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Suggest Treatment For Ant Bite
i work on a ranch in texas.i was cutting trees and was bitten but one ant...the ant is called cut ant .not anything like a fire ant...cut ants feel more like a bee sting and have simularities to a bee poison.this one ant bit me numerous times in the back of the neck.since then,i have swollen glands.what should i do ?
Mon, 22 Dec 2014
Hi
You seem to have developed insect bite reaction .
Insect bite reaction or vector dermatitis is basically caused as a result of skin allergy to the injected insect secretions.
Apply a topical steroid cream like cortisone over the affected area twice daily.
Take some oral antihistamines along.
Dr Geetika Paul
You seem to have developed insect bite reaction .
Insect bite reaction or vector dermatitis is basically caused as a result of skin allergy to the injected insect secretions.
Apply a topical steroid cream like cortisone over the affected area twice daily.
Take some oral antihistamines along.
Dr Geetika Paul
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