Gnats or Fruit flies following me

[Keeby]

This may sound very unususal,and beleive me I wouldn't even mention it, if it hadn't become such an anomoly to me. For the past 3 months or so I have noticed that I have gnats flying around me at home. Just a couple,but they follow me from room to room, wherever I go. They also follow me to work,and I have them in my office too. Then when I go to another person's office, they follow me in there too. So essentially it's me they are after. There is no food or fruit anywhere,and I do not wear cologne. I have not done anything different from when they were not constantly around me. I am not sure why they are around me, but as you can see, it has become a problem.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you

[NarutoUzimaki]

Ello guys I'm 16 Years old and I'm no doctor or scientists but I think the problem is connected to cysts/acne most of you are pretty old but try to think back to the last time you had very bad acne or unusual acne to the point where its almost like zits  and this can be anywhere on the body. I think that the bugs want the liquid inside acne if you've ever popped a pimple and clear liquid comes out that's what I'm talking about also the white cysys its self I think the bugs like that if you've never had acne that bad then I have another theory about dead skin cells on your skin. The next time you take a shower before putting soap on let some hot water on you for about 5-10 minutes and if you have nails scratch these parts of your body- Side of face, nose, behind leg, front of shoulder, Any part of your back, and if your an inny then inside of belly button I know it sounds weird but while scratching try to see if dead skin cells go into your nails and if you don't have nails then just get a sponge and scrub hard if you see that dead skin cells are getting into your nails that may be it. Please reply back if most of you agree with my comment ill take it apon myself to become a microbiologist to help find the problem and a solution

[bugsheretoo]

sorry Mr NarutoUzimaki but I think you are on the wrong site, don't know why you are on here exactly? are you having issues yourself? I can guarantee you this is a bug issue, not acne. I see bugs flying around all the time so sorry, never had any acne cause gnats to fly around me before. Please go on another site and save us responding to you, thanks

[bugsheretoo]

sorry Mr NarutoUzimaki but I think you are on the wrong site, don't know why you are on here exactly? are you having issues yourself? I can guarantee you this is a bug issue, not acne. I see bugs flying around all the time so sorry, never had any acne cause gnats to fly around me before. Please go on another site and save us responding to you, thanks

[bugsheretoo]

sorry for posting such a rude answer last night, I was in a bad mood!  I do appreciate any and all suggestions, so thanks for taking the time to post. I don't have any acne but I do have dead skin on my legs so will try exfoliating. I don't feel I have dandruff but they do love my hair and scalp so I will try some natural methods of fungus control for the scalp in case it helps.

[Rai1013]

I honestly think out of all the post I read yours was the best. Its only been 2 1/2 years of this horrible acne but my face always feels gross now. I feel like these bigs are aiming for myface which is the biggest problem area but recently behind my legs my thighs back neck chin ect have random bumps. This is annoying but im going to have to home remedy the crap out of this problem. Thanks

[Slim2287]

I have this problem and gave been having it for 8 or 9 months.  I am only 29 but I had a lot of boils before this started. This is the most horrible thing I've ever been thru. Every doctor I've been to acts like I've been bite by bugs outside or that I have scabies. I did the scabies treatment and it did help but didn't stop it. Now they're worse than ever! But yes, something does come out from under my nails and will go under another one and so does skin.

[GoddessK]

Two things.shower with a little of ammonia in your liquid soap...not to much where you inhaling the smell....then mist yourself with part your body spray and ammonia daily. Make sure to get around your neck area good.If you can get a big repellent bracelet wear that as backup.....

[bugsheretoo]

thanks goddess, will try this. desperate today as I had a major incident yesterday and continuing today. I was frustrated because I started to have bugs again recently - flies etc on my scalp and clothes - and I do not know what caused this latest outbreak. New clothes I purchased? New apartment I am staying in? The laundromat? Bugs just invading me while I am out and about? I should know better by now but I tried to rescue some of my clothes by soaking them in Epsom salts and OMG, bug city in my place now. I think this is the worst I have ever had them. Based on what I have seen, this is some kind of GMO thing coming out in the clothes. Black flecks flying everywhere and then the gnats and other bugs appearing out of nowhere, God help us. This has got to be some kind of GMO experiment gone awry or a biological terrorist attack of some kind. Nobody will understand what I am talking about if they have not been through this before. I just hope I have something to wear at the end of this. I am on about my third round of attack at this point. Sprayed the place with Lysol and left for an hour, lots of black flecks everywhere when I came back, and there is still a fungus in the air going after my scalp and gnats coming out.  I noticed this before (a couple of years ago when I had a previous out break) and can't tell you what it means: but for what it's worth I will tell you that there is a kind of swarm of these bugs which will follow you around and which smells odd (first like urine and then like horses?) and then you are fighting for your life so to speak to get rid of them off your body. Maybe I am rotting inside and giving off some kind of urine / horse odour which is attracting them to me, or maybe I just happen to be a victim, I don't know.

[bugsheretoo]

I know what you are going through, I have had the same issue on and off for a while now. I thought I was rid of the buggers this past winter - well almost - but unfortunately my bug journey is not over yet. I can only give you partial tips to help because I haven't got it completely figured out yet, but I can tell you that there are real bugs involved and that they will lay eggs in your clothing, so it is very important to keep them from spreading to your entire wardrobe by keeping every article of clothing in a separate zip lock bag or other closed bag. On another website, a lady mentioned she got rid of them out of the clothes by using diatomaceous earth (DE) on the clothes. I believe she left the clothes in a bag with DE for about a month. I don't know how much DE to put in each bag of clothing however, so can't give you any advice about that yet as I haven't started my experiments with DE on clothes yet. Anyway what I have noticed is that if you keep each article of clothing in a separate zip lock bag, you will have an easier time sorting out which clothes are infested and which aren't. You will feel a strange substance (I have nicknamed it "devil dust") rising out of the clothes and going into your eyes when you open the zip lock, if you have left the clothes in there for a while (eg several days or weeks).  And then, when you wear the clothing with the "devil dust" in it, you will start to feel uncomfortable, as if an explosion is about to occur, and gnats will suddenly appear (depending on how warm it is / how warm you are and how "ripe" the clothing is, this can take several hours - but it can also happen very quickly). The main ones you will see are gnats and fruit flies, but I have had several other bugs show up too, including giant blackflies which I believe followed me and my clothes home from Cuba last year (I did not see any blackflies on the plane home but I assume by this point they had laid eggs in my clothes as the black flies popped out of the clothes when I wore them months later after taking them out of their zip lock bags). There are also moths, white flies and very small black specks which can fly very quickly compared to the gnats. I believe these are the same as the black specks we see coming out of our scalp when we comb our hair into the sink.)
As for getting the bugs out of your hair and skin, I found 10% Sulphur cream very effective (leave it on your skin / scalp over night or even longer if possible) and Nix or other permethrin cream.
Lately I have noticed that previously ok clothing I am wearing outside exercising (eg playing tennis) is attracting bugs, not just new infested clothing I bought in the stores, which means that I need an ongoing, daily solution to avoid having bugs interested in me and my clothes.  I am going to try Avon Skin So Soft products and / or absorbine junior on my skin and ingesting wormwood herb tablets from the healtfood store (paragone works well but I don't know if you can take that daily forever).
Hope some of this helps!  Please post how you are doing ....

[bugsheretoo]

I know what you are going through, I have had the same issue on and off for a while now. I thought I was rid of the buggers this past winter - well almost - but unfortunately my bug journey is not over yet. I can only give you partial tips to help because I haven't got it completely figured out yet, but I can tell you that there are real bugs involved and that they will lay eggs in your clothing, so it is very important to keep them from spreading to your entire wardrobe by keeping every article of clothing in a separate zip lock bag or other closed bag. On another website, a lady mentioned she got rid of them out of the clothes by using diatomaceous earth (DE) on the clothes. I believe she left the clothes in a bag with DE for about a month. I don't know how much DE to put in each bag of clothing however, so can't give you any advice about that yet as I haven't started my experiments with DE on clothes yet. Anyway what I have noticed is that if you keep each article of clothing in a separate zip lock bag, you will have an easier time sorting out which clothes are infested and which aren't. You will feel a strange substance (I have nicknamed it "devil dust") rising out of the clothes and going into your eyes when you open the zip lock, if you have left the clothes in there for a while (eg several days or weeks).  And then, when you wear the clothing with the "devil dust" in it, you will start to feel uncomfortable, as if an explosion is about to occur, and gnats will suddenly appear (depending on how warm it is / how warm you are and how "ripe" the clothing is, this can take several hours - but it can also happen very quickly). The main ones you will see are gnats and fruit flies, but I have had several other bugs show up too, including giant blackflies which I believe followed me and my clothes home from Cuba last year (I did not see any blackflies on the plane home but I assume by this point they had laid eggs in my clothes as the black flies popped out of the clothes when I wore them months later after taking them out of their zip lock bags). There are also moths, white flies and very small black specks which can fly very quickly compared to the gnats. I believe these are the same as the black specks we see coming out of our scalp when we comb our hair into the sink.)
As for getting the bugs out of your hair and skin, I found 10% Sulphur cream very effective (leave it on your skin / scalp over night or even longer if possible) and Nix or other permethrin cream.
Lately I have noticed that previously ok clothing I am wearing outside exercising (eg playing tennis) is attracting bugs, not just new infested clothing I bought in the stores, which means that I need an ongoing, daily solution to avoid having bugs interested in me and my clothes.  I am going to try Avon Skin So Soft products and / or absorbine junior on my skin and ingesting wormwood herb tablets from the healtfood store (paragone works well but I don't know if you can take that daily forever).
Hope some of this helps!  Please post how you are doing ....

[Freeweed420]

Logic tells me something smells like decay to them, since it's something they're both attracted to... But they also go for food, period... So, you smell... like something. You either smell like some kind of food - even your diet could be the culprit for a food scent... you could eat like a dog and spill it on yourself...idk check yourself! OR maybe you have a real problem inside and things think that you're dead/dying. Do you have vultures fly close to you too?.. Maybe you should have a check up!first make sure you rid yourself of funky smells, pick a new soap! If that doesn't work I'd get checked by a pro!

[Sparkie2010]

For three years this is happening to me. I have one kidney with low ph around three. Now I take sodium barb ,10 grain and it helped little but now I can"t get rid of a yeast infection and their back. Now in my house bitting the crap out of me. Boric acid is the only thing that kills the biting ones. Go to a doctor for a blood test. Most insects are attached to carbon dioxide which is another problem for me. It will only get worse.LoL

[GoddessK]

Use lemon ammonia....not a much but enough....also keep a spray bottle around with sea salt   ammonia...and spray yourself and your house daily...