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Links to information on bites and stings and how to treat them.
For information on allergic reactions to bites and stings follow the link to the HealthInsite topic page below.
Updated January 2009
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Travel health tips
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Better Health Channel
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People who travel overseas may suffer from a travel-related illness. While most travel-related illness is minor, all travellers should be aware of relevant health issues. Update your vaccinations and ask about other immunisations. Organise travel insurance, including cover if you need to be evacuated to a suitable hospital.
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Oct 2009
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Fleas
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Better Health Channel
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Fleas feed off the blood of humans and animals such as dogs and cats. A flea bite is intensely itchy and secondary infections are common. Treatment options include anaesthetic creams and icepacks to reduce the swelling. Fleas can transmit disease including tapeworm larvae and murine typhus. Fleas can also transmit bubonic plague from animals to humans in some parts of the world but not Australia.
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Jul 2009
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Dogs and children
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Raising Children Network (RCN)
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Tips on keeping your child safe around dogs; includes advice on training the family dog and what to do if approached by a strange dog.
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Jul 2009
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Media release. Report on Karingal nursing home
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, has released the report into the Karingal Nursing Home's handling of a mouse plague.
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Jun 2009
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Pets - keeping yourself safe
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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There are lots of good things for children about having and caring for pets. Playing with and cuddling pets [yuk! not spiders] is part of the fun of having them, but there are some things to remember if you want to keep yourself safe.
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Jun 2009
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Cat scratch disease - myDr.com.au
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myDr
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Cat scratch disease: find out about the cause, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
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Feb 2009
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Pets
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Children can get a great deal of joy from having a pet. Pets can help children to learn to be responsible and caring.
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Feb 2009
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Bites from animals
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Children are sometimes bitten by their own or their friends' pets. Any animals that have claws or teeth will use them to defend themselves when they are frightened.
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Nov 2008
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Bed bugs
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Bedbugs are oval, wingless insects, 5-6 mm long, that feed at night on any warm blooded animal including people.
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Oct 2008
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Education of children and adolescents for the prevention of dog bite injuries
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Dog bites can cause significant injuries leading to death or long-lasting disability. The education of children in the school setting could improve their knowledge and attitude towards dogs and encourage safer behaviour around them. The authors of this ...
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Jul 2008
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Flying insects bites and stings
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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There are many biting insects around, especially in summer. While you can do some things to help avoid being bitten, bites often happen and you need to be prepared.
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Jul 2008
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Venomous bites and stings in Australia to 2005
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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This report describes the bites and stings due to contact with venomous animals and plants that resulted in a separation from an Australian hospital in the period 1st July 2002 to 30th June 2005. Hospitalised bites and stings were most frequently attributed to spiders, bees and wasps while snakebites were a less frequent cause of hospitalisation.
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May 2008
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Bites and stings
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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When you read 'bites and stings' what do you think of? Sharks with their terrifying teeth? Crocodiles gently smiling as they chomp? Giant insects zooming in for a piece of you?
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Apr 2008
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Bites and stings
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Queensland Health
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Australia has many animal and insect species that bite or sting. The following is advice on basic first aid procedures only. In all instances, it is important to seek proper medical treatment.
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Mar 2008
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First aid for bites and stings - myDr.com.au
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myDr
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Snakes, spiders, bees, jellyfish and molluscs, such as the blue ringed octopus and cone snail, can all inflict a sting or bite that may cause significant illness and occasionally death.
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Apr 2006
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Comments for consumers. Management of bite injuries
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Australian Prescriber
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People who are bitten by animals or other people can develop serious infections. If the bite is likely to get infected, a doctor may prescribe a course of antibiotics to try and prevent the infection.
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Feb 2006
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