Little bites/sores on ankles and lower legs

[Participant]

Pics?

 

[Dirk Diggler]

No medical threads, goto a doctor

No medical advice is being sought here, if I need any potions or lotions I'll talk to the high street chemist.

Thanks for keeping us all on the straight and narrow, we really appreciate the hard work you do, however you can now get back to whatever party you're the life and soul of at the moment.

 

[adidan]

No medical threads, goto a doctor

Oh very much this.

I only removed the tick from my OH because she'd somehow managed to kill it at some point (it was flat and not moving), it was big enough and she was freaking out a bit.

Still got her to the docs afterwards to make sure none of it's jaws were still embedded in her leg.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Might be bed bugs...
How old is your mattress and how often do you change your bed sheets?

I've kinda ruled that out because the bites are restricted to the ankles which have been exposed and it happened around this time last year, too.

Having read the comments, it's looking like mosquito bites and to be honest I didn't even think we had any in the UK other than midges - I've never thought about that before.

 

[Hagar]

Ankle biters.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

BEADS !?

 

[Feek]

I react really badly to bites, this is probably the best protection you can get, apart from not going out. I've tried loads of different products, this one works incredibly well and it's long lasting.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CIZ0TVK

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Narrator: it is a picture of maccy, de-robed.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Oh very much this.

I only removed the tick from my OH because she'd somehow managed to kill it at some point (it was flat and not moving), it was big enough and she was freaking out a bit.

Still got her to the docs afterwards to make sure none of it's jaws were still embedded in her leg.

Twist, don’t pull.

 

[adidan]

Twist, don’t pull.

Yeah you don't want to be leaving the jaws behind

 

[potatolord]

It could be chiggers. They are tiny mites that live in grass and have a nasty bite- very itchy and hang around for a week or so.

It took me years to work out what was biting me as they're so.small they are invisible.

DEET spray reduced the frequency of bites.

 

[Thekwango]

Having read the comments, it's looking like mosquito bites and to be honest I didn't even think we had any in the UK other than midges - I've never thought about that before.

Be surprised if mozzie bites would be limited to the ankles - sounds to me more like flea bites from walking round in ‘infected’ grass or similar.

 

[adidan]

Be surprised if mozzie bites would be limited to the ankles - sounds to me more like flea bites from walking round in ‘infected’ grass or similar.

Yeah mozzies will get you anywhere.

 

[azazl187]

It's most likely a pine cone or a queen wasp

 

[moon man]

i was gardening in my crocs and ended up with these, neoprene socks or wellies now, ants maybe

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Pics?

It'll never cease to amaze me what people can get off on.

I see Mags gave it the thumbs up - Put. the Kleenex. Away

 

[Dirk Diggler]

i was gardening in my crocs and ended up with these, neoprene socks or wellies now, ants maybe

Now there's a thing, there's a regular little colony of ants in our area.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

i was gardening in my crocs and [redundant words]

Mods? Mods!

 

[Mysterae_]

Twist, don’t pull.

Get a set of these little tick removers, they force the jaws shut with the twisting action and you can just pull them out with little fuss. I think I removed about 15 from myself last year.

Better still put some diatomaceous earth down in your garden to stop them and probably the bugs that are getting you OP. Much better than a chemical treatment or the nuke from orbit option.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

'diatomaceous earth down' is my new band name.

Thank you.