I thought I had read everything there was to know about being safe in the DR but somehow this escaped me. I got bitten by sand flies in the departure check in area of the Punta Cana airport. It is outside and is covered by a tiki hut kind of roof. I was stung by something there and hours later the bites appeared.
The bites were like mosquito bites but twice as bad and left scars and sores.
My MD said it is a case of cutaneous Leishmaniasis but still in the larval stage.
They gave me Pyrithamin cream to treat it.
The bites were like mosquito bites but twice as bad and left scars and sores.
My MD said it is a case of cutaneous Leishmaniasis but still in the larval stage.
They gave me Pyrithamin cream to treat it.