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invisible biting bugs

Last summer I seemed to have become sensitive to bites to microscopic critters, apparently.  I used to leave the windows open during the day and night.  At first the bites began sporadically in the evenings during dusk.  They would bite my toes and between my fingers.  As time passed the bites increased even during the day. A couple months later I awoke in the middle of the night with a swarm I couldnt see on my scalp and all over. The itch was excrutiating and when I scratched my head they got under my fingernails.  My fingers looked like sausages from all the bites and I took a look in the mirror and my eyes and lips were horribly swollen with red splotches on my face.  I couldnt see any of these biters, even with that many.  The itch lasts several minutes and the swelling was gone by morning when they departed.  I've had to close up my home to keep them out after spraying bug spray and washing the curtains.  I'd open the curtans and they would bite my fingers.  They love fingeres and toes mostly.  It stopped during late winter but is starting again with warmer weather.  Any help identifying? also worse during cloudy weather and at night


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You're right on the money with everything you posted. Join me on faceook at bugedout thugbugs. We have a great community of like minded people.
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Dude, did you know that anti psychotics contain anti parasitic drugs in them? I had to put my dog down cuz the dr's. said he was neurotic. They said that he must have been bitten by 1 flea and then just imagined that he was constantly being bitten. He was a beautiful Samoyed. He lost all of his hair. Lost so much weight that you cud see his ribs. He cried incessantly every night. He quit eating and trembled uncontrollably. After two years of flea baths, grooming and tons of vet visits, I had to put him down. The only time he got any respite was after a round of antibiotics. Seriously? How the heck is my dog so super intelligent as to BELIEVE he is being bitten and to also know that he was being treated by antibiotics? Don't promote the lie. Anti psychotics have tremendously bad side effects. They almost killed me. Get back to us after the gloom and doom sets in.
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Sorry. Think of what ur saying. I'm always blown away by this type of thinking. How much oxygen do microscopic creatures need? They're microscopic. Putting them in plastic bags doesn't work. You can vacuum the air out of a bag and they still have enough air to survive. Hell, fleas are able to live in a dormant stage for over five years waiting for their opportunity to feed. Please do some homework before giving out such misinformation. This type of stuff really irks me because people are really suffering and they spend money on stuff that won't work. You're not done with them, are you? Anykind of salt helps some but not enough. I don't mean to b disrespectful but people kill themselves or die from the effect that these things brings. This is no joke and can't be taken lightly so I have to step in and announce to the rest to be very careful as to what they take on as therapy for this crap. Everybody, PLEASE do your homework and excercise your common sense.
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davidrose30 U really need to friend request me on facebook at bugedout thugbugs. You have Morgellons. Geezee, What u have is NOT the same as what the rest on this site are suffering thru. They ARE NOT midges and any kind of chemical only makes these things multiply and get worse. Please read my previous posts and to what I've posted, I'd like to add one last thing. This is to use Diatomacious Earth (food grade). Use this as you would any kind of ody powder. Do this after a cool bath with Dr. Bronners Peppermint soap. Make sure your body and hair are completely dry before applying. Do this as often as possible. Put on your previously boiled clothes. Use your common sense. These things have certain things in common with other parasites, like fleas, mosquitos, bed bugs, etc. In other words, what I'm saying is that it's the females that bite the most and most aggresively. They bit to nourish not only themselves, but also to nourish their eggs and their newborns. These things have a survival of the species mechanism that causes them to lay thousands of eggs when their lives are threatened. Each egg contain hundreds if not thousands of newborns. Using chemicals kills the adults but you are now left with dealing with their thousands of off springs. When you use chemicals, they seem to quiet down for a few but then the insane biting begins. This is not them biting like mad in order for them to survive but rather for them to nourish their young which will be hatched, resistant to whatever chemical you used. This is why I strongly advocate NOT to use any kind of bug killing chemical. Mechanical killing is the ONLY certain way to get rid of these things.
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Here is another thought on biting invisible insects.. I also have had bites for 2 yrs solid that almost drove me and the dog insane...Today I think I know what it is check this site out..   http://insects.about.com/od/ticksmites/a/How-To-Get-Rid-Of-Chiggers.htm
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In the past 11 months they have caused blood clots (DVT) in both my legs.  So they can be fatal.  They are snakelike.  When first hatched (birthed) they are hairlike but they grow into a snakelike organism.  Sometimes they are 1000's of them on my scalp.  I have videoed them and they look like bloods with eyes.  No doctor believes me, but they cannot find out why I keep getting bloodclots.  I have been suffering for about 2 1/2 years now.  This is somekind of thing produced in some bio lab.  Does anyone know of any doctor or medical school who is doing any research on these things.  Please let me know.  
Thank you.
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