The larvae of chiggers do not burrow into a person's skin; they also do not suck a person's blood. Chigger larvae pierce a person's skin and inject the person with a salivary secretion that contains powerful digestive enzymes.
To stay healthy, you need to continually replenish your fluid supply. Experts recommend drinking approximately two quarts (64 ounces or about eight glasses) of water each day. Of course, if you live in an extremely hot or cold area â or if you exercise a lot â you may need to drink a gallon or more of water every day.
We use water not just to drink or shower or wash our clothes, we use it through the products we consume too. The average person will need 5 liters of water to drink daily, to survive in a moderate climate with little activity. An average American uses 100 to 175 gallons of water per day. Globally, we consume around 4 trillion cubic meters of fresh water a year! Agriculture alone can consume 75 to 90% of a regionâs available freshwater.