Aloe vera Aloe has been used medicinally for thousands of years, as far back as early Egypt ... which can help reduce itch for mosquito bites. Researchers injected 27 volunteers in the arm ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Mosquito bites are more than just annoying. They swell and itch, driving the victim mad. But for all the "home recipes," the best method to stop the itch is a ...

Mosquitoes leave itchy bumps on the skin that may swell ... "They will come down to the skin to feed and bite and then go ...

Mosquitoes leave itchy bumps on the skin that may swell ... "They will come down to the skin to feed and bite and then go back." At first, you might just have a few. But as they multiply, you ...

When a mosquito pierces your skin, it does more than cause a fleeting moment of discomfort—it sets off a chain reaction within your body.

Minnesotans are well acquainted with the itchy, red bumps resulting from pesky mosquito bites after a summer evening outdoors. For those susceptible to skeeter syndrome and mosquito-borne viruses, ...

In previous work, the same lab identified a peptide that binds to mosquito epithelia. An excess of peptide can swamp out parasite–epithelial interactions, thus preventing the parasite from ...

If you've been feeling hassled by horseflies and mobbed by mosquitoes ... bites can be life-threatening. What is anaphylaxis? An allergic reaction that spreads through the whole body Itching ...

And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it. Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the ...

While a quick scratch or small itch like a mosquito bite might be harmless, the need to scratch can sometimes become a much larger problem. Rheanca was in overwhelming pain, but when the 16-year ...

The bite victim's immune system reacts and that, as Professor James Logan explains, "causes the itchy red lump that a lot of people get." The relationship between mosquito bites and the reaction ...