![]() If you find a tick, remove it right away-don’t squeeze it, use a hot match or rub petroleum jelly on it. They tend to feed in dark, warm and secluded areas of the body like your scalp, underarms, the backs of your knees, belly button and between your fingers and toes. In most cases, ticks are tiny and look like freckles or specks of dirt on your skin. Fortunately, bed bugs are not known to spread disease. However, common compounds in the skin called triglycerides or lipids, might prevent bed bugs from staying on your skin for too long, suggests research conducted at the University of Kentucky Human skin triglycerides prevent bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) arrestment. Bed bug bites are itchy welts on your skin in a zigzag pattern. If you notice a musty odor in the room you sleep in or specks of blood on your mattress, bedding or furniture, you may have bed bugs. Bed Bug Bitesīed bug bites are often mistaken for mosquito, flea and spider bites. Bites from fleas can be prevented by using insect repellants, covering skin with clothing and wearing gloves when handling sick or dead animals. Symptoms to watch for are fever and chills, body aches and muscle pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain. Although swelling is abnormal, bleeding is a possibility, especially if you scratch, according to data from the University of Missouri’s Division of Plant Sciences.ĭiseases caused by flea bites can include plague, fleaborne (murine) typhus and cat scratch disease. After a bite, small red spots with light-colored centers typically appear in the area where the flea’s mouth touched the skin. Flea Bitesīoth male and female fleas suck human blood, and in most cases, aim for the legs and ankles. Prevention for this type of bug bite includes using insect repellants, covering up, installing screens, and emptying standing water from flower pots, birdbaths and other places regularly. When it comes to mosquito bites, many people may worry about contracting germs which cause viruses, such as West Nile virus and Zika virus, which are more likely to occur in people over 50 and pregnant women. ![]() While mosquito bites usually leave a reddish bump, small blister or dark, bruise-like spots may occur as well. Since female mosquitoes need blood to produce eggs, they are the main perpetrators, notes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mosquito bites cause itchy bumps after the insect pierces your skin. Several of the most common types of bug bites include the following. ![]() What Bit Me? How To Identify And Treat Bug Bites While we work hard to provide accurate and up-to-date information that we think you will find relevant, Forbes Health does not and cannot guarantee that any information provided is complete and makes no representations or warranties in connection thereto, nor to the accuracy or applicability thereof. The compensation we receive from advertisers does not influence the recommendations or advice our editorial team provides in our articles or otherwise impact any of the editorial content on Forbes Health. Second, we also include links to advertisers’ offers in some of our articles these “affiliate links” may generate income for our site when you click on them. This site does not include all companies or products available within the market. The compensation we receive for those placements affects how and where advertisers’ offers appear on the site. First, we provide paid placements to advertisers to present their offers. This compensation comes from two main sources. To help support our reporting work, and to continue our ability to provide this content for free to our readers, we receive compensation from the companies that advertise on the Forbes Health site. The Forbes Health editorial team is independent and objective.
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