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Old 10-03-2012, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by justjim View Post
The ants were black which surprised me because I was under the impression that all fire ants were little red ones! Although my yard guy is suppose to take care of fire ants, I went to Ace and took care of these myself. Gone! But I got a couple of ugly blisters that look bigger than yesterday. I put cortaid on them----maybe wrong thing?
You're doing the right thing. Keep treating with topical hydrocortisone and you may want to add an oral antihistamine like zyrtec or claritin, both of which are available as generics.