[Mosquito bites hypersensitivity: clinical and therapeutic approach]

Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites is an underestimated clinical and therapeutical problem. When feeding, female mosquitoes inject saliva, containing antigens and potentially toxic substances, into the human skin. The cutaneous response to mosquito bites is expressed as pruritus and oedema. The systemic symptoms are observed rarely. Nevertheless, the symptoms caused by mosquito bites are troublesome. In this paper clinical picture of mosquito bites consequences and up-to-date conceptions pathomechanism relating to their are shown. Moreover, prophylactic and therapeutical approaches are presented.