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mosquito-allergy

Mosquitoes are insects which are commonly found everywhere. These mosquitoes sometimes feed on our blood. The mechanism which the mosquito uses to suck the blood is by injecting its saliva in our body. This saliva contains various proteins. When there is any injury to our skin, the blood tries to clot that place so that the blood stops coming out of our body. But when the mosquito bites the human skin, these proteins doesn’t clot, instead it continues it flow out.

Because of the proteins present in the saliva there can be an immune reaction along with the mosquito bite allergy reaction. The reaction to mosquito bite varies from person to person and also depends on the number of mosquito bites the person may have received.

The reaction to mosquito bites goes on decreasing as and when the years passes.

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People having sensitive skin normally have allergy to mosquito bite. The symptoms to the mosquito bites are:

• The skin appears to be swollen and red in color.
• The person feels like itching the skin around the place of the bite.
• The bump appears on the skin where the mosquito bite is received.

Infants and children are likely to have mosquito bite allergy. Adults are normally not seen to react to mosquito bite because they have become immunized over a duration of time.

Person having more severe reaction to mosquito bite is called as “Skeeter Syndrome”. In this reaction the skin not only shows the normal reaction like itchy red bumpy skin but also blistering rashes, bruises and sometime swelling all around the place of mosquito bite.

In rare cases people also experience mosquito bite reactions like anaphylaxis, urticaria and angioedema or asthma symptoms for people already suffering from asthma.

How Mosquito Allergy Is Treated?

The important way to treat mosquito allergy is by prevention. Here there is very less control over a mosquito biting you.

Following are some of the steps to be taken for prevent any mosquito allergic reaction.

• Avoid going to swamps and grassy areas. These places have more probability of having mosquitoes.
• Remove or treat standing waters like ponds or swimming pools with chlorine.
• Use mosquito repellents over your body. Make sure that the mosquito repellent contains DEET in 10% to 30% concentration. Repellents containing higher concentration is not good for small children.
• Make use of Citronella Candles.
• Mosquitoes attract to smell, so avoid using scented products on your body like shampoos, perfumes and lotions.
• Lavender, Catnip, Eucalyptus, Penny-royal, Tansy, Basi, Thyme, Cedar, Tea Tree, Peppermint, Lemon-grass, etc are some of the natural and organic way to keep the mosquitoes away.