| Summary: | PURPOSE: Determine the number of athletes bitten by bed bugs and the location of the bite. METHODOLOGY: The diagnosed cases based on clinical anamnesis and examination by a dermatologist. RESULTS: 80 athletes (25 women and 55 men), aged 21 to 24, were investigated. All of them were complaining of itching and rash. After the clinical anamnestic information was collected and the dermatological examination performed, rashes because of bed bug bites were found in 55 of the subjects studied. The diagnosed lesions were linearly or annularly grouped and some of them have had a characteristic hemorrhagic center at the location of the bite. CONCLUSION: There is very little
information on the frequency of bed bug bites in athletes in the available literature. This aroused our interest to present this material, which based on registered bed bug bites in athletes specializing in football. Bed bug bites and the accompanying skin irritation, which leads to unpleasant itching, impair
the quality of human life.
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