Bites & Stings

Insect bites and stings are common occurrences, especially in the spring and summer. Most people have a mild reaction that can be treated at home, though some people have severe allergic...

Rabies is a viral disease transmitted through saliva and/or blood. The incidence of rabies in domesticated animals has decreased significantly as rabies vaccinations are mandatory for all...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates an average of 55,000 rabies-related deaths each year. Rabies is not an infection to be taken lightly. A simple animal bite can lead to...

Rabies is a fatal disease that is caused by a virus transmitted from animals to humans. Most of the time it is spread through an animal's infected saliva entering the bloodstream of a human host....

According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, more than 1 million people require medical attention for animal bites each year. Of these, 40,000 are treated for rabies exposure. If left...

Scorpion sting symptoms are very similar to different types of spider bites and wasp stings. There is 1 type of scorpion, however, that is extremely dangerous, and sometimes deadly to humans. For...

Early symptoms of infection are a distinct bull's eye rash at the location of the tick bite and flu-like symptoms. Lyme Disease in the advanced stage is characterized by debilitating symptoms...

Most of the time, tick bites are harmless to people. However, in rare cases, tick bites can cause serious illnesses, such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF).

Lyme disease is an illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is primarily carried by deer ticks. It occurs when you are bitten by an infected deer tick and the bacteria enters...

Tick fever is caused by a bacteria in the saliva of the tick that infects a person during a bite. There are two kinds of tick fever: Rocky Mountain and Colorado. Rocky Mountain tick fever can be...

Lyme disease is caused by ticks called spirochete. When they bite your skin, they emit infectious bacteria that can cause nausea, vomiting, fever and joint swelling. Lyme disease can be picked up...

The bite of the hobo spider can cause serious tissue damage, and those living in the Northwestern U.S. and Europe should be aware of the stages and symptoms of this spider bite. The bite is...

Using pictures alone, it can be difficult to differentiate a spider bite from other insects or things that might have bitten you. To receive the proper care, it’s important to be able to...

Ticks are small arachnids that burrow into the skin of animals and humans, sucking their blood. Ticks can transmit several serious diseases to humans. If you know what signs and symptoms to look...

Symptoms of a wolf spider bite are typically fairly mild. They are native to Australia, but can be found across the globe. Typically they are a muted gray or brown. Chances are, you've seen one of...

Bed bug bite symptoms can be difficult for even doctors to diagnose. When all of the clues add together, however, even the least educated individual could come to the right conclusion. Although...

Native to the United States and most common from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, the brown recluse is a shy, small brown or yellow-brown spider with a violin-shaped marking on the head and...

Ticks infected with Rickettsia rickettsii bacteria transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever through bites or broken-skin contact. This bacterial infection often occurs in warm weather when ticks are...

The brown recluse spider bite is only one of four types of spider bites that are considered dangerous to humans. Brown recluse spiders are normally found in the Midwestern and Southeastern United...

Lyme disease is a tick-borne ailment that can strike anyone at any age, and pets too. Not all ticks carry Lyme disease, but the ones that do can lead you down a road of difficult health problems...

The black widow is a spider that virtually everyone knows about. Little do people know that the brown widow spider is out there as well. Its bite is also rather significant. The symptoms of...

Some spiders have poisonous bites, but most do not. According to Animal Corner, up to 99% of spiders are not harmful to humans. It is not the bite that is of greatest concern but the spider's...

Scabies is a highly contagious skin disorder caused by a mite that burrows into the skin and produces an intense, itchy rash. Scabies mites live on human blood and need the warmth of the human...

There are two spider species in the United States considered poisonous: the brown recluse and the black widow. Bite symptoms from these spider vary from person to person, but while any such bite...

Ticks are small wingless parasitic dipterous insects that look like arachnids. They attach to the skin of animals and humans and feed on blood. Most tick bites go unrecognized because they are ...

Ticks are blood sucking parasites that belong to the arachnid family--a group of arthropods that includes spiders, mites, and scorpions. Ticks were first discovered in 1906 and have increased...

Ticks are small arachnid parasites that fasten onto the skin and feed on the blood of humans and animals from a single bite. Tick bites typically occur during early spring and late summer in areas...

The long-term symptoms of Lyme disease are the most serious, a fact that is troubling since they rarely appear until after the disease has advanced beyond the stages in which it is readily...

Ticks are insects primarily found in wooded areas. They can attach to your skin at any location on the body, but once they have become attached to you they usually move to warmer, more moist...

Most black widow spiders live in the western and southern United States. When the female black widow spider bites, she emits a potent venom, which, for most people, causes severe symptoms. You...

Signs and symptoms of a brown recluse or "fiddle back" spider bite may vary from mild to severe as the venom moves throughout the victim's body.

Lyme disease can be prevented by following certain measures to ensure that a lyme disease carrying tick does not embed and engorge itself with your blood. However, if the tick goes undetected and...

Lyme disease is transmitted when you receive a bite from a tick infected with the bacteria known a Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease is treated with antibiotics when it is caught in its early...

The Bartonella henselae bacterium is responsible for the signs and symptoms of Cat Scratch Fever, also known as Cat Scratch Disease (CSD). Carried by otherwise-healthy cats, a bite or a scratch...

The venom of a black widow spider (female) is a potent toxin to the nervous system, but you receive only a small amount of toxin with a spider bite, so you are rarely in danger of dying. However,...

You notice a spot on your arm is swollen and reddish after you have gone outside. Could it possibly be a Spider bite? You experience a wide array of symptoms including slight vision loss and...

Herpes B is a virus that is common among primates. The disease manifests itself as lesions on the skin. Herpes B is generally not considered a human disease, but, in rare cases, humans have been...

There aren't many things yuckier than being eaten alive by a mite. Scabies symptoms can range from an itchy rash that looks like pimples, to squiggly red lines where they've burrowed under the...

Black widows are well-known for their black color with a distinctive red hourglass shape on the underside of their abdomens. The black widow is one of the most common of all poisonous spiders in...

The wolf spider is an aggressive hunter, but is generally shy and will run away when disturbed. If provoked, intentionally or otherwise, the wolf spider may bite out of fear. Wolf spiders are most...

Scorpion stings are often painful and sometimes potentially dangerous. However many people don't tend to know what they should do about a scorpion sting if they have never been stung before....

Almost everyone looks to the outdoors for action and adventure. Rarely do they think of infectious diseases coming from very tiny insects that is more often associated with animals than...

Most tick bites do not cause diseases. However the deer tick also known as blacklegged tick and bear tick can cause Lyme disease. It is important to know Lyme disease symptoms. Lyme disease can...

The Redback Spider is a highly venomous Australian spider that is identified by its black body and a long red-striped pattern on the back of its abdomen. It is related to the Black Widow Spider...

Along with the brown recluse, the black widow spider is the only arachnid in the United States that is dangerous to humans. It dwells in warm, dry areas such as attics and woodpiles, and generally...

Lyme disease is caused by being bitten by an infected tick. Recurrent Lyme disease carries similar symptoms to the initial infection, but the symptoms tend to be much more severe. Recurrent Lyme...

A bite from a female black widow spider can cause pain. It can also effect the victim's nervous system, but rarely is it fatal. If you know you have been bitten by a black widow spider, seek...

Once a tick latches it can become quite difficult to remove. If you pull it out part of it's mouth can be left inside you. If you squeeze an attached tick the blood from inside the tick can go...

The hobo spider is a non-native species of spider that originally came to the United States from Europe. The spider is found in the northwest portion of the country, and probably arrived in the...

Rabies is a preventable viral disease that attacks the central nervous system of humans and other warm-blooded mammals. Tragically, rabies is not curable once symptoms start occurring, and death...