The skin bumps are the body's reaction to the insect's saliva. While the bug is sucking blood, some of its secretions get mixed in. Anaphylaxis With Insect Bites: Very Rare A severe life-threatening ...

Stings from bees, wasps and hornets can be painful. To treat a sting and help relieve the pain, dermatologists offer these tips. It can happen fast. One minute the kids are all playing peacefully ...

Then you'll have a better sense of the over-the-counter (OTC) products that can help. You'll also have a better sense of insect bites or stings that require medical care because they may be serious or ...

Bee stings are not just a painful inconvenience; they are the result of a highly evolved biological defense mechanism. When a bee stings, it injects venom, which contains a complex mixture of ...

No matter how careful you are about animals in your home, or how much care you take when you are outdoors, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. Fleas, mites, and chiggers ...

Wasps will generally not bother people when their nests are not near human activity. When wasp nests occur close to where people are active, the nests should be eliminated to minimize the risk of ...

When it comes to deadly encounters with venomous animals in the U.S., hornets, wasps, and bees are the surprising leaders. With around 60 deaths per year, their stings prove more fatal than those from ...

A claim circulating on social media that a bee sting will increase the size of one's penis is FALSE. The claim widely shared in WhatsApp forums indicated that by one subjecting their genitalia to ...

These large solitary wasps are also known as Giant Cicada Killers or Sand Hornets. This last common name is a misnomer because they are not true hornets. Despite their very large size, dangerous ...

Note: tetanus is the "T" in DTaP, TdaP, or Td vaccines. The main symptoms are pain, tingling and numbness only in the sting area. Symptoms shouldn't be any worse than a bad bee sting. Sometimes, the ...

I discovered at a very early age just how powerful a wasp 'bite' can be when one of the little blighters chose to share the apple I was eating. The first thing I felt was its tiny jaws taking a bite ...

Brown recluse bites often start with mild redness followed by pain and itching. The bite is usually flat, though it may develop a small blister. Sometimes, a bull’s-eye pattern with a blue or purple ...