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Hi, if these are bed bug bites they will be in telltale groups of three. Your description sounds very similar to what I experienced with bed bug bites. I also noted at the time that other folks had what appeared to be bites but they did not go on to the next phase, the reaction. Regardless, I am sorry for your friends trouble! I concur with Annie, wash everything, dry everything and also if possible, leave it out in the hot, hot sun tied up in a black garbage bag for a few hours. Wish you well!Hello! My friend has a real problem. After almost 350 km, she is in trouble...she has humps(knobs) all over her body. After 24 hours, every hump becomes blemish. Do you have any idea what about this could be? Now, she takes antibiotic - ospamox. So, please help if you have experienced the same problem or you heard about it.
Thanks a lot!
Most likely its Erythema nodosum. Nodules of a centimeter or two in size that after a day turn purple in color. Mostly never find the cause, but sometimes there is some sort of infection going on somewhere in the body. Forget the Pharmacia and go to the doctor. He probably never saw a case, but should know enough to be able to look it up.Hello! My friend has a real problem. After almost 350 km, she is in trouble...she has humps(knobs) all over her body. After 24 hours, every hump becomes blemish. Do you have any idea what about this could be? Now, she takes antibiotic - ospamox. So, please help if you have experienced the same problem or you heard about it.
Thanks a lot!
Thank you. EdThe Original Poster has not been in the Forum since two hours after her post, so good advice has gone unread.
Yes it would be good to hear what the final outcome was....Falling on deaf ears thenoh well might help someone else in the future Hope that their Camino is going well however!
This sounds like bedbugs. They lay dormant until they smell a body then feast all night. They are gone by morning waiting for the next fresh blood. The hives don't show up usually till late morning or afternoon...by the evening they are almost unbearable.Hello! My friend has a real problem. After almost 350 km, she is in trouble...she has humps(knobs) all over her body. After 24 hours, every hump becomes blemish. Do you have any idea what about this could be? Now, she takes antibiotic - ospamox. So, please help if you have experienced the same problem or you heard about it.
Thanks a lot!
Bath in Vinegar....Sheesh. I hope I do not run into those little buggers.....This sounds like bedbugs. They lay dormant until they smell a body then feast all night. They are gone by morning waiting for the next fresh blood. The hives don't show up usually till late morning or afternoon...by the evening they are almost unbearable.
Some sort of antihistamine will help her if its hives/bites. You have to wash everything like was stated...but washing alone will not be enough and MOST common sprays do nothing. Best thing is to put anything that can go into a dryer into the dryer on the hottest heat for at least 2 hours. Things like shoes and backpacks...pretty much everything should be gone through with a fine tooth comb. You will see the bugs if they are there. They are hard to kill...do not just chuck them on the ground or floor ...kill them and flush them. Then in about two weeks. You need to revisit everything...go through everything...cause if they layed eggs this is about when they hatch again. You will see smaller bugs but bugs none the less. Do this every two weeks with clothing etc. if you do not see bugs...but if you see them do it immediately. WHEN YOU GET HOME. You need to do the same thing again. They can live for 2 years without eating...laying dormant in suitcases or the seems of beds etc.
ALSO...physically check your mattress if you can... pull it out from a wall slightly if you can. Bedbugs hide in seems of mattresses ...little tucked away places but often you can actually find them if you look. Also they live in the baseboards or most bedrooms or rooms with bodies coming in and out. So pulling your bed away from the wall might actually help...because they will smell you and climb the wall and onto the bed if they can.
You can have your stuff professionally fumigated but it is expensive. I have had to toss out a really nice couple of mattresses cause the fumigation just didn't work.
Bath in vinegar or baking soda at night...that might help with itching too.
Ugh.... Bugs are the number one reason I am a bit jittery about doing the Camino.Some say Bedbugzzz are all part of the Camino..............no way part of mine !!!!...................Vicrev
Yeah, I know. I plan to use permethrinRead the previous threads for bedbugzzzz prevention, you are more likely not to be bitten !!.......Dont worry !!................Vicrev
they are gross! I am terrified of spiders and don't like most bugs but I find bedbugs and flies sooo disgusting!Yeah, I know. I plan to use permethrin
Spray on all my stuff and look under beds etc. they are just so disgusting I guess. But, they are part of nature!!!
I understand and I am sure most do...but I am sure some don't ...and it doesn't have to be on the Camino. And Kudos for trying with bedbugs but nothing gets rid of them without everyone agreeing to fumigate...and I am sure expense would not be on the high priority list...and understandable so. They are a huge problem all over North America and Europe.Pattii, when you have walked the Camino you will find that albergues mostly take care not to get infested with bed-bugs and to eradicate them when they do get a report. You seem to think that they do not care. In Galicia the 6€ nightly charge gives you a disposable sheet and pillow case. The bugs are not confined to albergues, they travel on packs so theoretically could be picked up in a cafe-bar too
We have always checked the beds in private rooms as well as albergues and (so far) have not seen any evidence of bugs. Noise is not confined to albergues either. If you are using a tent then you face will different challenges than these, not least getting warm and dry if the weather is cold or wet. Speaking personally I would rather be warm and dry, but we each make the Camino in our own way.
Buen Camino
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