Chiggers do not burrow under your skin, and they do not suck your blood. They do pierce your skin with their mouth and produce an enzyme in their saliva that dissolves nearby skin cells.

To get relief from chiggers-related itching, Dr. Friedman has a few suggestions. “Oral antihistamines or topical ...

Chiggers are a type of mite, or arthropod, in the family Trombiculidae. They are extremely small red bugs that measure about 1/60th of an inch — barely visible with the naked eye — and you'd ...