepyramine Maleate.

Mozzy bites don't really trouble me, but the b/f comes up in great bumps after a bite - Antergan calms it all down in no time!

[weegee]

There is also a green paste in a small round tin available in Thailand, smells alot like tiger balm and works a treat. I am sure if you ask at a 7-11 or a pharmacy they will know the stuff.

The name in Thai is...Sam Buck....and yes it's the best i have found also. No itches from the bites.

Another thing to do is go to nursery and try to buy Citnonella plants in pots....put them around the area you sit, and within a few days the mossies wont come around that area....To start, just break a leaf or 2 to get the odour going

Hope this helps

[Hssl]

Green gel stuff in a green & white tin Thai's call it BUG - found everyway

[Tywais]

Tiger Balm here also.

[rott]

Yes Tiger Balm for me too, though there is some cheaper gear that Mrs R gets that does the job.

I have noticed lately though that just covering the bite up works just as well for some reason. Anyone else experienced this?

[marstons]

I dont use cream on rare occasion i get bitten anti hystermine works for me to stop itchng.

[taotoo]

Deet-based mosquito repellent will also sooth existing bites.

[dean999]

I use tiger balm. If i'm out and have forgotten it, i use the liquid out of my wifes sniffer, as she calls it. Its that white stick thing that you see thai's sniffing. I don't know the name. I'll try and find a picture.

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Edited January 16, 2013 by dean999

[bangkokburning]

Calamine lotion is widely available but full of alcohol and low level of calamine.

[Tafia]

There is also a green paste in a small round tin available in Thailand, smells alot like tiger balm and works a treat. I am sure if you ask at a 7-11 or a pharmacy they will know the stuff.

It can be green or yellow, smells like the liniment used by footballers etc, often see it it otop markets too.

[tw25rw]

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[rene123]

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That is the stuff I bought today. I'll try it tonight and give a report tomorrow. The itches only bother me at night when I'm trying to sleep.

[rene123]

Calamine lotion is widely available but full of alcohol and low level of calamine.

I think you used too much of it on your face if that is you in the avatar.

[homeownership]

I once got over 200 mosquito bites sitting in a lobby at the Amari in Pattaya, both my legs were a serious mess the next day. I went to the hospital and was given

1% Hydrocortisone (to be used within the first 24 hours) of being bitten.

Erthromycin (to be used for a week) Antibiotics.

Wash every 2 hours especially if the bites become inflamed.

IMO dont be afraid to pop the blisters, they are going to go pop anyway, so the more controlled the better.

After 4 days my legs returned to normal.

2 Years later and there are some very light scars, but fading as the years pass.

200 bites... Never sit near stagnant water wearing shorts at night time.