All bite on the night as midges season kicks in
Every summer, patients visit me in the surgery after suffering an insect bite or sting.
Every summer, patients visit me in the surgery after suffering an insect bite or sting. As a GP, I'm less worried about a person who has encountered an insect in Ireland compared to more exotic places. Tropical medicine is a subject for another day and, while it's rare to become unwell from an insect bite or sting while holidaying in Ireland, it can be very unpleasant nonetheless.
We may not have disease-transmitting mosquitos in Ireland,...
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