A MINI-REVIEW ON SKEETER SYNDROME OR LARGE LOCAL ALLERGY TO MOSQUITO BITES
| Autor: | Tosson A Morsy, Amr M. El-Sayed Abdel-Motagaly, Hanaa Mahmoud Mohamad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
030201 allergy Allergy medicine.medical_specialty Skeeter syndrome business.industry Small children Mosquito saliva medicine.disease 01 natural sciences Dermatology Mini review 010602 entomology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cellulitis medicine Itching medicine.symptom skin and connective tissue diseases business Asthma |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 47:415-424 |
| ISSN: | 2090-2549 |
| Popis: | Skeeter Syndrome is an allergy to mosquito saliva secreted while taken a human blood meal. It is present with extreme swelling, itching, blistering, infection, fever and general malaise, some cases develop asthma and cellulitis and even threatening anaphylactic shock. Most people of all ages particularly small children, toddlers and seniors who suffer from skeeter syndrome experience a very extreme reaction showed some allergic reaction level, with itching and redness.Sometimes, the swelling is painful and so extreme that the affected limb doubles in size, eyes swell shut, and the area feels hot and hard to the touch or the bite will blister and ooze. |
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