Most people brush off a mosquito bite without a second thought. But for some folks, one bite can mean days of swelling, pain, and something a lot more serious than a scratch.
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Growing up, anytime any one of us kids (I have 3 older siblings) would get bit by mosquitoes, my mom would put some rubbing alcohol on it. To this day, I'm not really sure what it was supposed to do? Did it stop the itch? Did it make the redness go away? Was it supposed to be a mosquito repellent? I'm not sure if it was any of those, or if it was reverse psychology by my momma, so that we would st