Oak mites

[Anonymous]

How are you avoiding your kids getting bitten by oak mites? Are they showering and changing clothes every time they go outside? For those who have experienced the bites, what has helped?

[Anonymous]

I use a dab of cortisone cream and it's fine. No need to go to great lengths unless your child is especially itchy.

[Anonymous]

We have tons of large oaks in our hood. It’s been disastrous. We had to get a steroid cream to keep once child from scratching and another bite is already infected. Our doc said a thorough coat of bug spray when we leave the house. But honestly, we’re hesitant to play anywhere with oaks overhead.

[Anonymous]

We’re not playing near oaks. They’re terribly itchy bites that stay for a week. Apparently they can get caught in the breeze too. Wide open play areas and lots of bug spray.

[Anonymous]

lots of showers. Bug spray does nothing.

[Anonymous]

OP, there are recent two threads in the health forum with tons of advice. Look for those and maybe ask Jeff to lock this thread or redirect it to one of the others.

[Anonymous]

Arnica cream after. Wipe down arms and clothes with baby wipes when coming inside. We have lots of oaks in the backyard. No way to avoid them. The mites don’t bite immediately so getting them off skin helps a ton.

[Anonymous]

Bug spray before, showers after outside and we're using this salve made of coconut oil, tea tree and lavender- it's been better than anything else surprisingly!!

[Anonymous]

Calamine lotion a few times a day.