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How to Control Itching From Mosquito Bites?

October 1, 2021 by Annie

Mosquito bites are notorious for their rashes, red bumps, and itching. These problems aren’t just limited to temporary nuisances. Mosquito bites apart from deathly spread of diseases like Malaria, can also result in major allergies. Not many show symptoms of this allergic reaction. However, these can especially harm the young ones in severe ways. Additionally, pest control results in significant challenges of its own. Professional pest control services can cost as little as $50 to as high as $300 in places like Austin. However, before availing a pest control Austin service, consider taking a few precautions mentioned below.

Symptoms

As mentioned earlier, mosquito bites can affect different individuals differently. Furthermore, your young ones won’t be able to detail their pain out to you. Hence, you need to look for common signs like skin itches, red bumps, and allergies. Many people attribute severe signs like fever, nausea, body aches, and headaches to weather changes. Visiting a child specialist can help you understand the reasons for rashes on your child’s skin much better than your regular visits.

Treatment

We often ignore the mosquito pain bites as unavoidable nuisance. However, there are many important steps one can do to avoid long-term damages caused by allergies. For example, you can wash your bite with regular soap, and water. This helps relieve swelling, itching. Over the counter medicines are often effective at dealing with rashes. Be sure to keep the itching sensation in control. Over scratching can cause irreparable damage to the skin. You can also use cold water to rinse skin regularly.

Prevention

In order to avoid the risk of potential diseases like West Nile virus, it is important to engage in prevention on an individual level. If you are living beside a lake, or area with plenty of water reserves, it is important to regularly apply DEET-laden insect repellent spray. The water reserves can be a fruitful breeding ground for mosquitoes, and if you have a pool on your property, be sure to maintain it regularly. You can also laden your windows with screens, if you have toddlers in the house. Summers are going to be the most difficult periods of the year, and you can avoid dark colours, perfumes, sweet-smelling perfumes during this period.

If your mosquito problem recurs despite cleaning your pool, and lack of water reservoirs nearby, be sure to call professional pest services to control the spread. Authorized agencies in many countries highly recommend using pest services on a regular basis every year.

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Hi! I'm Annie and I have 3 kids (all in their teens - yikes!). My mommy blog isn't all about lunches and DIY - it's also about humour. Like how my kids make fun of my texts as if I don't know how to use emojis (I DO!). Now that I have a bit more time - since my kids don't want to hang out with me (teenagers), I have taken up blogging.

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