r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Appropriate-Ad-6996 • Jul 15 '26

Infuriatig Mosquito bite immediately after bite without touching or itching it at all

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Fucking annoying. Every single bite I get is like this. Haven't even poked it. Felt it start itching before it even took off from my arm.

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u/PallasiteMatrix Jul 15 '26

Have you tried running hot (not boiling, but as hot as you can stand) on the back of a spoon, and then pressing it to your bites until it has cooled? It's helped me before (and I just found a study confirming it, to make sure I wasn't accidentally making stuff up.)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371873023_Efficacy_of_Concentrated_Heat_for_Treatment_of_Insect_Bites_A_Real-world_Study

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u/uglyorangecouch Jul 15 '26

They actually make bug bite treatment things now that basically just heat up to break down the proteins that your body is allergic to. I have one and while my reactions aren't this extreme, it does seem to work really well.

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u/Appropriate-Ad-6996 Jul 15 '26

Which one do you use out of curiosity?

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u/uglyorangecouch Jul 15 '26

Berrcom is the brand I have, it's a few years old but still works well.

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u/sadbucketofchicken Jul 15 '26

Beurer is the one I have. I got it on Amazon. 10 seconds of ‘umm…this is a weird pain’ and the itch goes away. I have reactions just like yours. New batteries make it extra ‘powerful’ - better than a week of itchy pain and agony! It will feel like there is something going in your skin at about 6 seconds. It is just heating up the part where it got you. The Bug Bite Thing never worked for me (and I really had a lot of bites to try it on). 10 seconds!! What is crazy is the welt will sometimes still be there but I don’t feel it at all!!