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11 years 7 months ago #43812 by Joerg
mosquito - only half seriouos question was created by Joerg
All,

I'm just back from holiday and noticed something interesting.

Before I got ITP if I was in a room with my wife any mosquito wold come to me.
Since I have ITP this is the exact opposite. Now I get only very few stitch and my wife gets a lot.

Has anyone see the same mosquito behaviour?

Cheers
Joerg

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11 years 7 months ago #43813 by Sandi
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I've read that mosquitoes are attracted or repelled by certain smells, so it could be that if you are on any meds, they will not like the odor that the med expels from the skin. Either that, or if you are on steroids, you are not getting a reaction to the bite like you used to.

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11 years 7 months ago - 11 years 7 months ago #43814 by weirdjack
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Yes...smells, chemicals, etc affect mosquitoes.
Interestingly enough; steroids on the skin ATTRACTS mosquitoes.
And only about 10% of people hold any interest to female skeeters.
How does that saying go? "Deadlier than the male"....Only female mosquitoes bite! And they seem to be fickle! :)

[url] www.webmd.com/allergies/features/are-you-mosquito-magnet [/url]



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11 years 7 months ago #43818 by Aoi
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I can't seem to manage getting bitten by mosquitoes any more. Not that I mind this, nor did I think it was due to ITP. A recent article in Time Magazine discussed the issue of what attracts mosquitoes:

time.com/3311624/why-mosquitoes-bite/

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11 years 7 months ago #43822 by milly
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I agree Aoi, those little suckers just ignore me. I have sat with my family in the summer and everyone has complained about them but they just don't come near me. Not complaining though :)
There is no practice run in life.

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11 years 7 months ago #43841 by Vdeutsch85
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Darn. I wish itp would have made me less susceptible. Mosquitos loved me prior and still do. Im highly allergic too. So annoying

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11 years 7 months ago #43842 by milly
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Don't think it's the ITP, just think they don't like me. I actually think they are just attracted to certain smells and apparently I am not that smell :))
There is no practice run in life.

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11 years 7 months ago #43910 by Vdeutsch85
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I am literally going around and spraying myself with Benadryl anti itch spray and spraying my students because I am so tired of taking them up to the nurse so she can do the same thing. Its usually not so bad here but we had some massive flooding last week. So now Im walking around with sanitizer and spray. Im sure if you saw me right now you would think I was nuts!

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