Gunner Back From Vacation, but Did He Bring Back ‘Hell’s Itch’???

I just returned from my vacation in Mexico and brought my friend Hell's Itch back with me. We stayed at Secrets Maroma Riviera Cancun, an amazing resort.

My first day was spent on the beach in the sunshine… without sunscreen!! Now, it’s my turn to burn! Welcome to Hell's Itch.

You've actually probably experienced something like this before, but never really put words to it. And probably not as severe.

"Hell’s itch is this deep, painful, almost throbbing, itch that happens one to three days after a sunburn, often on the upper back and shoulders,” dermatologist Melissa Piliang, MD told the Cleveland Clinic. "Anyone who has a sunburn could get it, but it seems to be more common in fair-skinned people and people who have been at higher altitudes where the sun is more intense, like in the mountains."

And boy am I experiencing all that. The Cleveland Clinic has some good advice on how to prevent it, and how to help me heal up properly.

Allergy and pain medications are helping me through some of the symptoms of Hell's Itch, and lots of cool baths.

Now ya know, be careful… trust me! Enjoy that summer sunshine.

In the meantime, here's a few photos from the trip!

Ah summer in Fayetteville, where the sweat is so bad, we've now been recognized as one of the sweatiest cities in the entire country.

The good folks at mydatingadvisor.com put together a list of the sweatiest cities in the country, among the top 200 largest metro areas. And Fayetteville came in at number 46 on the list, the second sweatiest city in North Carolina. Charlotte as at 42.

So what is it that makes a city the sweatiest in the country? Well, a lot of things were taken into account in the study. A common theme in most of the top cities however, is that they are mostly in high humidity areas. We know all about that.

The study measured things like average summer temperatures, how long the summer season lasts, relative humidity, days above 90 degrees, exercise rates, population density and a lot more.

"In order to determine the sweatiest cities in the nation, MyDatingAdviser.com compared 200 of the largest metro areas across three key dimensions: 1) Weather, 2) Sweat Factors and 3) Cooling Off. We evaluated each of those dimensions using 12 relevant metrics of perspiration friendliness."

With all that taken into account, Fayetteville came in just below Augusta, Georgia on the list, and just above Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

So here's a look at where the sweatiest cities in the country and in North Carolina are, including Fayetteville.

Here's the sweatiest cities in the country overall.

Here's where all the North Carolina cities came in on the list, with their overall national ranking.

And what about the places without sweat? There's a pattern here too.