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What Should Be Done After A Horsefly Bite?

We went up north on vacation, my older son Brandon got bit by a horsefly,my husband tried sucking out the area where he got bit. We applied ice/calamine lotion. Its been a few days, the area is slightly red, the itching is not as bad now.Is there anything we need to be concerned about? any disease it could spread?
Wed, 25 Jun 2014
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Horsreflies are stout flies measuring 10-25 mm in length and species is TABANUS .
In UNITED STATES it can cause tularemia , while in AFRICA it causes loiasis .
Treatment includes , antipruritic agents ( like calamine lotion or clotrimazole loti on ) , glucocorticoids ( dexamethasone or prednisolone ) antispetic lotion relieve the itching and pain.
If redness present give your son fexofnadine 120- 180 mg tablets once or twice in day till complete cure .
If you suspect that there is infection ( below red area) then you may need antibiotics for 1-2 days .
Hope this information will be helpful for you.
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What Should Be Done After A Horsefly Bite?

Hello Horsreflies are stout flies measuring 10-25 mm in length and species is TABANUS . In UNITED STATES it can cause tularemia , while in AFRICA it causes loiasis . Treatment includes , antipruritic agents ( like calamine lotion or clotrimazole loti on ) , glucocorticoids ( dexamethasone or prednisolone ) antispetic lotion relieve the itching and pain. If redness present give your son fexofnadine 120- 180 mg tablets once or twice in day till complete cure . If you suspect that there is infection ( below red area) then you may need antibiotics for 1-2 days . Hope this information will be helpful for you.