What should I do if the baby grows some small bags? Doctor: These 4 tricks are effective in preventing mosquito bites
Recently, the temperature has warmed up. I believe that many careful mothers will find that there seem to be more mosquitoes in the house.
Early this morning, Chenchen's mother sent me a private message, asking me: "Doctor, my baby, I was making a fuss last night. After coaxing me for a long time, I finally fell asleep. I woke up this morning and found There are several red bumps on the baby's face and arms, and the baby still scratches it 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 picture sent by Chenchen’s mother, and it was obvious that she was bitten by a mosquito. I suggested that Chenchen’s mother first apply calamine lotion or anti-itch ointment to the baby’s mosquito bite, and taught Her simple symptomatic approach.
Chenchen's mother felt relieved and replied: "It's all my fault for being too careless. I was bitten by a mosquito last night, but I didn't care. I didn't expect the mosquito to target the baby, but now there is no one at home." I am preparing mosquito repellent products, and I heard that the ones used by babies are different from those used by adults, so how should I choose?"
When it comes to mosquito bites, we adults may not care about it, and we will pass it after a while, but what about babies? Scratching, scratching, scratching, not to mention itchy tantrums, may also scratch the skin. More importantly, mosquito bites themselves are the way of transmission of certain diseases, including the famous malaria, Japanese encephalitis, dengue fever, etc. Can be transmitted through mosquito bites.
Therefore, take advantage of the fact that the mosquitoes are just coming out, take anti-mosquito measures first, and keep the mosquitoes away from you and your baby!
- How do mosquitoes find their targets?
To avoid mosquito bites, first of all, we need to understand how mosquitoes find you.
Mosquitoes find their human hosts mainly by smell, sight and heat signals.
- Smell
Mosquitoes want to find a person, they must first follow the smell. This smell is carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by humans.
- Vision
Mosquitoes can see you when they follow the scent and come within 5-15 meters of you. After that, they are guided closer to the target by visual guidance.
- Heat signal
When a mosquito flies within 1m of you, it can feel your body temperature. Generally, the heat radiation of exposed skin is greater than that of covered skin, so mosquitoes can accurately find the piece of skin that is exposed to the air, and then bite....
- How to avoid mosquito bites?
After understanding the principle of mosquitoes looking for targets, we can carry out targeted anti-mosquitoes.
- Take a shower and wipe your 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 a lot, so they are more favored by mosquitoes. Therefore, mothers must remember to wipe sweat/bath 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: don't use soap to bathe your baby, the more fragrant the smell, the easier it is to attract mosquitoes.
- Wear Light Colored Clothes
Because mosquitoes have weak eyesight, 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 an environment with mosquitoes, be sure to wear light, light-colored long clothes and trousers for him, and avoid wearing bright patterns, which are easy to attract mosquitoes.
- Physical anti-mosquito
At home, you can use window screens, mosquito nets, etc. to effectively isolate mosquitoes. This is also the simplest and most practical method of physical mosquito repellent. You can also prepare an electric mosquito swatter.
- Chemical anti-mosquito
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 mosquito repellants recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are: DEET, Mosquito Repellent, Picaridin, and Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus.
For the sake of safety, it is best for pregnant mothers and babies to choose mosquito repellent products that have the above ingredients and have been approved by the state.
The correct way to apply mosquito repellent: parents can first apply mosquito repellent on their own hands, and then apply it to the baby's skin.
What should I do if I am bitten by a mosquito?
First of all, of course, the itching is relieved first. You can use a cold towel or external ointment to help relieve symptoms. For example: calamine lotion, toilet water, peppermint cream, white flower oil, comfrey cream, etc. apply to the affected area.
Try not to let the baby scratch the itchy place, which will not only make it more itchy, but also easy to infection or leave pigmentation for a period of time.
Be careful not to use cool oil or essential oil, in case it touches the baby's eyes and causes irritation.
Pay attention to observe the baby's condition. If the bite has caused hives or severe allergies, you must send the child to the hospital in time for a doctor's diagnosis and treatment.