A healthy, 17-year-old male seeks care of a sore right foot. He first noticed some small bumps with associated intense itching on both feet and ankles 4 days earlier after mowing his yard barefoot.

It’s summertime in Florida and that brings many wonderful things like long days at the beach, pool, lake or one of the state’s thousands of freshwater springs. But summer also brings more bugs, and ...

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Chiggers are very small mites that thrive in humid grassy areas — they don't breed in homes or beds. An itchy rash that develops a few hours after you spend time outside may be from chigger bites. If ...

As far as dangers in the outdoors go, getting a few chigger bites isn’t exactly on par with stumbling upon a hornet’s nest or, say, a bear. Yet for those who have had the misfortune of meeting these ...