Lacerations or puncture wound made by an insect is called an insect bite. When insects bite, most of them inject formic acid into the skin, which results in blisters, swelling, pain, redness, and irritation. The common insects that bite humans are bedbugs, ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, and gnats.
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Why do I get severe allergic reaction to insect bites?
Query: Hello doctor, I am getting increasingly more severe reactions to insect bites. For 45 years, my body barely registered insect bites, until my hands were bitten a hundred times each by tiny sand mozzies and swelled to triple normal size with great discomfort. Now every bite from mozzie, fly, ant, etc... Read Full »
Answer: Hi Welcome to icliniq.com. Most insect bites are harmless, though they feel uncomfortable and unpleasant. But some of the insect-like bee, wasp or as you mentioned sand mozzies may hurt and cause burning, swelling, pain, etc. Some peoples become allergic to such insect poison. They also transmit se... Read Full »
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