Minnesotans are well acquainted with the itchy, red bumps resulting from pesky mosquito bites after a summer evening outdoors. For those susceptible to skeeter syndrome and mosquito-borne viruses, ...

Reactions to mosquito bites will always differ from person to person, and treatments will vary accordingly. “Some people don't have much itching,” Caudle says. “Other people can actually get ...

How can you tell if a bite or sting is serious? According to Pramod Kelkar, MD, an allergist and immunologist in Maple Grove, Minn., reactions to insect bites fall into three categories ...

And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it. Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the ...

understanding your personal reaction pattern to mosquito bites helps develop an effective management strategy. Some individuals experience increasingly severe reactions with repeated exposure ...

With summer comes insect bites. Most insect stings result in small, local reactions, and these can be treated by ...

Mosquito Bites and Their Hidden Risks When it comes to itchy bites ... While most are harmless, bites from species like the black widow or brown recluse can cause severe reactions. Symptoms may ...

Up to 30 percent of mosquito bites with the potential to deliver malaria occur indoors during the day when typical control strategies aren’t used, research published yesterday (May 16) in PNAS finds.

While rare, Stillerman says maybe every five to 10 years, a group of around 10 patients will report anaphylactic reactions to mosquito bites. These more serious cases involve swelling of the ...