Small swelling, pain, redness and itching are common causes of insect bites. These reactions can last from few days or even few hours since these are consider are minor and mild insect bite reaction. Natural treatments are usual to aid this common insect bite reaction. On the other hand, few people like babies and children may have harsh insect bite reaction. One of these is anaphylaxis, it is consider as severe insect bite reaction due to its life threatening and need an emergency care. This reaction is not common for those who will be affected. You may see symptoms like shock. This shock may happen if the blood will not pass through enough to the vital organs and might affect the circulatory system.

Another signs of anaphylaxis reaction from insect bite reactions are swelling of lips, ears, eyelids, tongue, soles of the feet, palms of the hands and mucous membranes. You may also see to affected patients the coughing, difficulty in breathing, wheezing, and the feeling of fullness in the throat or mouth. There is nausea, stomach cramps and diarrhea as well.

There is also a toxic reaction for those who got a multiple bites causing severe insect bite reactions. Insects like bee put down its stinger after and then die. Killer bees are usually doing this or what they call Africanized honeybees. They are more violent and usually attack together in large number. There are also insects that can sting and bite over and over like wasps including yellow jackets and hornets. And the know fire ant, if they attaches to person the bite using their jaws. They also bite in multiple.

There is also a large bite reaction from the skin as soon as the insect bite. This is from the site of where the insect bites and same thing to skin infections. Serum sickness is another reaction but this is a reaction from the treatment or medicine reaction from treating any insect bite. This causes flu like symptoms and hives that about 3 to 21 days behind the use of antiserum. Person may also get virus infection that might get from mosquitoes infected. They can widely spread what they call West Nile virus. It can cause swelling and inflammation to human brain or encephalitis. People should also be aware about malaria that mosquito bite can give. It is a parasite infection that can cause a serious problem to affected human. It can also cause you to death if this will not be cured.