by Meg
(Georgia)
Tiny parasites living under my skin!...and seems to be spreading!
My husband and I noticed these tiny reddish bumps on his back about two days ago (they look just like a pimple).
So, innocently we started popping them. It didn't take long before we realized they were some type of parasite. Some of them are red, some brown, and some clear (whitish). Guessing the clear ones are eggs?!?!?!?
Everyone says they're chiggers, but they DON'T ITCH!!! No itching at all!!! I've suffered from chiggers (red bugs) before and these things are not chiggers!
We would just go to the ER but we don't have medical insurance.
Also, they seem to be spreading. I hadn't noticed anything on me until today. Needless to say I'm now covered with them.
All the same with one HUGE EXCEPTION... under my right breast we found a much larger, darker bump. I couldn't stand it being there so we carefully opened it up. (I know this is gross, I apologize!)...and out came a BB sized ball. With the consistency of opened flesh.
Everything else was much smaller in size, all though around it were more of the same little bugs, which we pulled out as well.
Please note, we've disinfected everything more then once, boiled utensils, used hydrogen peroxide solution as well as alcohol. Hoping to keep open wounds clean and not causing anymore irritation.
We believe they may have come from our camping trip last weekend, but we are constantly in the woods and have never seen anything like this!!
We keep a clean house and, of course, are cleanly people. If it helps, we have three cats...no fleas and they are indoor pets.
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