Argggh!
I was telling Ben via email that I got a good healthy dose of chiggers by walking around my car at work the other day. I was parked in a quiet spot off Route 70 just East of Lakehurst eating lunch, and I walked around the car briefly to see what was growing in the spare, calf-high grass.
:cry:
Big mistake. I was lucky to be wearing khakis and noted about 20 on each pant leg. They were super small, most likely just hatched. I got most of them off but they ran into my seams, and I had no pants to change into. I have a dozen healthy bites; behind the knees, on my waist, and on my butt. Thank God not one on my other area.
I have always assumed they start in August, this is the earliest I ever got them. I noted two things that bring relief. One is to jump in the swimming pool for a few minutes. They stop itching for an hour or two. And Friday I took a trip up North Jersey, so I put merchurochrome on the bad ones and put a bandaid on over it. They stayed quiet for several hours.
I was telling Ben via email that I got a good healthy dose of chiggers by walking around my car at work the other day. I was parked in a quiet spot off Route 70 just East of Lakehurst eating lunch, and I walked around the car briefly to see what was growing in the spare, calf-high grass.
:cry:
Big mistake. I was lucky to be wearing khakis and noted about 20 on each pant leg. They were super small, most likely just hatched. I got most of them off but they ran into my seams, and I had no pants to change into. I have a dozen healthy bites; behind the knees, on my waist, and on my butt. Thank God not one on my other area.
I have always assumed they start in August, this is the earliest I ever got them. I noted two things that bring relief. One is to jump in the swimming pool for a few minutes. They stop itching for an hour or two. And Friday I took a trip up North Jersey, so I put merchurochrome on the bad ones and put a bandaid on over it. They stayed quiet for several hours.
, and although mercurochrome has been a staple in America's medicine chest since the Harding Administration, it had never been checked--out by the FDA. Because of this, it is not considered to be "GRAS," and, as such, is no longer readily available as an OTC product. In order for it to be considered "GRAS," the manufacturer(s) of this substance must do expensive clinical trials. Sales of this substance probably do not warrant such an outlay, as such trials could be very lengthy (several decades in length), due to the contention that the absorption of the mercury moiety is cummulative.
