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Niguas - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Ácaros rojos; Ácaros de cosecha

Definición:

Son organismos (larvas) diminutos, de seis patas y sin alas, que crecen hasta convertirse en un tipo de ácaro. Estos insectos se encuentran en el pasto alto y las malezas, y su picadura produce una picazón severa.

Causas:

Las niguas se encuentran en ciertas áreas al aire libre, como los sembrados de bayas, pastos y malezas altas, al igual que en las márgenes de bosques madereros.

Las niguas pican a los humanos alrededor de la cintura, en los tobillos o en los pliegues cálidos de la piel. Las picaduras ocurren con más frecuencia en los meses de verano y otoño.

Mordedura de nigua; vista de cerca de las ampollas

Reviewed last on: 9/15/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Diaz JH. Mites (including chiggers). In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 296.

Schlossberg D. Arthropods and leeches. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 380.

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