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AIBU to be worried about mosquitos

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PleaseStopWithTheSmallTalk · 28/08/2024 18:50

Currently abroad with DC's for the first time and we've been bitten by mosquitos. No signs of reaction so far but I googled it (stupidly) and am now terrified that they will catch something awful and I've never really looked at how meany diseases are spread by mosquitos. We're in corfu, is there anything I should be looking out for?

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PleaseStopWithTheSmallTalk · 28/08/2024 18:59

Thanks AsYouWiiiiiiiiiiiiish! should I be looking more for signs of infection from the bite itself or from a nasty bug that they carry? Not sure what the risk is here for disease from mosquitos.

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AsYouWiiiiiiiiiiiiish · 28/08/2024 18:53

Watch out for fevers and any redness that looks like tracking lines up their limb or bites that begin to ooze.

You are most likely going to be perfectly fine. I've been bitten a gazillion times.

My sister got very ill from a bite in Fiji when she was about 7 years old and the first sign was a fever.

Try and relax and enjoy yourself though. The vast majority of the time its totally fine!