This is very interesting! I went on vacation to New Hampshire last summer only a few weeks after getting my Reiki 1 attunement. When we hiked on one of the mountains there I was CONSTANTLY being attacked by all kinds of biting bugs. I've never experienced anything like that, and it ruined the hike for me. Even at the top of the exposed mountain where you'd think there wouldn't be too many bugs, I was like a giant bug magnet! I thought that the Reiki may have had something to do with it, but until I read your story I thought I must've been wrong. :-)
Aloe vera gel works well on bites, by the way . . . I hope your itchies go away soon!
