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🕑 Added 2017-11-07 00:27:37 +0000 UTC
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Sebastian Wiesinger
Yeah something like that: <a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Therapik-2pk-Mosquito-Bite-Relievers/10262852" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.walmart.com/ip/Therapik-2pk-Mosquito-Bite-Relievers/10262852</a>
Sebastian Wiesinger
Here in Germany we even have that als a battery powered device from amazon. Better than doing it manually because it exactly controls the necessary heat
I find that beginning with lukewarm water and slowly increasing the temperature until I feel a “flash”, the scalding sensation I guess, has the best results.
Duke BG
insightful!
Carl Fink
I remembered more about the process after posting. It actually causes the cells of your body to release *all* their histamine at once, which means they have to "reload" before you can itch again. That would work with any itching caused by inflammation ... such as poison ivy/poison oak/giant hogweed, etc.
Christopher Heiny
Yes - a similar hot tapwater treatment can be used for temporary relief from poison ivy and poison oak.
Carl Fink
Just running hot water (from the tap, not boiling water!) on the bite also works. It's the heat, it actually activates the histamine, speeds up and amplifies the reaction. The thing is, your body can only react to histamine to a limited extent before the chemicals involved in the reaction are used up.Heat can cause a few seconds of very intense itching, followed by a long period where you can't feel any itch at all because the histamine can't react with anything. Then the chemicals regenerate.
Thomas Whitney
Yeah a former girlfriend who grew up in a tropical climate used the same method. Washcloth soaked in very hot water also works!
