Since I got bitten recently, I have started keeping a pot of basil in the bedroom. The scent confuses the mosquitoes.
You need to take it out into daylight/sunshine every day, but it does work.
On holiday in South Africa, OH had some nasty bites. A pharmacist gave him some pills. I'm not sure if they were meant to prevent more bites or help with the ones he already had.
Lennon-thiamine hydrochloride. I don't know if it's available here. Might be worth asking your pharmacist.
Sqad, "How does identifying the source of the bite, affect the initial treatment?"
Being a little pedantic are we?
Clearly reducing the possibility of more bites will help!!
Islay.....but the treatment of the bites, which was the question, remains the same for ANY bite.......hydrocortisone cream or antihistamine cream.
You are correct, that there will be recurrence if the source of the bites are not identified in flea bites (dogs or cats) but the treatment to the patient is exactly the same.
The animals may have to be treated if appropriate.....but that was not the question.