| April
2021
- Volume 15, Issue 2
The
nocturnal kissing of an annoying mosquito; unusual insect
bite reaction, a case report and a literature review
Ebtisam
Elghblawi
Correspondence:
Dr Ebtisam Elghblawi
Tripoli
Libya
Email: ebtisamya@yahoo.com
Received: February 2021; Accepted:
March 2021; Published: April, 2021
Citation: Ebtiam Elghblawi. The nocturnal kissing of an annoying
mosquito; unusual insect bite reaction, a case report and
a literature review Middle East Journal of Nursing 2021; 15(2):
26-28.DOI: 10.5742/MEJN.2021.937806
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ABSTRACT
Insects
represent more than half of all known living organisms in
the world. Both human beings and insects share a common biodiversity
and the influence of insects on human life is enormous. They
share an intimate relationship in which human beings are both
benefitted and harmed. Insects inflict harm by stinging, biting
or transmitting diseases. Rarely, humans are harmed by inadvertently
coming in contact with the toxin of an insect.
Insect dermatitis is characterized
by tingling and burning within 10 minutes of contact, and
sometimes the incurred dermatitis is a self-healing condition.
Such cases usually happen while asleep when there is a lag
time between the crush of the insect and waking up in the
morning. A case while sleeping, heard the insect fly around
her bare chest, in summer time, and on waving it away instinctively
while sleeping, and the insect had been crushed on her bare
upper chest skin, incurring a subsequent skin reaction without
the typical red bite mark followed by an evolving burning
ulcerative skin lesion, that took a while to subside and heal
completely.
Key words: insect bite, crash,
skin reaction.
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