• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    29 days ago

    Its an interesting area of biology. For example bee stings are like this, where you get more and more allergic with every sting. Mosquitos are the opposite tho, where at some point it will just stop having any effect.

    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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      29 days ago

      Mosquitos are the opposite tho, where at some point it will just stop having any effect.

      I’m not sure my histamines got the memo. 😒

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          28 days ago

          It’s nuts how different people are. I don’t react to mosquito bites, but my friend gets really itchy red welts from them that linger.

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            28 days ago

            you can get sensitized to allergens and bug bites. im guessing its different if its purified and then injected than maybe. funny thing mosquitoes have complex salival compounds that initially suppresses the immune system, once it wears off the body reacts to the proteins.