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Thug Bugs

I've recently contracted an infestation of bugs that look like flakes of salt or pepper. they are barely visable at first but bite right away.  They behave like fleas in the sense that they jump and pop between my finger nails when I kill them.  In their adult stage they look like a cross between friut flies and mosquitos.  I went to see several docors and dermatologists about this problem.  One doctor told me it was scabies, another told me it might be fleas, although they refused to actually look at the bugs to be sure of what they were.  One doctor told me to go home, take a bath, and hire someone to clean my house.  She reccomended a phsyciatrist and proceeded to ask me if I was on drugs.  None of the above are true in my case.  I have found that cold baths seem to either kill or paralyze them.  I clean the floors with a rag and cold water regularly.  I also clean the counter tops the same way.  air conditioning (the colder the better) seems to kill or paralyze them as well.  I wash my clothes and bedding in cold water every day.  The mattresses and furniture are wrapped in plastic and completely sealed in packing tape and I wipe them completely down with cold water everyday.  This has been a nightmare for me.  Its cost me a small fortune to buy natural and chemical remedies that don't work.  I hardly sleep.  I hardly eat and I spend the entirtey of my day hunting the bugs down.  I've read on the net that applecider vinager may help.  You mix 3/4 applecider vinigar with 1/4 water and spray everything down with it.  I take about three cold baths a day.  They only seem to like me.  They multiply rapidly.  On me they seem to prefer living under my fingernails, bottoms of my feet, in between my toes, in my genitals.  They don't bite me in those places though.  They like to bite me mostly on my arms and legs, cheeks and back.  Prior to the cold baths, I used to feel them crawling in my ears, on my head and on my eyelashes, feet and genitals.  Don't listen those negative responders.  I've seen them and I know they are real.

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Try bathing in bleach water 20 mins a day or raid water. I know this sucks, but I've been there with a similar case.
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Hey I've had the same exact thing going on with me. It's. Been going on since spring and had taken nearly everything from me. My  eyes is their favorite spot it seems but tend to live under my finger nails. When I **** them off they dart for my fingernails and I hate it. Noseeums? Idk I also discovered I have a mold serious mold problem in my house. Please help
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Bleach kills mold. Take a bleach bath 20 mins a day. Full bath, one cup of bleach, hot water.
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I have this EXACT thing!!! I'm under the care of a doctor and it took me 1 and 1/2 years but I finally beat it!! Ask me anything,, but you might want to email me because I can't navigate this forum--sorry!
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Hello, I have dealt with these black specs under nails and cuticles that turn into sharp white things or like an instant callus buildup attached to nail and skin if I try to get them out. My nails always look dirty but I wash them about 20 times a day. I have done everything everyone else has done. I get bumps in arms and behind ears. I think they get into my nose also. If I leave them alone they multiply and start to leave black under my nails and bites that bleed near ears and in nose. What can I do. Hope you can help me. Please leave email and I will respond if that’s easier. Thanks again, Chris
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Omg. I can't even believe that I'm FINALLY seeing EXACTLY what I've been going through here. Everyone thinks I'm crazy. I KNOW I'm not crazy. These things hurt so bad. I've used steroid cream which does help lose them up. They get sooo bad inside both my nose and ears, even sadly I'm getting bit on my vagina. It stings beyond and I don't know what the hell to do. They are messing with my kids now. My man thinks it's all in my head and that I'm putting it in the kids heads, but i am not. They don't even touch him. IS THERE AN ACTUAL NAME TO THIS DEMON?
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I have this EXACT thing!!! I'm under the care of a doctor and it took me 1 and 1/2 years but I finally beat it!! Ask me anything,, but you might want to email me because I can't navigate this forum--sorry!
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So what is the answer
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I had all these exact same things happen to me- and much more! I was finally diagnosed with a fungus, plus multiple parasitic infections, and I must likely have Lyme's disease, as well. It took me over a year to get back my health. Most doctors don't know how to properly test for any of it, and are quick to lable ppl as ' parasitosis. It's really so sad, as so many ppl out there are suffering needlessly. If one wants to get better, they have to be their own health advocate, add well as take matters into they're own hands. Feel free to pm he here, or better yet, email me since I j have trouble navigating this site. Thanks and good luck!
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Thug bug have u ever found out what they are because me and my 4 year are literally going through the same exact thing!!!! I have literally pulled them from my skin and taken into the doc and they did nothing but throw it away!! They seem to live in my seats of my car and in my carpet. I have pulled them from me and my sons nose and eyes. And the stages I literally have pictures of the different stages of their life. I have had my car pesticide with a bug killed that the man said will kill any type of bug. But when I open my car door the next day these little thing just fly right out? I am going insane and my four year old is experiencing this I can barley handle it and then to think he is going through the same. I’m so happy to hear though that I am not crazy that someone else has experienced the same. I have also found fungal wash helps with feeling like my skin is crawling and the tea tree oil has helped with my ears and nose. But next thing u know they are back. I can’t get rid of whatever this is in my car so everytime I get in it or he does poof we have them on us again. Someone please help to identify these things so I can have my 4 year old treated. He is literally being physically affected by this. He is listless, his legs hurt all the time, won’t eat, He said something is biting him when his poop is coming out. He has dark circles under his eyes and his head hurts all the time.  I am desperate to find out what these are because Orkin doesn’t even know. But I know for a fact something is wrong and as a mother seeing myself and my son going through this I’m just feeling like this is my faikt
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Try antifungal and parasitic meds from a doctor as well as a wholistic cleanse. All together at one time for weeks.
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