Insect bites can spoil the day for the walker, tourist, gardener or worker. Midges, the horsefly (cleg) and mosquito get hungry and bite you; the itchy bite drives you mad, and looking for a cure. Don't scratch - Itch Ease is a highly effective natural treatment for insect bite relie...
The mechanism of action is related to the binding of DEET to olfactory receptors of the mosquitoes thus repelling them from their target (human skin) still in flight and to chemoreceptors that would inhibit the biting behavior after mosquito’s contact with the skin (Degennaro, 2015; Debboun ...
(Pictured here is a horse fly bite.) Symptoms to note: More often than not, fly bites are going to hurt. After the pain subsides, some may also become itchy, but most fly bites are innocuous. In rare cases, deer flies can pass on the bacterial disease tularemia (which can cause a ...
However, if you do nothing, the discomfort of the bite or sting will eventually fade after a few days. The body quickly recovers, just as it would for a cut or bruise. If you’re still in pain for more than a couple of days, or there are signs of an allergic reaction, seek medica...
If the stinger is still lodged in the skin, as it usually is after honeybee stings, it should be removed promptly. You can do this by scraping the site with a credit card or similar device, perpendicular to the skin. A fingernail can be used. ...
Have you ever ended up with an itchy bug bite from an insect you did not see? You may have been the victim of a no-see-um! What are no-see-ums? As the name suggests, they are insects that are so small they are difficult to see. They are biting insects that feed on vertebrate ...
SKLEER on an insect bite. After getting bitten, the bite was swollen and extremely itchy. After applying SKLEER one time, the bite was no longer itchy and I forgot it was there within about 15 minutes. I only applied SKLEER one more time, and by the 2nd day it was gone. Daddy, my...
A row of buck’s horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) at maturity, 3 months after transplanting. How to harvest & eat plantainleaves Both the leaves and seed shoots on plantain are edible. Some species are better than others for edibility. Again, our personalfavorite for edible greens is Buck’...
What it looks like:Scabies is a skin infestation caused by a mite. Untreated, these microscopic mites can live on your skin for months. They reproduce on the surface of your skin and then burrow into it to lay eggs. This causes an itchy, red rash to form on your skin. The extremely ...