Have you ever heard of being allergic to mosquito bites?

Your body has the capacity to produce a type I (IgE mediated) hypersensitivity reaction to just about any insect bite.

My daughter and I both welt up when we get mosquito bites. I try to make sure she is not out during peak mosquito times, mornings, evenings, esp after a rain. We don't get bit much anymore because we stay indoors during these times. If we must be out, I'll use a mild spray containing deet. I hate using that stuff though because I worry about it being absorbed in her little body. Also, skin so soft by Avon is a terrific mosquito repellent, but it's just best to stay in during dusk hours.

I use Calamine lotion after she's received a bite, it keeps her from scratching and making a bloody sore out of it.

Oooooh! Aaaaaah!

:nursing student gawks at big words:

The province of Manitoba, my former home, has some of the biggest and most vicious mosquitoes in the world. My son is allergic to mosquito bites secondary to immune system suppression first for treatment of histiocytosis then maintenance of his liver transplant. He was a study subject in a research project as a child; Dr Estelle Simons examined the incidence of mosquito allergy symptoms in children undergoing chemotherapy for malignancies and he met criteria for the treatment group. He took cetirazine from early May until late September each year until we left Manitoba for drier parts. He has outgrown his symptoms now.

Some articles that might be of interest:
http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0...348-9/fulltext
http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0...218-3/fulltext
http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0...046-8/fulltext
http://www.drbarryzimmerman.com/insects/mosquito.htm

I'm pretty allergic to most bug bites. I've done medrol dosepaks for bug bites before, and when I was little once my grandma took me to the ER over a presumably black fly bite as my face and neck was so swollen I couldn't open my eyes or mouth.

What I never got is how do you know what type of insect is guilty?

There are purified insect venom allergy tests available for a wide variety of biters and stingers. Dr Simons and her team developed a recombinant mosquito venom for use in allergy testing about 3 years ago. Bee, wasp and yellow jacket venom have been available for many years. In some ways it's a process of elimination.

whenever we had our duty in rural areas, i know i have to prepare myself.. coz i don't know why i wake up in the morning and have several mosquito bites, and when i check on my group's they didnt even have a single bite.. i guess its the genes.. they're addicted to my blood..

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/f...osquito-magnet
http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9908/26/mosquitoes.enn/
http://www.elements4health.com/limes...-benefits.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0913085231.htm

here you go, probably lots more than you wanted to know,,,lol this is what happens when i am home and cant work......to bad ai couldnt get CEUS.....

I'm also a nursing student...but this is basics of immune physiology-- shouldn't we all know this?