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Insect bites and stings
Alternate Names : Bedbug bite, Bee sting, Bites - insects, bees, and spiders, Black widow spider bite, Brown recluse bite, Flea bite, Honey bee or hornet sting, Lice bites, Mite bite, Scorpion bite, Spider bite, Wasp sting, Yellow jacket sting
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Flea bite - close-up
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Fleas are blood-feeding insects. Pain and itching results from an allergic reaction to the materials that the fleas inject into the skin at the time of the bite.
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Review Date : 5/30/2009
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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