International Nurses Association

Summer is terrific, everyone wants to get out and have fun, but then they get bugged by--you guessed it--bugs. It’s bad enough that insects can be a pest, but there are some that will bite, and some of those can cause tremendous harm. -           Mosquito bites are for the most part annoying. The itching can wake us at night, and it seems no matter what you put on the bite itself, the itching continues. A mosquito bite is a reddish bump on the skin, which may sometimes be red around the area from scratching. Most of the time the bites are harmless, however it is possible to contract West Nile Virus from a mosquito bite.  That is a condition that mimics a severe case of the flu; however in patients with compromised immune systems it could be fatal.  -           Tick bites are common for people that camp or hike regularly in the woods.The sooner a tick can be removed, the less the chance of complications.Lyme disease comes from certain tick bites, and can cause a number of probl