Comments on: Mosquito Season

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:31:03 +0000

Mosquito netting or screens, and B vitamins… I’ll give it a try!

Thanks everybody!

By: Nancy Ingle

Nancy Ingle — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:26:24 +0000

I was advised by folks in Costa Rica to take tiamina ( thiamine) tablets. That is a B Vitamin, I believe, and it worked at the beach.

By: jantango

jantango — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:27:18 +0000

Two years ago I invested in screens. That was money well spent. No more summer nights with mosquitos biting my legs!!!

By: Still Life in Buenos Aires

Still Life in Buenos Aires — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:13:14 +0000

Good thing it is raining today!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:28:44 +0000

That sound is enough to drive me screaming from the room, or become a head- and face-slapping lunatic…

That having been said, I read somewhere that it has something to do with a B vitamin deficiency – B6 or B12.

By: niki

niki — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:26:04 +0000

I have a similar problem. Mosquitos see my body as an all-you-can-eat buffet. Scott and i may be right next to each other, and they will all leave him alone, and commence to eat me alive.

try to avoid eating bananas – it may help. Also, citronella is a natural mosquito repellant.

By: LimerickTango

LimerickTango — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:52:39 +0000

Your blood is too sweet, you need to start taking bitters.

A friend of mine once shared a room with a guy who later was diagnosed as diabetic. He could hear the mosquitos enter the room, approach him, then veer quickly away towards the other guy.