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Flea Treatment

Health Encyclopedia: Fleas

Alternative Names

Dog fleas; Siphonaptera

Treatment

The goal of treatment is to get rid of the fleas by treating the home, pets, and outside areas with insecticide. Small children should not be in the home when insecticides are being used. Birds and fish must be protected during spraying. Home foggers and flea collars do not always work. If home treatments do not work, professional extermination may be needed.

If flea bites occur, an over-the-counter 1% hydro...

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Health Guide

Fleas

Fleas are blood-sucking insects that feed on humans, dog, cats, and other animals. Fleas do not have wings. Alternative Names Dog fleas; Siphonaptera ... Read more »

Fleas

Dog fleas; Siphonaptera Prevention Prevention may not be possible in all cases. Use of insecticides may be helpful if fleas are common in your... Read more »

Typhus

...Endemic typhus; Brill-Zinsser disease; Jail fever Prevention Avoid areas where rat fleas or lice might be encountered. Good sanitation and public health measures reduce the rat... Read more »

Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Infections: Prevention

...safely on dogs. Not all of these products are safe in cats. Only permethrin is also effective against fleas. Some veterinarians suggest that the combination of BioSpot and Preventic is very... Read more »

Immunizations: Other Vaccinations

...pestis. Wild rodents, like rats, spread the disease to humans. Plague is spread among rodents by a flea bite. Humans may get the plague when they touch or eat the infected animal, or when they... Read more »

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