Danged Mosquitoes!

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sbelizabeth
sbelizabeth Member Posts: 2,889
edited July 2020 in Lymphedema

I've had, maybe, fifty mosquito bites already this season. The little buggers really like something about me, because they'll leave my hubs completely alone while they fill up on my vascular juices. And the bite doesn't just leave a small itchy bump, it swells up into several huge red wheals that burn and itch and drive me nuts.

Here's what I don't get--why do they always nail my LE arm? Probably a good 80% of my bites this year are on that arm, usually right above my elbow in the soft flappy part. Does it smell different to mosquitoes?

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  • Sisu274855
    Sisu274855 Member Posts: 2
    edited July 2020

    Me too! Especially this year. One of my many bites was on my wrist and my hand swelled up like a cartoon. I told my MO about it and she did not think it was linked to any of my treatments. Sometimes the bites are not even super itchy but they swell up like a goose egg.

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