Keep your baby safe from mosquito bites

  Summer is coming, all kinds of insects and mosquitoes are active again, the troublesome human mosquito war will be kicked off again. In this war, our babies are most vulnerable. Because the baby’s skin is delicate, low resistance, coupled with a fast metabolism, strong absorption capacity, so once bitten by harmful insects and mosquitoes, not only local easy to infect, but also easy to cause certain infectious diseases, such as B encephalitis, malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, etc.. So how to keep babies away from insects and mosquitoes, safe through the summer?  There are many ways to prevent and treat insects and mosquitoes, mosquito nets for babies, mosquito lamps, flower lotion, mosquito repellent are good choices: 1, mosquito nets to prevent mosquito invasion. Mosquito nets are the most traditional, the safest and most effective mosquito prevention equipment. In the summer before the mosquitoes rampant, the home should be installed with a good airtight screen door and window, and to baby mosquito nets. The best choice of mesh slightly larger, breathable mosquito nets. When hanging mosquito nets can not be close to the bed, should try to leave a piece of space around for the baby to move. Mosquito nets against mosquitoes, although troublesome, but really is a safe and effective mosquito protection network. Of course, with the development of science and technology, many nimble, beautiful, practical new mosquito nets will continue to come out, one day, hanging mosquito nets will be as simple as stretching the bed.  2, with flower water to drive away the approaching mosquitoes. Mosquitoes smell range of up to about 60 kilometers, especially to sweat, carbon dioxide more sensitive. Baby’s skin is weak in the regulation of heat and cold, easy to sweat, and lactic acid in sweat is very attractive to mosquitoes, so after the activity, the mother must dry sweat for the baby in time to keep the skin clean. Bedtime bath can be in the bath with a few drops of flower water, so that after the bath baby’s body will have the smell of flower water, to disperse mosquitoes have a certain role. Now the mall to buy anti-mosquito water, but also the same reason. It should be noted that when applying the solution to the baby, it must not be applied to the mouth, nose, around the eyes and other sensitive places, and can not be rubbed directly on the wound, so as not to cause irritation, or even infection. Mom can first pour the anti-mosquito water on their hands, and then evenly wiped on the baby, after use, but also pay attention to observe the skin has no allergies.  3, with special odor mosquito repellent. Currently commonly used mosquito repellents and mosquito incense. Mosquito repellent principle is to suck insecticide tablets through electric heating, slowly emitting special odor to achieve the purpose of mosquito repellent, mosquito incense is to emit odor by burning. But whether it is a mosquito repellent or mosquito incense will produce irritation to the respiratory tract, some will also appear allergic reactions, especially in the closed narrow room, to try to avoid using. Even in spacious rooms, should also avoid sleeping with mosquito incense, the placement of mosquito repellents should be as far away from the child’s head. In addition.
Mosquitoes do not like the smell and citrus peel, mint, fennel, clove, so experienced mothers often orange peel, orange peel drying wrapped in stockings in the corner, both anti-mosquito and environmentally friendly, but also fresh air, very desirable. However, some flowers and plants can not be placed in the bedroom, such as night incense, lilac, because they belong to the oxygen-consuming plants, placed indoors for a long time, will consume the oxygen in the house, harmful to the human body. Of course, the effect of these natural odors mosquito control is still limited, and the maintenance time is not long, generally 1 to 2 hours.  4, mosquito lamp to repel insects and mosquitoes. Mosquito lamp is the use of mosquito phototropism, the use of low-power fluorescent tubes to induce mosquitoes, and then by the internal circuit through the multiplier rectifier to get the high-voltage electric shock mosquitoes. Although the use of mosquito lamps safe, but the power of the lamp to be proportional to the size of the room, power small mosquito effect is not good, power and light will affect sleep, so there are certain restrictions on the use.  5, with drugs to kill the invading mosquitoes. Parents should pay more attention to indoor hygiene in summer, to regularly clean, not to mosquitoes to hide and breed place. More mosquitoes at home, you can regularly spray insecticide. Insecticide main ingredients are generally pyrethrin, this kind of thing is safer, but after all, it is an insecticide, there is a baby’s family use or be cautious some. Before spraying must first carry the baby out of the room, and then close the doors and windows, after spraying drugs to retain about half an hour, and then open the windows to ventilate and eliminate the smell. Insecticide to be used in a targeted manner, focusing on the bath, sink, table feet, cabinets and other mosquitoes often out of place, the type of insecticide should also be frequently replaced, so as not to produce drug resistance.  According to reports, Russian experts have recently made use of perfluorooctane, perfluorooethane and other organic fluorine compounds made a solution, people oral or inhalation, skin and breathing breath will give off a taste, mosquitoes will smell this smell away from the human body, and the bite of the mosquitoes will die immediately. At present, this solution is considered harmless to humans, but whether it can be used for children to be further demonstrated.  There are many ways to prevent insects and mosquitoes, but the daytime and night slightly different: at night when the baby sleeps, to ensure sleep, parents can give him to hang mosquito nets, or insert electric mosquito incense, you can also apply some anti-mosquito water on the body. During the day, try to wear long-sleeved clothes and pants, for small babies or sensitive skin baby, a light-colored, light, loose cotton clothes and pants, is the safest way to protect. When playing outside, try not to sit in the river, lake, stream and other places near the water source, because these places are easy to breed mosquitoes. Before going out, you can apply some insect repellent to the exposed hands, feet and face. In addition, the mother’s hand fan is also an excellent anti-mosquito weapons.  So if the baby was mosquito bites after how to do?
Generally speaking, mosquito bites, a few days will disappear, no special treatment, but there are two points need to pay attention to: First, try to avoid excessive scratching. After the mosquito bite, the local itch is obvious, the baby may scratch hard, so parents should give the baby diligent hand washing, cut short nails, to prevent secondary infection after scratching. There are many ways to stop the local itch, apply flower lotion, cool oil, safflower oil, toothpaste, soap and water, etc., gently pat the itch, the effect is also very good. The second is to prevent infection. If the baby is poisonous insect mosquito bites, it may cause local infection, red, swollen, hot, painful obvious, then we must promptly deal with the local can apply some anti-inflammatory drugs, such as erythromycin ointment, Capsicum, etc., the symptoms are heavy or secondary to systemic infection, then we must go to the hospital to avoid delaying the disease.