What are some symptoms for allergies to mosquitoes?

by Symptom Advice on February 11, 2011

usually when i get bit by mosquitoes I get a huge thing that looks like an enlarged mosquito bite, I know it's not a spider bite because it usually gets smaller after like an hour. and I was wondering if I might be allergic to mosquitoes.

Just about everybody is allergic to mosquito bites, the allergy is caused by proteins and other enzymes contained in the mosquitoes saliva which it injects to stop the blood coagulating.

Most people develop some immunity after being bitten several times and the allergic symptoms lessen, though being bitten by a different strain of mosquito, or going a long period without being bitten can heighten the symptoms again.

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