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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:41 AM
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Is it normal to have a chigger bite that itches
like, 4 and a half years later?

I got it in the summer of 2001.

Why does it itch maddeningly tonight?

Anyone?
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Raiden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:53 AM
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1. 4 and a half years??? I wouldn't think so
A day or two maybe
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 01:22 AM
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2. Are you sure it was chiggers
and not a tick bite. If a tick head gets let in it can itch a heck of a long time.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 01:23 AM
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3. Uhoh
now I'm worried... how long is a long time? :(
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:07 AM
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4. I don't know about that.
But my friend got bit by some chiggers in August and hers still itch!!
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 01:26 PM
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6. When I was about 12 or 13
I pulled a tick from my leg (back of my knee). The head was inbedded and made a hard knot which itched for a couple of years, at least.

But it was a large enough that I could see that it was a tick.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:04 PM
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8. It's got a raised scar
but I can't see that it's a tick head.

And it doesn't itch all the time, just sometimes.
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 01:38 PM
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7. I heard that
if you put clear nail polish on it, it will smother the chigger. Just sayin'...
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