Summer is Mosquito Allergy Season

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Summer is Mosquito Allergy Season  Mosquitoes are flying, biting insects that are closely related to flies and gnats. Only the female mosquito feeds on humans, and she needs a blood meal in order to produce eggs. During a feeding, the female mosquito bites the human skin, and injects saliva. The saliva contains various proteins that prevent the blood from clotting, as well as proteins that keep the blood flowing into the mosquito’s mouth. Daniel More, MD Allergies Expert All About Mosquito Allergy Many of the mosquito saliva proteins can cause immune reactions, including allergic reactions. Typically, however, most people have a variety of reactions to mosquito bites, and the symptoms change over time, depending on the amount of bites a person received. These reactions can include both immediate and delayed swelling and itching around the bite area. These reactions tend to decrease in frequency after being bitten by mosquitoes over many years. READ NOW Share All About Fire Ant Allergy The imported fire ant (IFA) is a type of stinging ant that was accidentally imported into the United States from South America in the early 1900s. Since their introduction into the port of Mobile, Alabama, IFAs have spread into much of the southeastern United States and Texas. READ NOW Share Allergy to Scorpion Stings Scorpions are found around the world. They are not insects; they are arachnids, and are closely related to spiders, mites and ticks. Scorpions have the ability to kill prey by injecting venom from a stinger located at the end of a long tail. Because many scorpions are found indoors, people are frequently stung by scorpions. The common striped scorpion, Centruroides vittatus, is the most commonly encountered scorpion in the United States. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • 6 Stress-Busting Herbal Teas • 5 Ways to Trick Yourself Into Losing Weight • 10 Workouts So Fun They Don't Feel Like Exercise • Burn Calories & Build Endurance With This HIIT Sprint Interval Workout • How to Keep Cooking, Even with Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome • Does an Apple a Day Keep… the Weight Away? • 8 Easy Ways to Increase Your Daily Water Intake • Don't be Afraid to Fill Up Your Plate with These Side Dishes Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Allergies newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved