In the Moscow region, doctors saved a local resident who had an abscess after a sandfly bite. This has been reported press office Regional Ministry of Health.
“The patient was autopsied and drained the abscess in the left frontal region. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory therapy was administered in the postoperative period,” he said. Mikhail Antipov, chief physician of Balashikha Hospital No. 3.
Currently the patient is feeling well and has been discharged for outpatient treatment. Experts note that people suffering from allergies may develop excessive swelling of local tissues due to a midge bite. As a rule, they cause severe itching, and scratching the bite site can cause infection in the wound.
Previously reportedthat a man died of a snakebite after burying his brother who was bitten by another snake.