I have extreme reactions to bug bites and actaully ended up in the hospitla 10 years ago from a miquito bite.

I swell and sometimes get physically sick from the.

If they start looking bad, I take a benadryl and put antibiotic oint on them. What really helps the most thought is putting ice on them. Yep, plain old ice works like a charm!

I have never had much problems with bug bites, but have worried some about this since having this MG condition. I have a swarm of bees under my shop for about 2 months. I use to keep bees and never had any reaction to stings, but all the bees in Az are the Africanized type and quite agressive.

Thanks for the warning
Holy smokes
what next
Ann

How weird- My daughter who has MG has always had an extreme reaction to bug bites. When we were in Hawaii a year ago, she developed 3 sites on her legs just as you describe. We thought for sure they were spider bites but the doc we saw said it was an immunological reaction to mosquito bites. She has very fair skin and still has faint bruising from the worst one. She's also had to go on antibiotics a couple times for bites that became infected. Interesting.

I only go from the house to the SUV these days so don't have much of a chance for a bug bite but a tiny burn, cut or anything like that gets infected quickly and takes months to heal. I hope the new Doctor ( who incidentally is a female that my Neuro trained unded for his MG speciality) will have the referral paperwork tomorrow and I can get a appointment.

It has been a hard week. Just getting dressed and going to the Doctor's office is a effort. Just getting dressed is a chore. I had to have blood taken for both my MD and Neurologist. My veins are gone and they had to get a specialist in there to get the amount of blood they needed. I am always exhausted after going to the Doctor and it is getting far too hot in SA for me to sit outside. Unless you have had to be in the bed 24-7 you will never understand the frustration. For someone who lived to read I feel too bad to even get my Kindle out. Before taking all of this medicine I could sleep on the side or the middle of a interstate. Now I just lay in bed, eyes wide open and have so much trouble sleeping. My body is so tired and wants to sleep but my mind is just racing. Having a bad back only contributes to the frustration. Stay away from bugs everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can your new doc get a PT or chiropractor to come to the house to give you some relief for your back? Also, have you tried taking some benedryl (w/ your doc's ok) to try and get some sleep? I am so sorry you feel so bad. When my daughter's symptoms are bad (eg, when she has a virus), she just sleeps for up to 20 hrs at a time and the rest of her life goes on hold. It's so hard so I really feel for you.

I have been very susceptible to skin infections with bites and cuts and scrapes, not to mention all the strep throats. My brother had autoimmune post streptocoocal glomerulonephritis at age three, probably from infected bug bites. I have wondered if strep has played any role in my MG, and it is interesting that your daughter has had that knd of problem, too, Sarah.
b.

Sorry B, one more to deal with ;(
My daughter who has Celiac Desease, MPBP, lypo atrophy does hv the same reactions to those lil' buggies, & we do treat right away! I laugh & call those lil' annoyances "side effects" of having any auto-immune issues. Gardening to me is soo therapeutic & from your pics I bet it is for you too! Luv bug spray & the after care, most likely worth the benefits, hope your feeling much better in the morning b:))
MeLisa

Bug bites are worse for me now,but l find any little bump, bruise ,scratch takes so much longer to heal than before.

maybe we should take out shares in bubble wrap.

Thanks for the commiseration! I am afraid bubble wrap would be way too hot, Amanda, at least for bug season! :-) I am always curious about the symptoms that don't get told to the neurologist (since we may not know that we share them) and might hold some clue as to part of the cause or answer, especially prevention, to our problems. Just like treating rheumatic fever right away prevents rheumatic heart disease.

I woke up this morning still itching and a bit swollen around the bites, and just a bit of twinge here and there from my marathon gardening yesterday, but probably deserved to suffer more for my indiscretions than that! Must be getting better! I have to admit I am glad there is nothing so pressing today that I can't rest the legs that are a bit rubbery. b.

Funnily enough; that just happened to me this weekend and I wondered if this enormous red swollen bordered bruise on my arm after sting was because of medication?? It's gone now, but still tender to touch. Strange... I wonder if we smell different because of meds, as I was bitten by 3 musquitos through my long sleeve t-shirt, while my husband had nothing on bare arms..

Funnily enough; that just happened to me this weekend and I wondered if this enormous red swollen bordered bruise on my arm after sting was because of medication?? It's gone now, but still tender to touch. Strange... I wonder if we smell different because of meds, as I was bitten by 3 musquitos through my long sleeve t-shirt, while my husband had nothing on bare arms..

Hi Linda,
I have had this reaction for many years and just started medication about a year and a half ago. I think some of us do have different attractors (sounds better than smells :-) ). I HAVE to use insect repellent in situations in which my husband and other people do not seem to be bitten. I know other people who do seem to get bitten more often than others. Sorry if you are a member of that group. b.

Our lovely,overactive, immune systems.

A simple bug bite?
Yup - can cause an immune response -
- that's way overboard, with swelling & inflammation.

Hope you're a little better today, b.
- Ross
(Who's in charge of this immune system stuff, anyway?)
(I've got a little bit of a bone to pick.)

This post reminds of an incident years ago when on a camping trip I woke up with my cheeks swelled even with the tip of my nose! A lovely sight. This was prior to my dx. I guess this supports the fact that MG stinks!
Larissa ;)