Articles for tag: Bug Bites, Chickenpox, Varicella

Karla News

Breakthrough Chickenpox is a Possibility

A couple weeks ago we took my 3 year old granddaughter to the fair. While standing in line at the kiddies rides, I noticed a little girl with scabs on her face and arms and briefly wondered what had happened to her. Fast forward a week and a half… My granddaughter came wandering into the ...

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How to Identify 5 Common Insect Bites

There is no way of escaping the little critters and for the most part, insects are harmless although the insect bites can be quite annoying. It is important to try and be able to identify some common insect bites so that if you or some one you know happens to have a run in with ...

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Kissing Bugs in Tucson, Arizona

The other night when I came home, I felt like Tippi Hedren in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock horror movie, The Birds. In the movie, Tippi Hedren was attacked by birds on the front porch. For me, there wasn’t anything unusual about that night for Tucson, Arizona. It had rained a few nights before, but I ...

Getting Rid of Bed Bugs Bites

The bed bug, which got its name from its chosen habitat, is from the insect family that ticks belong to. These insects are well-known for feeding on the blood of warm-blooded creatures such as humans and other mammals. Though they were mostly eradicated in the first half of the 1900′s, these tiny bugs are making ...

Tips for Identifying Insect Bites

If you or a member of your family was bitten by an insect but you did not notice the bug, you will have to get some help in identifying insect bites. To identify an insect bite properly, you must look at a couple of different indicators or symptoms. The following 10 tips will help you ...