There is a reason why you attract mosquitoes more than others—you’re a runner.
, M.D., M.H.S., associate professor of neurology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado, to find out why you get bitten so damn much—and what you can do about it.The itching and swelling that accompanies a bite occurs when your immune system responds to something it doesn’t recognize.
This reaction happens within a minute or two of being bitten, according to Day. It tends to be most severe the first time you are bitten by a particular species of mosquito, since your body doesn’t recognize the mosquito’s proteins, and hasn’t yet made memory cells to combat it.
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