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February 12, 2009
No-See-UMs
I do not live in Brooklyn, I live in Louisiana and like most of you my husband, doctor, etc... think it is nerves, allergies, or my imagination. I have bought covers for all the mattress, and pillows. I have been prescribed Hydroxyz HCL 25mg, Prednisone 20mg (these medications make me very sleepy even the next day, very difficult to function while using them) and Permethrin cream for scabies. This helps as long as you wear it and maybe a day or two later, that's all. I have had bites, and what looks like blisters on my scalp that itch. The medicine gets rid of these. It feels like tiny spiders crawling on my skin, it has a sharp bite when it bites. Sometimes it seems to swarm or viberates on my skin like it is trying to hatch out, then it bites. It seems to be on the ceramic tile floor especially under the lip of the cabinet, in the carpet, in the cloth couches, on the mattress although for now it is gone from there when I removed the plastic cover (for good I pray), and as of late in my car (I have cloth seats and carpet)it feels like I am being pelted with something, even the covers for the mattress and pillows. I have also sprayed the house, car, mattresses, couches, floors, etc... 3 times to what seems no avail. If anyone can help I would apprecite it. I have had very little sleep in 8 weeks, although when I took the cover off our bed I found little black specks, I found these on me occasionally when I would itch or something would bite me. They are too small to see anything. It feels like they swam and collet under me on the couches and seats. They crawl, jump, and seem to fly. They seem to be able to penetrate clothing and bedding quickly. Please Help.
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Rachelle, I'm not sure whether your post is real or not, but I will suggest two possibilities: 1) that you might have bedbugs, or 2) that you might have bird mites. Good friends of mine recently dislodged a nest from their window frame and their home became infested. They are plagued with symptoms very similar to yours. The mites are extremely difficult to eradicate. Here are two links. If you search online, I'm sure you'll find many more. If you suspect you have mites, I suggest contacting an aviary for methods to extinguish: http://www.birdmites.org/
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pcmites.htm
Posted by: vinca at February 12, 2009 6:52 PM
But you say your husband shows none of these symptoms????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 12, 2009 6:58 PM
Dave, I know it sounds bizarre, and I sure don't know about Rachelle, but in the case of my friends the husband suffers some bites, but the wife (whose immune system is compromised) develops welts even in reaction to the saliva trails.
Posted by: vinca at February 12, 2009 7:46 PM
Rachelle,
I feel for you. This is my nightmare. I have sympathetic itching right now in fact.
I think everyone will believe you (?!) and be able to treat the issue, once they know what it is you're dealing with. Since you have "hot spots", why not lay down some tape or fly paper or glue traps for a day. Take what collects to a dermatologist or your doctor. It may be yucky, but it sounds like you've been dealing with yuckier for too long
Posted by: Ringo at February 12, 2009 8:22 PM
You might have the same problem as I do. I am extremely sensitive to dust and dust mites. I also get that way if I touch cardboard or anything that has dust on it. My skin gets incredibly itchy and rashy. Then I found this: http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=80723&catid=33262
It seems to help control the mites instantly, and it's organic unlike a lot of other sprays, which smell incredibly bad. The good thing with this is that you can spray just about anything (clothing, sheets, fabric couches), and just let it dry. I even use it on my carpets and then vacuum. The relief I felt was instant. Hope this helps!
Posted by: west1 at February 13, 2009 9:41 AM
Rachelle,
Where do you live in Louisiana. And, crazy as this sounds, have you been in fresh-water ponds/lakes recently. I remember a few years ago reading about duck hunters who were getting some sort of water-borne parasites that led to painful rashes. Two culprits include helminths (a wormy thing) and cyanobacteria.
Posted by: RaginCajun at February 13, 2009 11:19 AM
I'm in East Baton Rouge and I tell you the little no see ums are horrible. Flying fire breathing dragons is how they are described elsewhere. You can't see the critters to kill them but they will bite you till you go crazy. In Atlanta where I'm from we don't have this problem. Neither in North Carolina where I was working last.
She's not nuts or going crazy. They will make you crazy if you don't take any action against them. When I burned a vanillia candle in my room they didn't come around. But because the wax vapour was getting in to my computers, I had to stop. Since then I'm getting eaten alive. Looks like it's back to burning the vanillia candles...
Hun Goole NO SEE UMS and show that to hubby.
Posted by: setishock at May 26, 2009 4:01 AM
Oh my god these things are driving me crazy! It's so weird, they fly all around my bedroom but nowhere else in the house. It's gotten so bad that I've begun sleeping in the living room. I see them flying all around my lamps and on my walls . It's disgusting. I live near wetlands so I think they came from there. I also noticed these little wingless bugs all over my windowsill in my room and another bedroom. I wonder if that's the stage before they develop wings and start terrorizing the world. I just wanna get rid of them!
Posted by: Chel816 at July 25, 2009 4:27 AM
I am distressed!
need help with these salt and pepper bugs that are tiny and crawl all over me and bite, pin bites. the bites do not hurt too much and leave no welts but it is unbelievable annoying to be bitten anytime of the day or night . mostly in my bed! These creatures crawl all over me, get in my ears, bite my backs. I wash my sheets put news ones and then there they are.
I have fogged, sprayed all over- nothing works. they are TINY, now even at my computer screen! I taped them as I pick them from my bed this way.
I have wooden floors do not live by a lake and cannot identify them. This is their size>.< some area little bigger and seem to have wings, some are lighter and tiny. That might be eggs, adults. etc... They feel like sand.
I have thrown bedding away, comforters pillows, bought new ones nothing works.
I moved here two months ago, first month was fine, now this month has been horrible. They seem not to have gotten to my housemate's room but I have seen them in the shower, and when I sweep the floor is full.
I dont see them move, but i feel them crawling and biting.
Someone please help before i go mad!
Posted by: ingreedjee at September 28, 2009 3:26 AM
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