 My vector was a contaminated worm bin
I was composting at home (vermi-compost). Bins got infestation of fungus gnats, fruit flies, drain flies. Shortly after getting rid of them, I woke to some sort of bites on my ankle. Itched terribly and it 3-4 weeks to go away.
Right as it healed, I began to itch and feel bitten with crawling everywhere. No rashes, no bite marks, no visible bugs in the environment.
My theory is that whatever gave me the actual bites the first time might have laid eggs in me that took a few weeks to hatch.
I do have (had) a dog so it could have been a flea, but I don't think so. She wasn't itching.
The bins were so obviously diseased, I feel very strongly it was them. By the way, worm bins have many creatures living in them besides worms... bacteria, mites, collembola (springtails), fungi, to name a few.
Who knew you could get sick from them. |