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2. 11 Best Anti-Itch Creams for Mosquito Bites, According ... - AOL

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   Your immune system panics, recognizing the proteins as foreign, and releases immune cells known as histamines to do battle. The result is an itchy, red bump that can last up to 10 days, says ...

3. Best best mosquito repellents and bug sprays for summer ... - AOL

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   Sawyer Products Picaridin Insect Repellent, 2-Pack. This nongreasy repellent staves off mosquitos for up to 14 hours and ticks, chiggers, flies and fleas for up to eight hours. You can use it on ...

4. Why do mosquito bites itch? What to know about these blood ...

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   Why do mosquito bites itch? When a female mosquito bites you and sucks your blood, it leaves behind saliva in your bloodstream. Your body reacts to this saliva secretion as an allergen, causing ...

5. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Insect repellent. A mosquito coil. An insect repellent (also commonly called " bug spray ") is a substance applied to the skin, clothing, or other surfaces to discourage insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne (and other arthropod ...

6. Mosquito bite allergy - Wikipedia

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   Mosquito bite allergies are informally classified as 1) the skeeter syndrome, i.e., severe local skin reactions sometimes associated with low-grade fever; 2) systemic reactions that range from high-grade fever, lymphadenopathy, abdominal pain, and/or diarrhea to, very rarely, life-threatening symptoms of anaphylaxis; and 3) severe and often ...

7. Culex pipiens - Wikipedia

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   Species: C. pipiens. Binomial name. Culex pipiens. Linnaeus, 1758. Culex pipiens is a species of mosquito commonly referred to as the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito, as it is the most common mosquito to the northern regions of the US. They can be found in both urban and suburban temperate and tropical regions across the world.