My daugher was bit by a flea?
Sep.15, 2011 in
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We dint have any animals nor have we ever had fleas in here we went to my husbands grandmas house last night and of course she had a dog and the dog had fleas i Guess we brought a flea home with us because when i was getting her food ready for lunch she had a flea on her arm and it was biting her …the pest control guy wont be out until next month i Guess they are really backed up on work….how shall i handle this..what do i do for her arm shes got a little red bump where it bit her
oh yeah shes 11months old
September 18th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
She should be fine. I’d be more concerned with the actual flea. Did you kill it?
You may want to, as a precaution, bomb your house this weekend(or earlier, if you can) and get some spray for the furniture. Fleas can spread rapidly and you don’t want your whole house getting infested.
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September 22nd, 2011 at 10:36 pm
Just leave it alone, it will go away in a few days. It’s just a flea, she will be playing outside this summer and I assume will get all kinds of bug bites. If it’s bothering her you can put some calamine lotion on it but that’s all.
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September 26th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Seriously? Pest control for one flea?
Get some flea killer for carpets and furniture from your supermarket and use that according to the instructions. (Just in case the flea had time to lay eggs.)
And use an antiseptic cream like Savlon on your daughters arm.
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October 1st, 2011 at 1:36 am
she will be fine. There is no reason to get a pest control guy, fleas have to be on an animal in order to survive for any length of time, since you don’t have any animals there’s no where for the flea to live and it will die. if the bite mark is itching you can use some afterbite or calamine lotion on it.
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October 5th, 2011 at 3:36 am
The biggest concern is infections caused by scratching. An over-the-counter 1% hydrocortisone cream can help relieve itching.
Other common treatments for flea bites are to wash the bites with antiseptic soap to reduce the risk of infection, apply an ice pack frequently to help relieve swelling, or use calamine lotion, anesthetic creams or similar to treat the itching.
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