Mosquito bites

[kymbillie]

If the swelling is that bad and itchy try Anti inflamitries or anti eastamins (not sure how to spell that) or just general alergy tablets, it takes the swelling down massively and reduce the itching/pain.

[RoseB]

In bedroom and cannot get rid of the mosquitos?
Use attractive but functional (not the ones soley for decorative purposes)
Mosquito netting which hangs from one point over bed. I recommend mombaso functional magic netting (functional does not have a slit on side of this) Actually is an attractive item. You are safe when you sleep. We like to sleep with covers off in cooler summer weather and this makes it possible even if someone makes a mistake leaving front door open too long and a mosquito slides in!

Outdoors can be treated without using insecticides... with Mosquito Barrier, which is a garlic extract that you mix into water in two gallon spray container... safe and effective!

and if you do get bit and have severe allergy to this as I do (I have ended up in the emergency room) see your dr. An example of the help I have gotten after many years of suffering is to be placed on (dosent make you drowsey) an antihistimine such as allegra, and if bitten immediately apply a steroid cream to the bite heading off infection and spreading. My Dr. has prescribed Ultravate. I have severe reaction to mosquite saliva. I break into sweats, have chills and sometimes affect breathing. The sites become so swollen that they are sometimes 3 inches or more in diameter. Much nicer to head it off applying this than visit the ER.. Especially if away on travel!!

I would be interested in hearing from others regarding this subject!

RoseB : IRBayer@yahoo.com

Thanks

Originally Posted by tired_boy

One year when we came to the DR my wife got many mosquito bites.
We landed in the afternoon and by the next morning she had got 26 bites just on one leg.

Whats the best things to do to avoid them (or at least - get less bites)?

Thanks

[Dolores]

Has anyone heard of this:

"Some studies suggest that taking thiamine (vitamin B1) 25mg to 50 mg three times per day is effective in reducing mosquito bites. This safe vitamin apparently produces a skin odor that is not detectable by humans, but is disagreeable to pregnant mosquitoes (Pediatric Clinics of North America, 16:191, 1969). It seems to be especially effective for those people with large allergic reactions. Thiamine takes about 2 weeks before the odor fully saturates the skin. Garlic may work in the same way (except, of course, the odor is detectable by humans), but I have seen no scientific studies supporting this."

From http://www.drgreene.com/21_38.html

[Pib]

Originally Posted by Dolores

"Garlic may work in the same way...

With the added benefit that it also works against vampires.


What?