By Amy Martin on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 - 5:00 pm: |
I was there last year and had a huge prob with drying my dive gear/booties and clothes as well. Made a HUGE mistake by putting everything outside on the balcony for drying, and then putting stuff on again before it had dried fully. I don't know if if it was mosquitos, or some other critter that may have laid eggs in my gear, but I broke out with large patches of mosquito-like bites all around the top edge of my booties.
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By Linda Richter - NetTech on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 - 10:15 pm: |
Usually using some kind of soap or de-stink stuff will take care of anything that might cause a rash. Sometimes it's just the stagnant mold/mildew growing water that causes a rash.
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By Amy Martin on Thursday, March 1, 2001 - 10:11 am: |
Thanks, Linda!! The day it developed, I was walking along the shoreline at Klien. Maybe that's what happened, or I guess it could be the mildew also, although the rash looked suspiciously like hundreds of small to medium sized mosquito bites (placed close together, but definately individual). I had hives once years ago, but this was different.
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By Cecil Berry on Thursday, March 1, 2001 - 10:34 am: |
Amy, I've had very good luck turning them inside out to dry. It takes some work to do this, but worth the effort. If you don't it takes forever to dry the inside.
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Thursday, March 1, 2001 - 11:10 am: |
Amy,
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By Amy Martin on Friday, March 2, 2001 - 11:59 am: |
Thanks all!
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By Corney Ann Carter on Friday, March 2, 2001 - 1:27 pm: |
This is an experience my husband had 6 years ago with bug bites on Bonaire. One morning he was covered with very itchy red blotches all over his body. After a day of suffering, we went to Dr. Frans and my husband is allergic to Bonaire's type of bugs. (so is my daughter and daughter-in-law but not my son or I) He was given a perscription drug that cleared it up. We were told by a pharmacist that taking an over the counter allergy tablet containing clorpheniramine maleate should work also. I thought he would never consent to returning to Bonaire but he now takes the allergy tablets and we are returning very soon to Bonaire for our 7th visit.
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By Kelly Hirsh on Saturday, March 3, 2001 - 12:01 pm: |
CAC... glad to hear your Hub and family are returning. Local repellant contains a very high percentage of DEET, but the stuff really works!!!. I use it whenever the bugs (usually in the fall)are bad, especially the no-see-ums, and then take the cure when I return home (grin).
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