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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 401983" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>Nothing works as well as DEET for me and as Ive always had problems with mossi bites I cant say that being diabetic has made it worse.</p><p></p><p>I tend to swell up at the area of bites often the size of an egg <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> and find that Piriton tablets helps reduce the swelling and itching but that its better to not get bitten in the first place.</p><p></p><p>I have often read that eating Marmite daily helps to deter mosquitoes and that it has something to do with a vitamin, V12 perhaps, but Im not sure thats true as I have never tried it not being a Marmite lover...</p><p></p><p>Another thing that did used to work reasonably well for me was a moisturiser called "Skin So Soft" by Avon used a lot by fishermen but I believe that they have now changed the formula and that it is no longer as good, so DEET it is for me and I favour the "Jungle Formula" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 401983, member: 19121"] Nothing works as well as DEET for me and as Ive always had problems with mossi bites I cant say that being diabetic has made it worse. I tend to swell up at the area of bites often the size of an egg :( and find that Piriton tablets helps reduce the swelling and itching but that its better to not get bitten in the first place. I have often read that eating Marmite daily helps to deter mosquitoes and that it has something to do with a vitamin, V12 perhaps, but Im not sure thats true as I have never tried it not being a Marmite lover... Another thing that did used to work reasonably well for me was a moisturiser called "Skin So Soft" by Avon used a lot by fishermen but I believe that they have now changed the formula and that it is no longer as good, so DEET it is for me and I favour the "Jungle Formula" :) [/QUOTE]
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