Well what is a good mosquito bite treatment? When I was a child, my grandma used to put a tooth paste on the bites, and few minutes later, if I managed not to scratch, it stopped itching. To this day I don’t know if the tooth paste really helped, or the fact that I stopped scratching. Since in the old days there was no official mosquito bite treatment handy, tooth paste worked fine for me.
Today there are several mosquito bite treatments, so I will focus only on some I’m familiar the best with. I used to put on me and my family mosquito bites Fenistil Gel. I heard many good reviews about this product so I used it. To tell you the truth, I was not sure it really helped. Like the tooth paste, maybe the gel was really helping or just the result of waiting without scratching… but it doesn’t really matter, does it?
Fenistil Drops is a whole other story when we talk about mosquito bite treatment. I have seen it makes wonders to severe mosquito bites reactions. Since it is a prescription medicine, you must see your doctor (M.D.) before using it. If one of your kids suffers from mosquito bite allergy, you better ask your physician for a spare Fenistil bottle.
Out of my experience, a mosquito bite near the eye that causes the eye to swell is generally followed by prescription for Fenistil Drops. After taking the medicine the eye swelling is almost gone in just few hours. The other mosquito bites stopped itching as well shortly after swallowing the drops, even though the bitten child kept scratching.
You probably heard of and maybe tried few of the common homemade first-aid mosquito bite treatments, like baking soda or soap with water, ice, alcohol, fruit remedies (i.e. banana skin or lemon/lime), aloe-vera and more. Since the mosquito bite reaction and treatment for each of us is personal, you should always use what works best for you! A cheap soap, of the kind that dries your skin, used to work fine for me.
Beside mosquito bites treatment to control their itch and swelling affects, you should also consider the risk of infection by scratching the bites and the more severe infection by diseases carried by the biting mosquito, like West Nile Virus & Malaria. Accordingly, avoiding bites by using a good mosquito repellent is always the best preventive treatment!
Today there are several mosquito bite treatments, so I will focus only on some I’m familiar the best with. I used to put on me and my family mosquito bites Fenistil Gel. I heard many good reviews about this product so I used it. To tell you the truth, I was not sure it really helped. Like the tooth paste, maybe the gel was really helping or just the result of waiting without scratching… but it doesn’t really matter, does it?
Fenistil Drops is a whole other story when we talk about mosquito bite treatment. I have seen it makes wonders to severe mosquito bites reactions. Since it is a prescription medicine, you must see your doctor (M.D.) before using it. If one of your kids suffers from mosquito bite allergy, you better ask your physician for a spare Fenistil bottle.
Out of my experience, a mosquito bite near the eye that causes the eye to swell is generally followed by prescription for Fenistil Drops. After taking the medicine the eye swelling is almost gone in just few hours. The other mosquito bites stopped itching as well shortly after swallowing the drops, even though the bitten child kept scratching.
You probably heard of and maybe tried few of the common homemade first-aid mosquito bite treatments, like baking soda or soap with water, ice, alcohol, fruit remedies (i.e. banana skin or lemon/lime), aloe-vera and more. Since the mosquito bite reaction and treatment for each of us is personal, you should always use what works best for you! A cheap soap, of the kind that dries your skin, used to work fine for me.
Beside mosquito bites treatment to control their itch and swelling affects, you should also consider the risk of infection by scratching the bites and the more severe infection by diseases carried by the biting mosquito, like West Nile Virus & Malaria. Accordingly, avoiding bites by using a good mosquito repellent is always the best preventive treatment!
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