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What Could Severe Itching And Swelling In Body After Mosquito Bite Indicate?

I got back from my holiday in Egypt yesterday morning and had quite a few mosquito bites. More keep appearing from nowhere in the last 36 hours with horrible itching and swelling. The number has almost doubled. What could this be? Why are they appearing now?
posted on Sat, 19 Oct 2013
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Hello,
Thanks for the query,

you might have developed acute urticaria.

It is an allergic condition.

Anything including food, cloth, change in climate, pollens etc can cause urticaria.

Even mosquito bite can be a cause for this.

You need to find out the cause.

Treatment can be with oral anti histamines.

Steroids like prednisolone are also helpful but cannot be used for long.

Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis.

Let me know if you have any other doubt.

you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link.
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818

Wishing you a good health.
Thank you

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What Could Severe Itching And Swelling In Body After Mosquito Bite Indicate?

Hello, Thanks for the query, you might have developed acute urticaria. It is an allergic condition. Anything including food, cloth, change in climate, pollens etc can cause urticaria. Even mosquito bite can be a cause for this. You need to find out the cause. Treatment can be with oral anti histamines. Steroids like prednisolone are also helpful but cannot be used for long. Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis. Let me know if you have any other doubt. you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link. http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818 Wishing you a good health. Thank you