Insect Repellents: eMedicine Dermatology

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Insect Repellents: eMedicine Dermatology

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Overview: Multiple species of flying and crawling insects, including mosquitoes, ticks, flies, midges, chiggers, and fleas, bite people. Although these insects are mostly a nuisance in North America, worldwide they transmit more than 100 bacterial, protozoan, parasitic, and ...

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Most Recently Shared on April 19, 2010 at 11:30 pm By:

J_Bohlen Julie Bohlen

Do mosquitos love you? What attracts insects? What repels them? Learn about insect repellents. http://bit.ly/3gss0r

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Delusions of Parasitosis: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Delusions of parasitosis manifest in the patient's firm belief that he or she has pruritus due to an infestation with insects. Patients may present with clothing lint, pieces of skin, or other debris contained in plastic ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Most Recently Shared on April 20, 2010 at 2:28 pm By:

MiriamETucker Miriam E. Tucker Patient Expert

@serious_skeptic: Doc was probably thinking of delusions of parasitosis/Morgellon's: http://tinyurl.com/y58449w

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Urticaria, Papular: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Papular urticaria is a common and often annoying disorder manifested by chronic or recurrent papules caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to the bites of mosquitoes, fleas, bedbugs, and other insects. Individual papules may surround a wheal ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Most Recently Shared on April 14, 2010 at 4:24 am By:

SusanS_Health Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate

Papular urticaria is caused by hypersensitivity to the bites of insects. A common condition, see how you can treat it. http://bit.ly/bKcjcH

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Bedbug Bites: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Arthropod assaults on humans can have many manifestations clinically, histologically, and immunologically. Hemiptera is an order of insect species. This order of true bugs has piercing-sucking mouthparts and includes the family Cimicidae (bedbugs), which are blood-sucking ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Most Recently Shared on March 26, 2010 at 8:15 pm By:

MedscapeDerm Medscape Dermatology Health Site

Bedbug control methods. Pesticide resistance is emerging but new ideas, some cheap, might do the trick. Updates at http://bit.ly/bwDh84

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