What to do if your child’s lips are red and swollen from mosquito bites

Children’s lips mosquito bite red and swollen, if only mild redness and swelling, general treatment such as cold compresses can be, if the redness and itching symptoms are more pronounced, it is necessary to use medication, such as glycerine lotion, Dinocap, cetirizine tablets and so on.
1. Mild redness and swelling: If the baby’s lips are bitten by mosquitoes only mild redness and swelling, you can cool towels, ice and other cold compresses, the main purpose is to shrink blood vessels, reduce edema, thereby alleviating the symptoms of swelling.
2. Severe redness and swelling: if the mosquito bite lips redness and swelling is more serious, you need to use glycerine lotion with Dinaid medication for treatment, in addition to the need to take anti-allergy drugs, such as loratadine or cetirizine.
The above medications are recommended to be taken under the guidance of a doctor, and should not be used on their own. In addition, it is important to maintain local hygiene of the lips, and to avoid children scratching with their hands, so as to avoid secondary infections. If the symptoms of redness and swelling of the lips continue to be unrelieved, parents should take their children to the hospital in a timely manner, and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.