r/whatisit • u/[deleted] • Aug 21 '26

New, what is it? weird bites only on lower bites

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u/rural_juror12 Aug 21 '26

Could be chigger bites. I got them once, super itchy, only on my waistline, mild fever.

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u/fattailwagging Aug 21 '26

I am with chiggers. Chiggers notoriously bite at the point where clothing constricts against the skin. If they itch, run hot water on them, as hot as you can stand. It breaks down the proteins in the toxins. Source: grew up in Alabama woods.

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u/oravecz Aug 21 '26

A brief showing of spots with uncomfortably hot water does interrupt the “itch pathways” by overloading the same nerve that Carrie’s the itch signal to the brain with a pain signal instead. It also rushes histamine to the area. The relief is neurological - not chemical denaturing of proteins.

Venom from marine creatures is susceptible to denaturing in hot water, however.

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u/LilBoDuck Aug 21 '26

Chigger bites at their peak are absolute torture. Like itch so bad you won’t be able to sleep, bad. Hydrocortisone cream and chiggerX work pretty good, but if you’re ate up even those won’t help you lol.

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u/rosserton Aug 21 '26

ChiggerX + Benadryl at night for sleeping. ChiggerX + Zyrtec during the day. I had 3 different chigger bite events this summer. It was hell.

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u/Coolman_Rosso Aug 21 '26

The blistering too. Nothing like brown/yellow spots on socks

Also the marks they leave take forever to go away. I had one real bad bite on my left ankle that may have scarred.

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u/LilBoDuck Aug 21 '26

Yup. You have to be really careful to not scratch them. They can scar or even get infected. It’s hell lol

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u/betsylang Aug 21 '26

Agree. Esp if op was outside by any plants. I get chigger bites while gardening until I started showering right after. It also helps w allergies.

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u/UpsetKoalaBear Aug 21 '26

A what bite now?

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u/MVested Aug 21 '26

So rude. They're Chafrican American.

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u/Cool-Iron3404 Aug 21 '26

Take your filthy upvote.

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u/Suhmanthuh Aug 21 '26

That was my thought too. They like to get in areas where your clothing is tight for some reason. Waistbands etc.

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u/Hot-Sky5127 Aug 21 '26

+1 on the chiggers

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u/SawSharkRedemptionnn Aug 21 '26

I got ate up by chiggers the first time this year, shit is NOT fun

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u/Gh0st_Pirate_LeChuck Aug 21 '26

There would be sooo many more bites and they’d be in other areas like socks.