Re: Mites are bothering me again

November 13, 2011

Hi

Bugs are bugs , kill thenthey will die , they have been popping around here at

my house too , I powder them & take an Arm & Hammer Powdered Laundry Detergent

bath 1 cup for 30 mins .

Then as Shan says

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Help! I m Being Bit By Something I Can t See! What do I do?

After nearly three months of dealing with some sort of invisible biting bug

I d like to take a moment to detail what we would do if we knew at the start

what we know now. If you find this post and you have just started experiencing

this problem, this is a best practices snapshot of our current knowledge and

experience.

This is a guideline for getting rid of the bites . I suspect that this guide

could be shortened and that other very effective products could be mentioned,

but I don t know about them and can t shorten it with my current knowledge. I

wish and I could have found a step-by-step guide, even if flawed, three

months ago when we first got this problemâ€”so I offer this one to help anyone

it can.

Step 1 - Place Internet Orders for Long Term Relief

It will take you about a week to receive all of the products you need to fight

the bugs, so your first step should be to order the products. We have tried many

options recommended by others and ones we thought of on our own. These are the

products that have produced the best results, most of which are not commonly

available and need to be ordered. I have broken these products down into two

categories - products to fix the problem in your house / car / workplace, and

products to help the problem on your skin.

Products to Clean Your Environment - You should order ALL of these products,

they are all important, so don t skip any of them just because they seem

unfamiliar right now. Feel free to shop around to get the best price.

Diatomaceous Earth - DE is the fossilized remains of single cell diatoms.

Diatoms look like a knife blade under the microscope, and they act like crushed

glass to insects causing rapid dehydration. There are two kinds, amorphous

(food grade) and crystalline. The crystalline type is made by subjecting the DE

to heat, which changes the structure of the amorphous silica into crystalline

silica. Crystalline DE is useful for filtering applications (pools, labs, etc)

however it can cause silicosis if inhaled, and is ineffective against insects.

You will want the amorphous silica food grade DE, which you will almost

certainly need to order.Prices for food-grade DE vary dramatically. If you buy

it in gel-caps as a supplement it will cost you $200/lb, however if you buy it

in bulk you can get it for less then $1/lb. We bought a 50 lb bag for under $50

from Wolf Creek Ranch, however you can get smaller quantities for a reasonable

price from Yardiac Garden

Center.You will need about 1 lb to dust a 1500 sq ft house and 2-3 lbs for

personal use (in shoes, on your bed, etc). This will get you about 1-2 weeks of

treatment. We have used about 15 lbs since we got the stuff. We found out about

this product from an out-of-town exterminator friend.

Pyrethrum Powder - If you read much about this problem you will hear repeatedly

that pyrethroids are ineffective against these mites. This is partially true in

that a pyrethroid alone will almost certainly not work, however we had good

success using it in combination with DE. I think that these insects quickly

become immune to pyrethroids, so you will want to use the powder the right way

so that you get rid of them the first time.I tried a synthetic pyrethroid

(cypermethrin) in our cars (with a fogger) and it made a big difference the

first time (not a total fix, but it helped a lot), however within a week they

were back stronger then ever and additional uses of the fogger didn t seem to

do anything at all.The option I would use if I did it over again would be to

purchase pyrethrum powder (shop around, this is just an example). What we did

use was a dog flea powder (0.5% permethrin) that we bought locally for a very

expensive price ($5 / 4 oz).Mix the

(cont) ....

or , my favorite the farmers tips

1 tbls Borax disolved in 3 oz of hot water & added to 12 oz any hand creme ,

(healthy type is best like cheap 365 brand from whole foods )

Farmes tips repasted .... Bye bye bug :

Mites and farmer tricks

link

bird mites/message/10634

I don't know where you people are from, whether it be city, or too far north to

know this, but " mites " are nothing new, and there is nothing " foreign about

them.

I was raised, and still live in Louisiana, which is called, " semi-tropical. " I

was raised on a farm/ranch. There are so many different types of mites, that

bite, that I will not begin to try to list many; I will give a few examples.

Warm blooded animals get lice; plants get lice; they are not the same type of

lice. the " lice " that infest your turnip green patch, will not bite you because

it suddenly " got warmer " in the US. The mites and lice that infest your chicken

house, will not be satisfied with sucking on turnip greens; but they will crawl

all over a human and give you the " itch " for many days after you have gotten

rid of the mites. There are " redbugs, " picked up from walking through grass,

brush, or sometimes dirt. They will burrow under your skin and make you want to

take a wire brush and shed your won hide off. There are seed ticks that will

cover you from brushing against the wrong tree limb, or infest your living room

when you buy that " real " tree at Christmas. The " Mange " in dogs, or as we

humans dislike having to call it, " Scabies, " that will infest you and all your

pets. There are hog lice, chiken mites, Sarcopic mange, ring worm, ( & scores of

other funguses from cattle and horses and dogs), that humans can get. There is

the " creeping crud, " a fungus, that sometimes does not show to the naked eye for

months, but will make you claw until you bleed, usually starting at the

ankles and working up; it lives in the soil. While we back woods, country people

may call all these vermin and varmints funny names, and we may seem

stupid to some, we know these critters you are talking about; they were here in

the US long before you went overseas. It is just as possible that you caught it

from your Georgia tent mate when he returned from leave, as it is that you

caught it in Iraq, or some other " hot " place.

We have put a couple of cap fulls of pine oil or bleach in our bath water for

years; we have cleaned our houses with pine oil for hundreds of years. We have

dabbed pine oil, turpintine, and sometimes if desperate enough, coal oil, on

redbugs, (and various other critters that attached themselves to us), to kill

them for hundreds of years. We have coated ourselves in various kinds of fats,

mud, and paste to keep them off, and to kill them when they decided to live on

us anyway. We have bathed in baking soda, salt and epsoms salt to keep from

itching; smeared paste from mustard, baking soda and tobacco to help. We have

taken the " skin " from egg shells and pit on bad bites, to draw the " itch " out.

We have chewed on the sulphur ends of hard matches, and made a paste out

of " flowers of sulfur; " which bugs hate the smell of, and it keeps the bites

from getting infected. One of the bad things about itchy bites, it all that

scratching and hot, blooding flesh, attracts even more critters.

As for borax; you can buy " 20 Mule Team " borax powder; it's been around longer

than any of us. We wash with it, neutralize orors with it, remove stains with

it, etc. Most of all, down here, we have been rubbing it on our meat in our

smoke houses for ages; flies won't even light on it. we just wash it off when

we take it out to eat. I heard in the eighties, that they were " blowing "

recycled, chipped up, news papers into the walls of old historical homes to

insulate them. Guess what they were soaking the news paper in prior to drying

and chopping it up? That's right...Borax. Not only does it kill bugs, repel

bugs, repel rodents and prevent them from chewing and nesting in the paper

insulation, but it makes the paper fire retardent. You can make your on roach

and ant bait with it by mixing it with flour and sugar, or just corn syrup and

Borax. You can use it like carpet fresh, and you can wash your walls and floors

and counters with it; use it as a paste for scrubbing; just don't rinse it too

well, and you will see a lessening of itchy critters. And for people that want

their clothes clean, but do not like fragrance fumes, etc., it's the best for

your laundry.

If the varmints are eating your ankles up, mix some borax with your lotion or

vaseline; it will repel them and has antibiotic properties

Summary :

Borax$3.99

Mustard 2.00

skin of egg $1.99 haven't tried that one yet

coaltar shampoo 5.99

pinesol $4.00

bleach .69

sulphur $12.00 www.Americarx.com

baking soda $1.00

tobacco $4.00

fats .01 off a steak

mud $.00

and make s paste

Pretty cheap ! And they work

God bless you ,

Bill

ps menthol will make any bug fle for it dear life , right thru the powders &

kill it . It airs out in 15 mins & smells awesome after ) I lever the house for

1 hr while doing it , it make the HIDING MEAN ONES COME OUT & run thru the borax

, DE or Arm & Hammer Powdered Laundry Detergent , thus dead bugs ...

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 9:29 AM EST Benton wrote:>This time, I think they are

mites. Seems different bugs at different seasons or depending on what is

hertzing as one progresses. I swear I have the spider mite. I have always held

that whatever mite was bothering me spun a web. Interesting that they live on

leaves and suck the juices out of a plant. So why would they be attracted to

humans? All I could conclude was an algae infection,so I searched. I found this

article on an algae infecting humans. When you think of the manuer added to pre

packaged garden soil, It makes me wonder. I had just started a deck garden

before this happened. Please read the attached. They don't know how to treat

it and are opting for antifungals in hopes.>Could be another piece of the puzzle

for some.>Love and light,>>>Rare Toxic Algae Causing Infections in Humans

and Animals> >Lara Kistenmacher, Contributor Network>May 17, 2010

" Contribute content like

this. Start Here. " >â€¢ More: >â€¢ Septicemia >â€¢ Algae >â€¢ >â€¢

tweet0>â€¢ Print>Flag >AdChoices>>>> >If algae blooms that can destroy

ecosystems weren't enough to worry about now there is a newly identified species

discovered by Teikyo University in Tokyo, a microalgae called prototheca cutis.

It is closely related to prototheca wickerhamii, microalgae that does not

photosynthesize and can cause infected nodules on the skin. >Prototheca cutis is

similar in that it does not photosynthesize. This species of algae live in

sewage water and soil where there is decomposing plant material. If you are

someone with a compromised immune system and have an open sore and work near

sewage or soil contaminated with sewage you may be susceptible. >The type of

infection that occurs by these microalgae is a skin ulcer that discharges. There

may be more than one ulcer in the same area as well. Serious systemic infections

can also occur and it can spread

throughout the entire body being very difficult to diagnose by symptoms alone.

Infections like septicemia, spiking fevers, chills, rapid breathing, and rapid

heart rate, and meningitis, swelling and irritation of the membranes covering

the brain and spinal cord, can also occur. In animals and humans that have

ingested these algae gastrointestinal disorders are common. >There is no

treatment protocol because these types of infections are relatively new to the

medical world. At the present time doctors are treating the infections with

antifungal drugs but they do not always work. >Another problem with these

microalgae that live on sewage is it may come in contact with cattle. If this

happens the algae can enter through the cow udder causing bovine mastitis, an

inflammatory disease of the udder. If you are a farm producing milk this would

be very undesirable because this type of infection can decrease milk output and

quality. > >

November 13, 2011

Very interesting. I have concerns about algae and fungus. Using algae, man

made for fuel is insane yet they continue. Grow hemp for bio-fuel makes much

better sense.

>

> This time, I think they are mites. Seems different bugs at different seasons

or depending on what is hertzing as one progresses. I swear I have the spider

mite. I have always held that whatever mite was bothering me spun a web.

Interesting that they live on leaves and suck the juices out of a plant. So why

would they be attracted to humans? All I could conclude was an algae

infection,so I searched. I found this article on an algae infecting humans.

When you think of the manuer added to pre packaged garden soil, It makes me

wonder. I had just started a deck garden before this happened. Please read the

attached. They don't know how to treat it and are opting for antifungals in

hopes.

> Could be another piece of the puzzle for some.

> Love and light,

>

> Rare Toxic Algae Causing Infections in Humans and Animals

>

> Lara Kistenmacher, Contributor Network

> May 17, 2010 " Contribute content like this. Start Here. "

> • More:

> • Septicemia

> • Algae

> •

> • tweet0

> • Print

> Flag

> AdChoices

>

> If algae blooms that can destroy ecosystems weren't enough to worry about now

there is a newly identified species discovered by Teikyo University in Tokyo, a

microalgae called prototheca cutis. It is closely related to prototheca

wickerhamii, microalgae that does not photosynthesize and can cause infected

nodules on the skin.

> Prototheca cutis is similar in that it does not photosynthesize. This species

of algae live in sewage water and soil where there is decomposing plant

material. If you are someone with a compromised immune system and have an open

sore and work near sewage or soil contaminated with sewage you may be

susceptible.

> The type of infection that occurs by these microalgae is a skin ulcer that

discharges. There may be more than one ulcer in the same area as well. Serious

systemic infections can also occur and it can spread throughout the entire body

being very difficult to diagnose by symptoms alone. Infections like septicemia,

spiking fevers, chills, rapid breathing, and rapid heart rate, and meningitis,

swelling and irritation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, can

also occur. In animals and humans that have ingested these algae

gastrointestinal disorders are common.

> There is no treatment protocol because these types of infections are

relatively new to the medical world. At the present time doctors are treating

the infections with antifungal drugs but they do not always work.

> Another problem with these microalgae that live on sewage is it may come in

contact with cattle. If this happens the algae can enter through the cow udder

causing bovine mastitis, an inflammatory disease of the udder. If you are a farm

producing milk this would be very undesirable because this type of infection can

decrease milk output and quality.

>

November 13, 2011

, This is very good information. I had never heard of this before... I wonder if it is man-made? It almost sounds like that could cause Morgellons. Maybe some of the symptoms do not sound like Morgellons but the oozing sores do sound like it. Or am I just reading into this? Also concerns me that cows might be infected with it.From: "healinghope" <mfrreman@...>bird mites Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 8:57:31 AMSubject: Re: Mites are bothering me again Very interesting. I have concerns about algae and fungus. Using algae, man made for fuel is insane yet they continue. Grow hemp for bio-fuel makes much better sense.>> This time, I think they are mites. Seems different bugs at different seasons or depending on what is hertzing as one progresses. I swear I have the spider mite. I have always held that whatever mite was bothering me spun a web. Interesting that they live on leaves and suck the juices out of a plant. So why would they be attracted to humans? All I could conclude was an algae infection,so I searched. I found this article on an algae infecting humans. When you think of the manuer added to pre packaged garden soil, It makes me wonder. I had just started a deck garden before this happened. Please read the attached. They don't know how to treat it and are opting for antifungals in hopes.> Could be another piece of the puzzle for some.> Love and light,> > > Rare Toxic Algae Causing Infections in Humans and Animals> > Lara Kistenmacher, Contributor Network> May 17, 2010 "Contribute content like this. Start Here." > â€¢ More: > â€¢ Septicemia > â€¢ Algae > â€¢ > â€¢ tweet0> â€¢ Print> Flag > AdChoices> > > > > If algae blooms that can destroy ecosystems weren't enough to worry about now there is a newly identified species discovered by Teikyo University in Tokyo, a microalgae called prototheca cutis. It is closely related to prototheca wickerhamii, microalgae that does not photosynthesize and can cause infected nodules on the skin. > Prototheca cutis is similar in that it does not photosynthesize. This species of algae live in sewage water and soil where there is decomposing plant material. If you are someone with a compromised immune system and have an open sore and work near sewage or soil contaminated with sewage you may be susceptible. > The type of infection that occurs by these microalgae is a skin ulcer that discharges. There may be more than one ulcer in the same area as well. Serious systemic infections can also occur and it can spread throughout the entire body being very difficult to diagnose by symptoms alone. Infections like septicemia, spiking fevers, chills, rapid breathing, and rapid heart rate, and meningitis, swelling and irritation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, can also occur. In animals and humans that have ingested these algae gastrointestinal disorders are common. > There is no treatment protocol because these types of infections are relatively new to the medical world. At the present time doctors are treating the infections with antifungal drugs but they do not always work. > Another problem with these microalgae that live on sewage is it may come in contact with cattle. If this happens the algae can enter through the cow udder causing bovine mastitis, an inflammatory disease of the udder. If you are a farm producing milk this would be very undesirable because this type of infection can decrease milk output and quality.>------------------------------------

November 13, 2011

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proteins may preserve their activity and bacteria, algae and cells may preserve

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> >

> > This time, I think they are mites. Seems different bugs at different seasons

or depending on what is hertzing as one progresses. I swear I have the spider

mite. I have always held that whatever mite was bothering me spun a web.

Interesting that they live on leaves and suck the juices out of a plant. So why

would they be attracted to humans? All I could conclude was an algae

infection,so I searched. I found this article on an algae infecting humans. When

you think of the manuer added to pre packaged garden soil, It makes me wonder. I

had just started a deck garden before this happened. Please read the attached.

They don't know how to treat it and are opting for antifungals in hopes.

> > Could be another piece of the puzzle for some.

> > Love and light,

> >

> > Rare Toxic Algae Causing Infections in Humans and Animals

> >

> > Lara Kistenmacher, Contributor Network

> > May 17, 2010 " Contribute content like this. Start Here. "

> > â€¢ More:

> > â€¢ Septicemia

> > â€¢ Algae

> > â€¢

> > â€¢ tweet0

> > â€¢ Print

> > Flag

> > AdChoices

> >

> > If algae blooms that can destroy ecosystems weren't enough to worry about

now there is a newly identified species discovered by Teikyo University in

Tokyo, a microalgae called prototheca cutis. It is closely related to prototheca

wickerhamii, microalgae that does not photosynthesize and can cause infected

nodules on the skin.

> > Prototheca cutis is similar in that it does not photosynthesize. This

species of algae live in sewage water and soil where there is decomposing plant

material. If you are someone with a compromised immune system and have an open

sore and work near sewage or soil contaminated with sewage you may be

susceptible.

> > The type of infection that occurs by these microalgae is a skin ulcer that

discharges. There may be more than one ulcer in the same area as well. Serious

systemic infections can also occur and it can spread throughout the entire body

being very difficult to diagnose by symptoms alone. Infections like septicemia,

spiking fevers, chills, rapid breathing, and rapid heart rate, and meningitis,

swelling and irritation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, can

also occur. In animals and humans that have ingested these algae

gastrointestinal disorders are common.

> > There is no treatment protocol because these types of infections are

relatively new to the medical world. At the present time doctors are treating

the infections with antifungal drugs but they do not always work.

> > Another problem with these microalgae that live on sewage is it may come in

contact with cattle. If this happens the algae can enter through the cow udder

causing bovine mastitis, an inflammatory disease of the udder. If you are a farm

producing milk this would be very undesirable because this type of infection can

decrease milk output and quality.

> >

>

> ------------------------------------

>

November 13, 2011

Thanks Bill:) You are a dear! I've resumed my soda bathes, which kill them, and the olive leaf which help remove any webbing and eggs still on the body along with dead skin. For the first time, I tried olive oil on the body, head, and in the ears. I read a woman who got rid of them in four months doing it. Not only is it working, but it seems to be pulling mold or fungus from my viens. I don't have vericos viens, but when that stuff surfaces in the vessels, I have dark ones on my ankle. A jump in my soda bath always pulls it out. I thought I'd do the coconut oil in the day and the olive oil at night. I've been through this so many times, I know I can beat it. I am doing so much better but feel impatient to finally reach

the end when I am no longer threatened by whichever bug is available at the time. Thus is the walk we all have to make: two steps forward and one step back.

Love and light,

From: Doe <doe1769@...>bird mites Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 10:56 AMSubject: Re: Mites are bothering me again

Hi Bugs are bugs , kill thenthey will die , they have been popping around here at my house too , I powder them & take an Arm & Hammer Powdered Laundry Detergent bath 1 cup for 30 mins . Then as Shan sayshttp://www.shanspirations.org/?p=112HomeAbout MeOur StoryShanspirationsBlessed to Be a Homekeeper: My Everyday Education, My Everyday Delights.Help! I m Being Bit By Something I Can t See! What do I do?After nearly three months of dealing with some sort of invisible biting bug I d like to take a moment to detail what we would do if we knew at the start what we know now. If you find this post and you have just started experiencing this problem, this is a best practices snapshot of our current knowledge and experience.This is a guideline for getting rid of the bites . I suspect that this guide could be shortened and that other very effective products could be mentioned, but I

don t know about them and can t shorten it with my current knowledge. I wish and I could have found a step-by-step guide, even if flawed, three months ago when we first got this problemâ€”so I offer this one to help anyone it can.Step 1 - Place Internet Orders for Long Term ReliefIt will take you about a week to receive all of the products you need to fight the bugs, so your first step should be to order the products. We have tried many options recommended by others and ones we thought of on our own. These are the products that have produced the best results, most of which are not commonly available and need to be ordered. I have broken these products down into two categories - products to fix the problem in your house / car / workplace, and products to help the problem on your skin.Products to Clean Your Environment - You should order ALL of these products, they are all important, so don t skip any of them just because

they seem unfamiliar right now. Feel free to shop around to get the best price.Diatomaceous Earth - DE is the fossilized remains of single cell diatoms. Diatoms look like a knife blade under the microscope, and they act like crushed glass to insects causing rapid dehydration. There are two kinds, amorphous (food grade) and crystalline. The crystalline type is made by subjecting the DE to heat, which changes the structure of the amorphous silica into crystalline silica. Crystalline DE is useful for filtering applications (pools, labs, etc) however it can cause silicosis if inhaled, and is ineffective against insects. You will want the amorphous silica food grade DE, which you will almost certainly need to order.Prices for food-grade DE vary dramatically. If you buy it in gel-caps as a supplement it will cost you $200/lb, however if you buy it in bulk you can get it for less then $1/lb. We bought a 50 lb bag for under $50 from Wolf Creek Ranch,

however you can get smaller quantities for a reasonable price from Yardiac GardenCenter.You will need about 1 lb to dust a 1500 sq ft house and 2-3 lbs for personal use (in shoes, on your bed, etc). This will get you about 1-2 weeks of treatment. We have used about 15 lbs since we got the stuff. We found out about this product from an out-of-town exterminator friend.Pyrethrum Powder - If you read much about this problem you will hear repeatedly that pyrethroids are ineffective against these mites. This is partially true in that a pyrethroid alone will almost certainly not work, however we had good success using it in combination with DE. I think that these insects quickly become immune to pyrethroids, so you will want to use the powder the right way so that you get rid of them the first time.I tried a synthetic pyrethroid (cypermethrin) in our cars (with a fogger) and it made a big difference the first time (not a total fix, but it helped a

lot), however within a week they were back stronger then ever and additional uses of the fogger didn t seem to do anything at all.The option I would use if I did it over again would be to purchase pyrethrum powder (shop around, this is just an example). What we did use was a dog flea powder (0.5% permethrin) that we bought locally for a very expensive price ($5 / 4 oz).Mix the (cont) .... or , my favorite the farmers tips 1 tbls Borax disolved in 3 oz of hot water & added to 12 oz any hand creme , (healthy type is best like cheap 365 brand from whole foods )Farmes tips repasted .... Bye bye bug : Mites and farmer trickslinkbird mites/message/10634I don't know where you people are from, whether it be city, or too far north to know this, but "mites" are nothing new, and there is nothing "foreign about them.I was raised, and still live in Louisiana,

which is called, "semi-tropical. " I was raised on a farm/ranch. There are so many different types of mites, that bite, that I will not begin to try to list many; I will give a few examples. Warm blooded animals get lice; plants get lice; they are not the same type of lice. the "lice" that infest your turnip green patch, will not bite you because it suddenly "got warmer" in the US. The mites and lice that infest your chicken house, will not be satisfied with sucking on turnip greens; but they will crawl all over a human and give you the "itch" for many days after you have gotten rid of the mites. There are "redbugs," picked up from walking through grass, brush, or sometimes dirt. They will burrow under your skin and make you want totake a wire brush and shed your won hide off. There are seed ticks that will cover you from brushing against the wrong tree limb, or infest your living roomwhen you buy that

"real" tree at Christmas. The "Mange" in dogs, or as we humans dislike having to call it, "Scabies," that will infest you and all your pets. There are hog lice, chiken mites, Sarcopic mange, ring worm, ( & scores of other funguses from cattle and horses and dogs), that humans can get. There is the "creeping crud," a fungus, that sometimes does not show to the naked eye for months, but will make you claw until you bleed, usually starting at the ankles and working up; it lives in the soil. While we back woods, country people may call all these vermin and varmints funny names, and we may seem stupid to some, we know these critters you are talking about; they were here in the US long before you went overseas. It is just as possible that you caught it from your Georgia tent mate when he returned from leave, as it is that you caught it in Iraq, or some other "hot" place.We have put a couple of cap fulls of

pine oil or bleach in our bath water for years; we have cleaned our houses with pine oil for hundreds of years. We have dabbed pine oil, turpintine, and sometimes if desperate enough, coal oil, on redbugs, (and various other critters that attached themselves to us), to kill them for hundreds of years. We have coated ourselves in various kinds of fats, mud, and paste to keep them off, and to kill them when they decided to live on us anyway. We have bathed in baking soda, salt and epsoms salt to keep from itching; smeared paste from mustard, baking soda and tobacco to help. We have taken the "skin" from egg shells and pit on bad bites, to draw the "itch" out. We have chewed on the sulphur ends of hard matches, and made a paste out of "flowers of sulfur;" which bugs hate the smell of, and it keeps the bites from getting infected. One of the bad things about itchy bites, it all that scratching and hot, blooding

flesh, attracts even more critters.As for borax; you can buy "20 Mule Team"borax powder; it's been around longer than any of us. We wash with it, neutralize orors with it, remove stains with it, etc. Most of all, down here, we have been rubbing it on our meat in our smoke houses for ages; flies won't even light on it. we just wash it off when we take it out to eat. I heard in the eighties, that they were "blowing" recycled, chipped up, news papers into the walls of old historical homes to insulate them. Guess what they were soaking the news paper in prior to drying and chopping it up? That's right...Borax. Not only does it kill bugs, repel bugs, repel rodents and prevent them from chewing and nesting in the paper insulation, but it makes the paper fire retardent. You can make your on roach and ant bait with it by mixing it with flour and sugar, or just corn syrup and Borax. You can use it like carpet fresh,

and you can wash your walls and floors and counters with it; use it as a paste for scrubbing; just don't rinse it too well, and you will see a lessening of itchy critters. And for people that want their clothes clean, but do not like fragrance fumes, etc., it's the best for your laundry.If the varmints are eating your ankles up, mix some borax with your lotion or vaseline; it will repel them and has antibiotic propertiesSummary : Borax$3.99Mustard 2.00skin of egg $1.99 haven't tried that one yet coaltar shampoo 5.99pinesol $4.00bleach .69 sulphur $12.00 www.Americarx.combaking soda $1.00tobacco $4.00 fats .01 off a steak mud $.00 and make s pastePretty cheap ! And they work God bless you , Billps menthol will make any bug fle for it dear life , right thru the powders & kill it

.. It airs out in 15 mins & smells awesome after ) I lever the house for 1 hr while doing it , it make the HIDING MEAN ONES COME OUT & run thru the borax , DE or Arm & Hammer Powdered Laundry Detergent , thus dead bugs ...On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 9:29 AM EST Benton wrote:>This time, I think they are mites. Seems different bugs at different seasons or depending on what is hertzing as one progresses. I swear I have the spider mite. I have always held that whatever mite was bothering me spun a web. Interesting that they live on leaves and suck the juices out of a plant. So why would they be attracted to humans? All I could conclude was an algae infection,so I searched. I found this article on an algae infecting humans. When you think of the manuer added to pre packaged garden soil, It makes me wonder. I had just started a deck garden before this happened. Please read the attached. They don't know how to treat it and are opting for

antifungals in hopes.>Could be another piece of the puzzle for some.>Love and light,>>>Rare Toxic Algae Causing Infections in Humans and Animals> >Lara Kistenmacher, Contributor Network>May 17, 2010 "Contribute content likethis. Start Here." >â€¢ More: >â€¢ Septicemia >â€¢ Algae >â€¢ >â€¢ tweet0>â€¢ Print>Flag >AdChoices>>>> >If algae blooms that can destroy ecosystems weren't enough to worry about now there is a newly identified species discovered by Teikyo University in Tokyo, a microalgae called prototheca cutis. It is closely related to prototheca wickerhamii, microalgae that does not photosynthesize and can cause infected nodules on the skin. >Prototheca cutis is similar in that it does not photosynthesize. This species of algae live in sewage water and soil where there is decomposing plant material. If you are someone with a compromised immune system and have an open

sore and work near sewage or soil contaminated with sewage you may be susceptible. >The type of infection that occurs by these microalgae is a skin ulcer that discharges. There may be more than one ulcer in the same area as well. Serious systemic infections can also occur and it can spreadthroughout the entire body being very difficult to diagnose by symptoms alone. Infections like septicemia, spiking fevers, chills, rapid breathing, and rapid heart rate, and meningitis, swelling and irritation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, can also occur. In animals and humans that have ingested these algae gastrointestinal disorders are common. >There is no treatment protocol because these types of infections are relatively new to the medical world. At the present time doctors are treating the infections with antifungal drugs but they do not always work. >Another problem with these microalgae that live on sewage is it may come in

contact with cattle. If this happens the algae can enter through the cow udder causing bovine mastitis, an inflammatory disease of the udder. If you are a farm producing milk this would be very undesirable because this type of infection can decrease milk output and quality. > >

November 13, 2011

Gosh , as you hadn't been through enough... so sorry you have to deal with the next bunch of critters, unbelievable. You seem to be a magnet for whatever is out there. I know you are an expert and am sure you will beat this, wishing you the best of luck for a quick recovery. Were the old issues under control, or are you dealing with multiples now?

Healing hugs,

Aggi

Von: Benton <sarahbenton48@...>An: "bird mites " <bird mites >Gesendet: 23:41 Sonntag, 13.November 2011 Betreff: Re: Mites are bothering me again

Thanks Bill:) You are a dear! I've resumed my soda bathes, which kill them, and the olive leaf which help remove any webbing and eggs still on the body along with dead skin. For the first time, I tried olive oil on the body, head, and in the ears. I read a woman who got rid of them in four months doing it. Not only is it working, but it seems to be pulling mold or fungus from my viens. I don't have vericos viens, but when that stuff surfaces in the vessels, I have dark ones on my ankle. A jump in my soda bath always pulls it out. I thought I'd do the coconut oil in the day and the olive oil at night. I've been through this so many times, I know I can beat it. I am doing so much better but feel impatient to finally reach the end when I am no longer threatened by whichever bug is available at the time. Thus is the walk we all have to make: two steps forward and one step

back.