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If scratching bug bites is bad then why do they itch?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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Because if you are talking about a mosquito when it bites you, it puts its saliva in your blood stream to help the blood to keep flowing while it sucks its "Meal"....The saliva from the mosquito will itch where it bit for a while until the bite is healed. Concerning other bugs, the infection from the bite will itch until properly treated and also it will itch during the process of healing. I hope this helped! :)


If you can't itch bug bites then what do you do?

You can either use a back scratcher, rub against something, resist the urge, or ask someone to itch it for you. If it's spreadable like poison ivy, ignore it or put itch cream on it.


Any home remedies for bed bug bites?

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How do you cure an bee bite?

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Why do we feel compelled to scratch bug bites if it's bad to do?

Scratching can remove insects from your skin while they are biting, or even before they bite, which could be useful. Scratching can remove irritants of various sorts, although we also sometimes scratch when there is no irritant that we can remove. Itching is caused by various things, and the scratching response is sometimes useful and sometimes useless or actually harmful to some degree. Our biological design is not 100% efficient.