How to Treat Flea Bites
Treating Flea Bites Quickly
The best remedies for how to treat flea bites! Whether you are dealing with your pet's fleas or sand flea bites on humans, these tips will help you get rid of them fast and treat the itch from a sand or dog flea bite.
Most of us know fleas as small black insects that constantly seek out our dogs and cats to use as hosts. However, fleas are often attracted to people too, and will bite just about any living body. Flea bites themselves are incredibly itchy, and can become infected if they are scratched at too much. These flea bite treatment remedies can be used on your pets or yourself for relief.
You can tell a flea bite from another insect bite because they are usually single, small bumps that are hard and itchy. They are not surrounded by swelling of the skin, just a single swollen bump with a tiny puncture mark in the center signifies them.
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Thankfully, home remedies for flea bites are easy and effective. The first thing you should do is apply ice to your bites to help reduce the swelling. This will also temporarily make the itch go away as your skin numbs. Make sure that you have washed the bites with soap and cold water to keep infection from spreading.
How to Treat Flea Bites
Next, take an oral anti histamine to help bring the swelling down further and make the itchiness go away. When you stop itching and scratching at the area, it will begin to heal much quicker. Using these remedies , you should see a vast improvement within a few days.
Another easy fix for flea bites is to apply hydrocortisone cream onto your skin over the bite. This is a mild steroidal cream that you can buy over the counter, which will really help the itching stop so healing can begin.
How to Treat Flea Bites With Prevention
Aside from the bites themselves, you will need to prevent the problem from happening again in your home. There are some preventative measures you can take to get rid of any house dwelling fleas and stop the bites before they happen.
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Even wombats feel the itch of flea bites!
First, make sure you vacuum often. Fleas tend to live both in carpet and in floorboards, so if you have either of these in your home it is best to suck them out on a daily basis to exterminate them. Make sure you also vacuum your couches and sofas, as these are likely homes as well.
Another place they like to live is in your bedding and especially your pet’s bedding. These should both be laundered weekly until the problem subsides. Then, it may be more reasonable to wash them every couple of weeks.
Lastly, be sure to medicate your pets. Your cuddly friend can also be a walking flea host spreading these nasty bugs all over your home if you aren’t on the watch. Make sure they, their collars, bedding and fluffy toys are all flea free to keep your home clean.
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