Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

Sunburn in children can cause pain, redness and itchiness. It can occur within hours of sun exposure and symptoms can last up ...

It even has a catchy name: “inflammaging.” Whether exercise helps or hinders this process has long been a topic of debate. It’s clear that exercise causes a short-term surge of inflammation. One of ...

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

limb swelling, and sometimes excruciating agony. The lesion usually takes weeks or months to heal after first presenting as an insect bite. To stop the loss of skin and tissue, early detection and ...

In the United States, bites from the lone star tick and ... leading to coma, major organ failure, and death. Anaphylaxis can also cause suffocation if the swelling of the throat blocks the airways.

Toni McShane, 34, woke up on her wedding day with a swollen right eye after an allergic reaction to an insect bite. A small ...

Find helpful tips and remedies for bites and stings. Learn how to treat insect bites, bee stings, and other skin irritations effectively.

Having an itchy bug bite can drive you nuts and make you willing to do anything to resolve it. Thankfully, there are several bug bite treatments to soothe the scratching. While most of these ...

A student's first trip abroad turned into a holiday from hell - when a mosquito bite left her paralysed ... a mosquito on her foot and felt 'very' swollen on the third day of her holiday in ...