Dr. Graham Fry
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Okay, well, I think we need to take a step back.
I think mosquitoes like everyone.
I honestly do.
They seem to like everyone and they bite everyone.
It's just some people react, some people don't.
When the mozzie bites you, she shakes her proboscis.
That's her...
a needle at the front of her mouth.
She sticks that through your skin.
She wants your blood.
She wants to suck up a drop.
She can't.
That's a very small needle, and your blood is very thick and viscous, like a milkshake when you first get it.
Nothing happens.
You have to wait for a while.
So she can't suck up your blood at that point.
So she injects saliva down, and then that anticoagulates her blood, and then she can suck it back up again.
So I don't think you're reacting to the bite, I'm afraid, Jonathan.
I think it's a question of whether you react to her saliva.
Some people have the allergy.