Amongst all insect bites, flea bites are the most common experienced by humans and their pets. These can be treated with creams, but better yet, you can prevent them by keeping your pets and house clean!
Humans can be bitten by variety of fleas, like human, dog or cat fleas. Fleas are blood-sucking parasites, and often cause annoyance by hovering and attacking you with their little proboscis. But often you will only realize the extent of this attack when your skin shows the result of that little bite with little clusters of itchy skin bumps and a central bite mark. Fleas usually reside and lay their eggs in dusty areas and cracks, animals bedding, and rugs, or even on animals. They generally stay close to the ground and can jump two feet high! As a result, flea bites are mostly found on the leg areas of the host’s body.
Usually these itchy flea bites improve in few days by themselves. But we can always speed up the healing by applying steroid lotion or cream on the affected area. The scars left by these fleas take time to go as there is not effective treatment for fading them.
As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure, so it is very important to stop these fleas from breeding at all the stages. Pets are usually the first target, so it is necessary to properly clean and shampoo them regularly. These shampoos contain pesticides, which helps to kill and prevent the fleas from breeding. Also, it is recommended to spray animal areas with an insect growth regulator. The thorough cleaning of the indoor and the outdoor of your homes, in all the nooks and corners, with a vacuum, or any other technique, will help keep you free from the fleas and their bites.
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