Re: Biting mites

Posted by Nancy on August 04, 2002 at 20:23:10:

In Reply to: Re: Biting mites posted by l on August 02, 2002 at 00:06:14:

: : : : : : : : Something has invaded our house. We live in Florida and recently have had a lot of rain (29
: : : : : : : : days of it) two week ago something began biting my husband and then me. You can't see them,
: : : : : : : : they are in our bed, in our clothes, in the carpets etc. We tried bug bombing, and washing
: : : : : : : : the dogs and spraying the cats. They are not FLEAS! We know fleas. They actually got worse
: : : : : : : : after we bug bombed. (Twice) We now have a pest control company spraying our house but these
: : : : : : : : things are crawling on us all of the time. Biting and crawling. We went to my husband dermatologists,
: : : : : : : : and all he did was give us some hydrocortisone cream. I asked him for some insect ointment
: : : : : : : : but he said well they are not burrowing into your sking so he would not prescribe it. No they
: : : : : : : : are just crawling all over us. We wash our clothes and sheets and the next day we have to do it again.
: : : : : : : : Someone help. I don't know how much more of this I can take. If the spraying works for the
: : : : : : : : house what can I get a doctor to prescribe for me!!!!

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: : : : : : : Hi, my heart goes out to you, my family has been battling this for a year now. We also live in Florida, but i have talked to a lady with the same problem and she lives in Chicago. I wash my bedding everyday and change clothes two to three times a day, I have been in tears many days including today. I have had two diff pest control companies out, they both said that we had bird mites, we have sprayed, fogged, fumigated, I have spent much money and to no avail. I even got my doc to give me a script for body mites but of course that did not help because they dont live on humans, they inhabit the furniture, carpet, and clothes. My oldest daughter had her carpet removed it helped a little. Permetrin is the best stuff to spray, ant or roach spray, but it has not fixed my problem, I hope we find a way to rid ourselves of this. Good luck

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: : : : : : Hi, I also live in Florida and have these mites. My wrists look terrible from scratching. It happens only at night - I think they are in the pillows, Its getting expesive buying new pillows....anyone find something that works??

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: : : : Has anyone tried tenting? My husband is convinced that that will take care of it but I am not so sure. If they are still on us we will just bring them back in when we come back in the house. Is there any way to get them off of us? Today is my mother's 74th birthday and I am afraid to go to her house in case I carry them there.

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: : Again, I also live in Florida and have been getting the same - not as bad though. But my problem is my pool - I can't swim without getting bit by something. Any clues??

Well we tented the house and everyone I spoke to (entomologists) said that tenting will kill everthing. WRONG!m They little creeps are still here. Now they are just running around and biting me not my husband. I told him we had better either find out how to get rid of them or we should sell the house. I cannot take this anymore. I had to take more days off because I am just sick to my stomach all the time. My husband thinks that they are just dying off slowly. Well according to all the info from the internet these things should have dead a long time ago. I have come to hate my home and just wish for the day that we move. I am not taking anything from here. We will start fresh. Unless we can get someone to help us next week. I am out of here. I am sleeping at my neighbors and do not get bit there or have things running on me. My husband was sure he had found the nest that these bird mites were in. He was bitten very badly when he was chopping the tree down. The whole tree was a nest basically. But I am not sure anymore and I could care less. I wish someone could help us all.

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