What should I do if my baby grows some small bags? Doctor: These 4 tricks can effectively prevent mosquito bites

The temperature has warmed up recently, and I believe that many careful mothers will find that there seem to be more mosquitoes at home.

Early this morning, Chenchen's mother sent me a private message, asking me, "Doctor, my baby, last night, I had been making a lot of trouble, and after coaxing for a long time, I finally fell asleep. I woke up this morning and found that There are several red bumps on the baby's face and arms, and the baby scratches with his hands from time to time. It looks like he was bitten by a mosquito, or is he allergic? What should I do?"

I looked at the pictures sent by Chenchen’s mother, and it was obvious that she was bitten by mosquitoes, so I suggested that Chenchen’s mother first apply calamine lotion or antipruritic ointment to the place where the baby was bitten by mosquitoes, and taught Her simple symptomatic approach.

Chenchen's mother calmed down and replied, "It's all my fault for being too careless. I was bitten by mosquitoes last night, but I didn't care. I didn't expect the mosquitoes to follow the baby, but there are no mosquitoes at home now. Prepare mosquito repellent products, and I heard that the ones used by babies are not the same as those used by adults, so how should I choose?"

When it comes to mosquito bites, we adults may not care, and we will pass it by forbearance, but what about the baby? Scratching, scratching, itching and losing your temper, you may scratch your skin. More importantly, mosquito bites themselves are the transmission routes of certain diseases, including the famous malaria, Japanese encephalitis, dengue fever, etc. It can be spread by mosquito bites.

So, take advantage of the fact that mosquitoes are just coming out, take anti-mosquito measures first, and keep mosquitoes away from you and your baby!

1. How do mosquitoes find their targets?

To avoid mosquito bites, we must first understand how mosquitoes find you.

Mosquitoes find their human hosts primarily through three means: olfactory, visual and thermal signals.

1. Smell

Mosquitoes want to find a person, they must first follow the smell. This smell is the carbon dioxide (CO2) that people emit.

2. Vision

When mosquitoes follow the smell and come within 5-15 meters of you, they can see you. Afterwards, they get closer to the target through visual guidance.

3. Heat Signal

When a mosquito flies within 1m of you, it can feel your body temperature. In general, the heat radiation of bare skin is greater than that of covered skin, so mosquitoes can accurately find the piece of skin you are exposed to in the air.

2. How to avoid mosquito bites?

Knowing how mosquitoes find their targets, we can carry out targeted mosquito control.

1. Take a bath and wipe sweat frequently

We know that mosquitoes can find us through smell and heat signals, and children are naturally active, have high body temperature, and sweat more, which is more favored by mosquitoes. Therefore, mothers must remember to wipe sweat/bath for their children in time to keep the skin dry and reduce the attraction to mosquitoes. When the weather is too hot, you can turn on the air conditioner and adjust the temperature appropriately to prevent your baby from sweating too much.

But there is one thing to pay attention to: do not use soap to bathe your baby, the more fragrant the smell, the easier it is to attract mosquitoes.

2. Wear light-colored clothes

Due to the weak eyesight of mosquitoes, wearing light-colored clothes such as yellow and white can reduce the chance of being bitten by mosquitoes. If the child is likely to be exposed to mosquitoes, he must wear light, light-colored long clothes and trousers, and wear less bright patterns, which are easy to attract mosquitoes.

3. Physical mosquito repellent

At home, you can use screen windows, mosquito nets, etc. to effectively isolate mosquitoes. This is also the simplest and most practical physical mosquito repellent method. You can also prepare an electric mosquito swatter. Once you find a few mosquitoes that slip through the net, they will slap them to death mercilessly.

4. Chemical mosquito repellent

Although physical mosquito repellent is good, it also has certain limitations. For example, when children go out, some mosquito repellent products should play their role at this time. But with so many mosquito repellent products, which ones are safe and effective for babies?

The four repellants recommended by the CDC are: DEET, DEET, picaridin, and lemon eucalyptus oil.

For the sake of safety, it is best for pregnant mothers and babies to choose mosquito repellants that have the above ingredients and are approved by the state.

Correct application of mosquito repellent: Parents can apply the mosquito repellent to their hands first, and then apply it to the baby's skin.

3. What should I do if I am bitten by a mosquito?

4. First of all, of course, the itching is relieved first. You can use a cold towel or a topical ointment to help relieve the symptoms. For example: Calamine lotion, toilet water, peppermint ointment, white flower oil, comfrey ointment, etc. apply to the affected area.

5. Try not to let the baby scratch the itching area, this will not only make it more itchy, but also easy to get infected or leave pigmentation for a period of time.

6. Be careful not to use cool oil or balsamic oil, in case you touch the baby's eyes and cause irritation.

7. Pay attention to the status of the baby. If the bite has caused hives or severe allergies, be sure to send the child to the hospital in time for medical treatment.