Sarah Jacoby is a health reporter at TODAY.
Do you know what chigger bites look like? The tiny mites may leave behind small, itchy red bumps around your ankles that can be easily confused for other types of insect bites. 'They tend to be in grassy areas, under vegetation and in shady areas with high humidity,' Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., an urban entomologist and coordinator with the New York State Integrated Pest Management community program at Cornell University, tells TODAY.com.
According to MedlinePlus, other symptoms of chigger bites can include: A rash, which typically only appears on parts of skin that were exposed to the sun.A secondary skin infection, with symptoms such as swelling and pus, due to scratching. How do you get chigger bites? People are likely to encounter chiggers while hiking, having a picnic, working outside or really “doing anything in the great outdoors,” Gangloff-Kaufmann says. “It could be farming or it could be mowing your lawn.
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