[CIS PIDD] [cis-pidd] Skeeter Syndrome

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Hi Peter,
Welcome to the PIDD list. I have seen a few patients with large local reactions that I have empirically treated as Skeeter syndrome with the combination of icing the site, a single dose of prednisone, ibuprofen and cetirizine ASAP when insect repellents fail or are not used. I have not pursued diagnostic work-up because commercial tests are to whole mosquito and not very useful. There is not much published on this topic, but here is a paper that describes the best scientific work that was coincidentally done at your neck of the woods. You may be able to touch base with the authors directly and see if they can help you any further.
Best regards,sc
Soheil Chegini, MDExton Allergy & Asthma Associates 656 West Lincoln Hwy.Exton, PA 19341 Phone: (610) 269-3066 Fax: (610) 269-8615
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