I must be one of the very lucky ones as I've been to Corfu twice and never been bitten. I have only ever put on protection in the evening when they're at their hungriest. In fact, I've only had 2 bites in my life and that was when I was in Mexico a couple of years ago. Having said that my son had never been bitten until a holiday in Corfu a few years ago and he had a horrendous reaction. Almost his whole leg swelled up and was very painful. Luckily it was 2 days before he came home so could get antibiotics for the infection from his GP.

Shirley, this happens to my daughter, and she has to get a steroid injection and a course of antibiotics.
I wouldn't wait until you get home to seek treatment, since this can be potentially very serious.

Thanks for the advice. My son was 20 at the time and on holiday with his mates so typically he waited until he got home. Thankfully the antibiotics from his GP did the trick.

After reading the last post, I'm off in a wetsuit

Burn some coffee, apparantly that works

Just back from Sidari and the Mossies were a total pain! Tried all the usual tricks like after anti-histamines for weeks before and during the holiday, sun with repellant, plug-ins, lemon shower gel etc etc but I still got 19 bites! Nothing seemed to make a difference.   Shame as had a great holiday but admittedly this would put me off going back. Never been bitten so much in Greece and wasn't bitten like that when went to Ipsos in 2003. Strange. I tend to react quite badly to them as well. Think the best advice is use everything and be prepared for the worse. Hopefully something works and they leave you alone.

alehouse wrote: Burn some coffee, apparently that works

OOOOOps sorry tried to edit my post and it disappeared

Finally going to get round to sharing my ‘not so well’ kept secret!! Over the years I have tried all the branded products to relieve the sheer pain of a mozzie bite! However, some years ago someone suggested Elizabeth Arden 8hr hand cream!! Don’t laugh - even my Greek ‘family’ have been using this for many years having left them some cream many times, better still it’s great for children too!! You really only need just the smallest amount and 1 tube which lasts me around a month (Mozzies see me as a meat-fest). It relieves the initial pain quite quickly, hence no need to scratch, I also like to keep it in the fridge so it has extra ‘there there’ qualities. Now I’m living here, my friend in the UK has already asked if I need some without any prompting on my behalf - yes, you guessed it, she has also been using it for the last few years!! Guess whats on my Christmas list???