Loading ...WOOF !!!
i have been busy in the garden these last few weeks, and the chiggers are active. these are tiny bugs (arachnids, not insects) that thrive in moist, cool environments (it’s been rainy here since christmas) and bite people causing an itchy welt. no real health hazzard, they don’t carry any diseases, but the itching is annoying-very annoying.
well, when i took ivermectin ( 10 mg orally, every other day, 3 doses total for a 150 kg frog) the chiggers bothered me MUCH less. not really surprising, i have been dosing dogs with ivermectin for years to combat fleas and ticks. fleas and ticks = bloodsucking bugs = same as chiggers. i figure each chigger bites me ONCE, and gets a dose of ivermectin and dies instead of biting me multiple times. one itchy welt is much preferable to a dozen. (hydrocortizone cream deals quite effectively with the itch. the dollar tree brand is just as good as the high priced spread)
as a prophylactic against the dempanic? i don’t know, but i haven’t caught the virus yet.
…i didn’t catch it before i took the ivermectin either, so, who knows what that means?