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Do I need to inform more than one albergue?....inform the last albergues you stopped at....
Actually hot washing isn't really necessary, it's drying on hot - 60c for at least half an hour that's essential. Things that can't go into the dryer, like backpacks, can be placed in a black plastic trash bag and put into the hot sun (no problem finding that today) for several hours.Remember to wash EVERYTHING in high temperature
Hi - sorry to see this. There is really no way to prove it, but bedbugs seems like the likely explanation! Do I understand correctly that you have gotten help to decontaminate your things? You don't "need" any medicine if you are not experiencing unusual symptoms other than some itching. However, antihistamine ointment or pills might help reduce the reaction and the itching. Do watch for signs of infection on any of the spots. I hope they go away soon!
Also, sometimes it can be hard to pin down where you got the bites, as they can sometimes take a day or so to appear.
Yes, there are lots of stores in Spain.Sounds like I need to pack a large black trash bag in case I need to treat my pack.
These plastic bags would be a ONE time use correct?? Will I be able to buy another bag somewhere??
That is too bad. Maybe Monday you can find one. Buen Camino.Pharmacy is here closed on Saturday and Sunday.
I think the 50 degrees should be okay.... if it has without black plastic bag 35+.
I did that last year when I had some bites, but the pharmacist couldn't give me a definitive answer. The best thing to do is assume that they are bed bug bites and take necessary precautions.If you go to a pharmacy and show them the bites, they will most likely be able to tell you what they are and give you something to treat them. Good luck!
I agree! Definitely, take the just in case precautions and assume they are bed bugs. I had a similar situation and went to a pharmacy and the pharmacist took one look at the bites and gave me some cream that relieved the discomfort (although it sounds like martin1ws is not having any discomfort). I checked it out with the pharmacist because I wanted to make sure I didn't have something more serious than bed bugs.I did that last year when I had some bites, but the pharmacist couldn't give me a definitive answer. The best thing to do is assume that they are bed bug bites and take necessary precautions.
I used to paint chigger bites with clear nail polish to suffocate them and wondered why it still took them so long to heal. Only last year did I find out this method is an "old wives' tale". The chigger actually inject you with a poison and that is what swells up, turns red and itches like crazy. The chigger itself is long gone!Look more like chiggers than bedbug. My 2 cents. Pain them with nail polish to sufociate them.
Do I need to inform more than one albergue?
As clearly as I felt the irritation today in the morning and as obvious there is something now I cannot imagine that I felt and saw 24h nothing from the bites.... if they had been of the second last albergue.
But surely that depends on the bedbugs having been squished, which doesn't always happen!There is a reliable way of telling whether you’ve been bitten by bedbugs ... but you have to do it as soon as you get out of the bed .... simply look for blood!
But surely that depends on the bedbugs having been squished, which doesn't always happen!
I can attest to that. I was bitten liberally, pretty much the only area I wasn't bitten was thankfully my face. The wee monsters really made a meal of me.The blood was from my ankles and feet ...
I assume it had flowed feely due to the anticoagulant the bugs injected to facilitate their meal.
But I am a neophyte when it comes to being bitten by them ... just the once.
Though I’ve seen them a number of times ... usually hiding in the edges of mattresses that I’ve turned over in my search for them.
Lavender oil is wonderful at alleviating the itch of any bites. Can be purchased in farmacias (lavendula)
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