Bug Bites??

[SAWYERMAW1]

Anyone else come back with bug bites? We got back last Tuesday from POFQ and my daugter and I are still itching from bites all over our legs. I never felt any bugs bite but boy do they itch now!!

 

[flyball]

Stayed at AKL last August and the same thing happened on my return. I was the only one of the four of us to have this unfortunate experience. I never felt anything while on vacation, but was definitely uncomfortable when we returned home. I had read on another thread that another on-site hotel may have been contending with bed bugs. Not sure if this is related.

 

[gizfish]

Just got back from AKL and we got mosquito bites too. We spent a lot of time out on the balcony and that is when they got us.

 

[liznboys]

Oh no, do you think they could have been bed bugs?!?!?! That whole thread about the bed bugs completely disgusted me. I don't want to hear that POFQ has them. lol

 

[Lady Cluck]

Back in Oct 1996, I got attacked by fire ants at POFQ. Was standing near the marina, taking photos of the island. Luckily had insect bite and sting medicine back in the room.

I also remember the mosquitos being bad along the Sassagoula.

Depending on the time of year, you will probably want to take insect repellant and first aid.

map of POFQ

 

[robdam]

any recommendations to help keep the little "buggers" @ bay? DEET? Other?

 

[Cinderella37]

About five years ago, I woke up and saw these huge red bites on my ankles. They itched like crazy, but I just put some Neosporin on them and we went off to DD. Well, over the course of a few hours, my ankles started to swell (which had never happened to me before) and the itching was so intense, I felt like clawing my skin off.

We went back to the GF and I called my doctor. I described the bites and he said they were chigger bites. I had never heard of these before but he asked if I had been standing near water. There was a puddle in Mickey's Garage and I stood by it while we watched the fireworks.

He called in a cortisone pack to the pharmacy and the itching went away after one day. I still have scars from scratching.

My doctor told me not stand near standing water at night and not to use scented lotion - especially anything that smells sweet. Needless to say, I had apple lotion all over my body and basically stood in a puddle.

 

[tigger53]

during our stay last summer we ran into these buggers, locals call them "no see em's" and they bite like crazy and later on your legs look like you have a case of the measles and plenty of itching going on. we used cold compresses and anti-itch cream. it took a few days for the itch to go away.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

I am an unfortunate natural target of bug bites but I have never had a real problem at WDW...perhaps it's the time of year we go. However, my trip to Germany in August? 50 bug bites in one week...I looked like a Survivor All-Star.