NewCarnivalCruiser2018

:confused:Yes I am healed now with scars, took about 4 weeks to stop intense itching and the little hard scabs took another week or two to finally be gone!!

I did not consider a sunscreen allergy as the cause, which is definitely a reasonable idea, I don’t think it was sunscreen in this case because of the pattern and character of the “lesions” - I would expect a more diffuse outbreak and maybe not as much like actual isolated sores. :confused:

What bit me?

First cruise ever was great otherwise - did Carnival Glory - western Caribbean (Grand Cayman, Roatan, Belize, Cozumel) returned Aug 4...

my bites were first noticed on the night of the Belize stop, during which we snorkeled and swam at Starish Island. Husband not affected but we were always together. (We both had gotten the flat non itchy sand fleas in Roatan which disappeared within 24 hrs the prior day)

However, I developed very different extremely itchy papular (bumpy) bites in “exposed” areas, like legs and arms, in no pattern like lines. Quite a few!!

They don’t look obvious unless they have recently been scratched, but you sure can feel the bumps.

IfI had walked thru tall grass or woods I would think these are chiggers.

Coconut oil helps the itch for a few hours, but they are no better a week into it; they are kind of crusting when they dry after being scratched.

I think I’ve elimin the following:

Bed bugs apparently appear in lines. Sea lice bites are in covered areas not exposed areas. Sand flea bites are flat with a tiny blood spot in the center.

Anybody know what these are?