megsok7 Posted October 26, 2013 #1 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Almost been home a week from the Jewel and am covered in bites on my back, arms, and especially my legs. Very itchy and almost painful! I noticed a bite on my arm while at little French key in honduras and by that night I had multiple ones on my legs but a week later and it seems worse. Is it sand fleas?? Anyone experience this? My husband has not had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CTCruiser001 Posted October 26, 2013 #2 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Sounds like sand fleas. My DW was eaten alive once and I had no issues at all. Just curious...when you guys were on a beach, did you stay on land while he swam? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don24 Posted October 26, 2013 #3 Share Posted October 26, 2013 We had the same issue once .after that we used bug spray before we get off the ship as a matter of course and haven't had a problem since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooch47 Posted October 26, 2013 #4 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I'm not sure if they are the same thing but we call them "no-see-ums." Tiny little things that leave big, red itchy welts. Roatan is famous for them. I've had them still visible a couple weeks after the cruise. They don't bite my husband at all. I'm a magnet for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinSie Posted October 26, 2013 #5 Share Posted October 26, 2013 My husband and I both had bites from Roatan and Costa Maya. Luckily for us they only lasted about 24 hours and were gone. Hope you are better soon! Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailBabySail Posted October 26, 2013 #6 Share Posted October 26, 2013 So happy to have read this since we are stopping in Honduras and Belize. I will be packing "Off" when we take our cruise in April. Thanks OP for bringing this up and I hope your bites clear up asap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goaliegirl Posted October 27, 2013 #7 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Yep, definitely Roatan. My hubby got it pretty bad when we went there. He was covered in bites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megsok7 Posted October 27, 2013 Author #8 Share Posted October 27, 2013 They are miserable! :(. I tried an aveno bath today so hopefully they will clear up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacj Posted October 27, 2013 #9 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Oh, so sorry! Try aloe gel...it works wonders on bites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccersharon Posted October 27, 2013 #10 Share Posted October 27, 2013 The only 2 times I've experienced something similar, was in St. Thomas (Sapphire Beach) in 2008. Sand fleas were really bad. The worst was in Providenciales: I was bitten on both legs and many bites swole and were extremely itchy. Took over a week to heal. Bug spray is always included on my packing list ever since. Hope you feel better soon! Sent from my GT-S5830D using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyto2girls Posted October 27, 2013 #11 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I have gotten them every time we stop at Great Stirrup Cay, I will never get off the ship there again! NCL even puts a warning on the dailies in GSC to bring bug spray. I got a diagnosis on the ship (twice) and at a local hospital here (they got so bad when I was home) Sand fleas and some people are just super allergic. I am the only one in the family who ever gets them. Our last stop at GSC a few folks had a bit here and there I was covered from head to toe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susea4000 Posted October 27, 2013 #12 Share Posted October 27, 2013 WOW! Thanks for this info, I never would have thought of this, and I have horrible reactions to bites! Just made up my mind to stay on board at GSC - not a problem because I don't really like the beach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene7 Posted October 27, 2013 #13 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Are sand fleas the same as sea lice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyto2girls Posted October 27, 2013 #14 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Not according to the doctor on the Gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTC Posted October 27, 2013 #15 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I'm allergic to bug bites when in the Caribbean and never travel without Benadryl. It works wonders to take away the itch and swelling. I don't know why I react like that there, as I don't experience it any other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyto2girls Posted October 28, 2013 #16 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm allergic to bug bites when in the Caribbean and never travel without Benadryl. It works wonders to take away the itch and swelling. I don't know why I react like that there, as I don't experience it any other places. I never get them anywhere else and these bites laughed at Benadryl in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megsok7 Posted October 28, 2013 Author #17 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thanks to the person who suggested aloe Vera. aaaamazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mitsugirly Posted October 28, 2013 #18 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I think the bites all have to do with the time of year or what the season is like (for instance if it has rained days before or not). We have never been bitten in Roatan, Belize, Bahamas, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, St Thomas, St Maarten, Nassau...but we were ate alive in Costa Maya...go figure. We ALWAYS take deep woods off with us...just in case. While me and the hubby aren't allergic to bug bites, my 5 year old is and breaks out really bad with any bites. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deladypilot Posted October 28, 2013 #19 Share Posted October 28, 2013 When we went to the Bahamas on a land vacation my mother and myself were eaten alive. Mine went away after a few days but my mother ended up at her doctors office twice over it. So any warm weather travel now includes off or some other bug spray. Hope you heal quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanote Posted October 28, 2013 #20 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Are sand fleas the same as sea lice? "Sand fleas" are tiny no-see-um flying insects. "Sea lice" are jellyfish larvae. One flies and bites, the other swims and stings. The end result, however, is roughly the same: Red painful welts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecritiquer Posted October 28, 2013 #21 Share Posted October 28, 2013 This happened to me on Sanibel/Captiva Island in Florida once. I will never be at the beach at dusk ever again. :( Everyone was having a good time and then all of the sudden 1/3 of the beach goers got up and ran for their lives. The other 2/3 were unaffected. DH and DS were fine. It was like having the chickenpox. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergusonvt Posted October 28, 2013 #22 Share Posted October 28, 2013 No sand fleas for me but army ants in Belize on the Lamanai tour. I didn't notice I was standing on a small ant hole until my ankles were covered with them. I took my shoes off quickly and brushed them off but they stung every time my feet got wet for about a month afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdvmd Posted October 28, 2013 #23 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Definitely sand fleas. Got them during our stop in Honduras a few years ago. I was the only one out of our group of 17 to get bitten AND I was the only one who used bug spray. They will go away in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrgazer50 Posted October 28, 2013 #24 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I had a very bad reaction to a bug bite this past summer. The worst ever in my entire life. (Don't know what kind of bug it was. I had recently got back from a caribbean cruise.) It itched so bad I broke skin from scratching and the areas swelled to the width of an orange. I tried over the counter product benedryl, Hydrocortisone(except Aloe) and nothing helped. I went to the health food store and found out about Apis Mallifica and it worked wonders. The itching stopped within 15 minutes and the swelling went down within a day or two. I have a caribbean cruise coming up in Jan. and I will definitely be taking some with me. http://pureformulas.com/apis-mellifica-6c-by-boiron.html?CAPCID=1593018465&CA_6C15C=1394515127#sthash.kbsRTiZQ.dpbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy Posted October 28, 2013 #25 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thanks for posting about this. We leave on the Jewel for the Thanksgiving cruise. I am not usually allergic to bites but I would hate to be itchy the whole trip or have bf itchy. I'll back some Off and benadryl cream or spray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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