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  2. 11 Best Anti-Itch Creams for Mosquito Bites, According ... - AOL

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    Your immune system panics, recognizing the proteins as foreign, and releases immune cells known as histamines to do battle. The result is an itchy, red bump that can last up to 10 days, says ...

  3. 6 home remedies for itchy mosquito bites - AOL

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    Six Home Remedies for Itchy Mosquito Bites. Lemon or Lime: Rub this on your bite. The citric acid has itch-relieving properties. Oatmeal: Mix finely ground oats with water to make a paste, then ...

  4. How to treat bug bites, according to doctors - AOL

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    How to prevent bug bites. Insect sprays formulated with DEET, or N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, is your best protection against bite, according to our experts. Along with wearing long pants and long ...

  5. Mosquito bite allergy - Wikipedia

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    Mosquito bite allergy. Mosquito bite allergies, also termed hypersensitivity to mosquito bites, are excessive reactions of varying severity to mosquito bites. They are allergic hypersensitivity reactions caused by the non-toxic allergenic proteins contained in the saliva injected by a female mosquito (male mosquitos do not take blood-meals) at ...

  6. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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    Effectiveness. Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents.. For protection against mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (para-menthane-diol or PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient provide ...

  7. Skeeter syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Skeeter syndrome. Skeeter syndrome (papular urticaria) is a localized severe allergic reaction to mosquito bites, [1] consisting of inflammation, peeling skin, blistering, ulceration and sometimes fever. It is caused by allergenic polypeptides in mosquito saliva, and therefore is not contagious. [2] It is one of several forms, being one of the ...

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