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  2. The plague, fevers, tularemia: The diseases fleas can carry ...

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    Flea-borne spotted fever (due to Rickettsia felis, about 300 cases a year in the U.S.), which in addition to the symptoms above may also cause a rash that starts on the body and spreads to the ...

  3. Human flea - Wikipedia

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    The adults are roughly 1.5 to 4 mm in length and are laterally flattened. They are dark brown in color, are wingless, and have piercing-sucking mouthparts that aid in feeding on the host's blood. Both genal and pronotal combs are absent and the adult flea has a rounded head. Most fleas are distributed in the egg, larval, or pupal stages.

  4. Flea - Wikipedia

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    Fleas are wingless insects, 1.5 to 3.3 millimetres (1 ⁄ 16 to 1 ⁄ 8 inch) long, that are agile, usually dark colored (for example, the reddish-brown of the cat flea), with a proboscis, or stylet, adapted to feeding by piercing the skin and sucking their host's blood through their epipharynx.

  5. Pulicosis - Wikipedia

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    Pulicosis is a skin condition caused by several species of fleas, including the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) and dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis). This condition can range from mild irritation to severe irritation. In some cases, 48 to 72 hours after being bitten, a more severe rash-like irritation may begin to spread across the body.

  6. These Pictures Will Help You Identify the Most Common Skin Rashes

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    Other symptoms to note: Acne is the most common skin condition affecting Americans, Dr. Zeichner says, so you likely have experience with pimples already. The causes vary, but are often rooted in ...

  7. How to Tell the Difference Between Fleabites and Mosquito Bites

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    Fleabite and mosquito bite symptoms. Both fleabites and mosquito bites cause itching, but there are ways to tell them apart based on symptoms.. Fleabites. A fleabite can look like other insect ...

  8. Tungiasis - Wikipedia

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    Tungiasis causes skin inflammation, severe pain, itching, and a lesion at the site of infection that is characterized by a black dot at the center of a swollen red lesion, surrounded by what looks like a white halo. Desquamation of the skin is always seen, especially after the flea expands during hypertrophy.

  9. Dog flea - Wikipedia

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    Problems caused by fleas may range from mild to severe itching and discomfort to skin problems and infections. Anemia may also result from flea bites in extreme circumstances. Furthermore, fleas can transmit tapeworms and diseases to pets. When fleas bite humans, they may develop an itching rash with small bumps that may bleed.