JoeWras
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Anyone else have some new surprises as they age?
Mine is "no-see-ums" otherwise known as biting midges. As small as a 1mm, but their bite can last with you for weeks, if you are sensitive. The bite is not felt, but the result is similar to the the later days of a fire ant bite with itching and a disgusting blister.
I think I was immune to these before, or perhaps it is just the moist weather we've had these last few years, and the fact I spend so much time outside. My first one from 2 years ago resulted in a doctor's visit because I worried about the slow healing. He didn't know what got me. After I started getting more, I used Dr. Internet to figure it out.
I'm also immune to poison ivy, although this year I got a very slight short lived rash. I saw it brush against my arm and washed it off 30 minutes later. I noted it and sure enough, a very minor redness a few days later. This came to mind when I was reading a surveyors' forum. Many of the surveyors had stories about how they were immune, until one day they were not, and then they suddenly seemed super sensitive.
Mine is "no-see-ums" otherwise known as biting midges. As small as a 1mm, but their bite can last with you for weeks, if you are sensitive. The bite is not felt, but the result is similar to the the later days of a fire ant bite with itching and a disgusting blister.
I think I was immune to these before, or perhaps it is just the moist weather we've had these last few years, and the fact I spend so much time outside. My first one from 2 years ago resulted in a doctor's visit because I worried about the slow healing. He didn't know what got me. After I started getting more, I used Dr. Internet to figure it out.
I'm also immune to poison ivy, although this year I got a very slight short lived rash. I saw it brush against my arm and washed it off 30 minutes later. I noted it and sure enough, a very minor redness a few days later. This came to mind when I was reading a surveyors' forum. Many of the surveyors had stories about how they were immune, until one day they were not, and then they suddenly seemed super sensitive.