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I know put on a diaper and crap in it. You will still have the itch but that will be the least of your worries.

This pica pica is insane... or at least for me. I'm headed to the doctor in a few mins... is there anything you can put on your skin to AVOID getting stung by this? I hear it's really "jellyfish larva"... the devil is what I call it.

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Marty, thank you for these articles. It's interesting to read what they discuss and then to be experiencing it. Like most things, this is affecting me differently then probably most people. I'm going on day 10 of this stuff and it's not going away any time soon. I think that the amonia products and vinegar might help from the start but when they start looking like pimples (sorry to gross you out) that stuff just hurts more than it helps. At this point I think only topical creams will work.

Tonight I have a date... figures! lol

Thanks again for posting.

This absulutly works, as I have been pico pico"d too many times but the last few years I have used this method and will now even swim right with the tiny monsters.but are you sure this is your ailment as it is not really season for them?
Pico pico will only sting you under your suit, sometimes under your arms if you trap them. With females very common under the breast. Before you put your suit on apply generous amounts of oil,baby oil, suntan oil,all over under where you suit covers and under the arms. I have even used cooking oil, this prevents them from being able to sting, also make sure you wear a tight suit, that the elastic on your bottoms is good and snug so they cant get it. I hate the little S.O.Bs

Cooper, ironically, they are on my belly (no swimsuit coverage there) and a little on my hip. Maybe it's not pica (or pico) but in one article marty provided someone explains their experience with it that is similar to mine...

"I experienced a bout with what we decided was pica pica. I wore a wetsuit skin and never got in the sea otherwise. What I first thought was a sunburn on my neck and chest, I realized was more puffy and red, like poison oak. I also had little bumps on my arms and legs, like goosebumps..."

I canceled my doctor appt. because I figure just to use the cream (like cortesone or similar) until it heals. At this point, the vinegar, benedryl spray and windex are just extremly harmful (which is what I'm dealing with now).

Thanks for the reply.

if you wore a wetsuit its common to get them around the neckline of the wetsuit where they can enter and get trapped. Sounds like pico as you got the rash on skin that was covered right. My symptons were that I did not notice anything at all after a few hours just a very lite itching, the welts did not show up tell the next day and seemed to spread for the next few days, especially if I scratched, this lasted for what seemed like weeks, extremly itchy not stinging pain, and worse at nite. Its a month or two now pass the season for them but the world and seasons are changing, I have never heard of anyone getting stung by them on exposed skin.

i've had this. Last time i was down in fact. The only thing that really helped me eventually was prednisone. Rx by the Dr.

I tried the hemp oil, amonia, you name it. Nothing helped the rash to go away until the pred.

sorry your itching so.........

No Rx needed for Prednisone