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What is insect bite?
Irritation and inflammation of the skin, caused by mosquito bites, bee stings, and other insects.
Symptoms of insect bite
Insect sting or injury from animals
Affected area of skin has stinging or tingling
Bitten by insect in the last 1 week
Skin Itching
Redness in the affected area
Skin abnormality
Swelling of the affected area
Appears energetic and in good health despite having a fever
Questions your doctor may ask to check for insect bite
Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose insect bite
Have you been bitten, scratched, stung by bugs (ex. bees) or animals (ex. dogs, cats, wild animals)
Do you have any pain or tingling in the affected areas of the skin?
Were you get bitten or stung by an insect?
Do you have itchy skin?
Is the affected area red?
Treatment for insect bite
This condition is usually mild and gets better on its own. However, medications may help to relieve pain and itching. Rarely, some patients may develop a severe allergy - this will require emergency medical care.
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Reviewed By:
Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (GP / Family doctor)
Dr Patel graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine. She worked in clinical research at the University of Illinois in Chicago and University of Nevada in Las Vegas focused on culturally adapted health interventions for preventive medicine in the community setting. Received her Master's of Science in Global Health (concentration in Health Policy) from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. Unnati went on to complete her family medicine residency in Chicago, Illinois at Norwegian American Hospital. | | She is currently working as a primary care physician in the city of Chicago and completing her Master's of Business Administration at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and Fellowship in Leadership in Value-Based Care.
Yukiko Ueda, MD (Dermatology)
Dr. Ueda graduated from the Niigata University School of Medicine and trained at the University of Tokyo Medical School. She is currently a clinical assistant professor at the Department of Dermatology, Jichi Medical University, and holds several posts in the dermatology departments at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Komagome Hospital, University of Tokyo, and the Medical Center of Japan Red Cross Society.
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