Ouch! Insects Bites

[kiasu_pig]

My boy recently came home from his childcare with more and more mosquitoes' bites on his legs, in particular his left's. Before the old bites had subsized, new fresh ones were bitten.


My boy's childcare is in a semi-deteched house, and I feedback to his teacher last week, and the centre replied \"the standard SOP reply\" - <<the school noted your concerns, we will put more insect repellent on your boy, the parents may put insect repellent patches on the kids if necessary\".>>

One teacher even advised us that my boy is prone to mosquitoes bites, as the other kids in the centre were not bitten or as \"seriously bitten\" as mine. I was quite piss off as my kid was in the centre for four months already, and the mosquitoes bites only got worse in the last month or so. The teacher quickly defended herself and said that \"when-&-when\" an NEA officer came to inspect their premises and had cerified them OK - she defended that it was probably the neighbouring houses that are breeding the mosquitoes ... After hearing her reply, I knew she was hopeless. :stupid:

[Bowie]

Hi ALL,


Just to share what I heard from my sis over the weekend.

My sis colleague's niece got a bite on face from an insect a few weeks back. It look harmless and something like a normal mosquito bite. So the parents applied medication as per usual.

Unfortunately, the wound actually contain germs that 'eat' human flesh!

Unlucky and also unlucky, they manage to stop the spreading of germs. Before it spread further. But it leaves a big scar on her face.

Just want to bring attention to all of you. Though it maybe rare, but sometime insect bites can be deadly.

[Funz]

My gal is also very prone to mozzy bites. And her body’s reaction to the bites are pretty bad. First it swells then it blisters and it takes a long time to heal.


For her calamine lotion doesn’t help with the itch. It is zambuk, mopiko and the hansaplast anti itch gel.

But for her our challenge is to prevent or reduce the possibility of her getting bitten. We live on a groundfloor unit with a garden so well, mozzies are our constant companion. I put Citronella gel pots near the garden doors and an Aromatic turned on 24/7 churning citronella aroma oils into the air plus 3 sets of KONK insect repellent that sprays every 7 mins mounted at various strategic locations. On top of that, my kids never leave home without applying insect repellent. Using the hansaplast repellent.

I am a bit concerned about longterm application of the insect repellent though but the moment I dun apply for her, she gets bitten if she steps into the garden. But I notice that her reaction to the bites are not that servere these days. So if the bites dun swell and blister anymore, I will reduce the use of applied repellent.

[thebusybee]

Funz


Lavender essential oil is safe to apply on kids too, you can try if it works on your child. It’s expensive but natural.

You really go all the way out to prevent bites. Pandan leaves repel mozzie too, they grow fast, no need maintenance and give nice scent to your garden.

My son’s like me, prone to mozzie bites too. I’m always the first to get kisses from them everywhere I go!

[Funz]

thebusybee:

Funz


Lavender essential oil is safe to apply on kids too, you can try if it works on your child. It's expensive but natural.

You really go all the way out to prevent bites. Pandan leaves repel mozzie too, they grow fast, no need maintenance and give nice scent to your garden.

My son's like me, prone to mozzie bites too. I'm always the first to get kisses from them everywhere I go!

I have pandan, lemon grass and chilli padi growing hale and healthy in my garden. Good for cooking too.

Yah no choice, if you see the blisters that she gets, not the small ones, she gets these really huge blisters the size of 20 cent coins that will burst and still be kind wet for days. My biggest fear is the sores getting infected.

[cloubhappy.05320live.05320com]

Try badger anti bug. It works well for my family.


For remedies of itch and redness, try dr lily aloe vera gel! Good!

[dido]

Hi,


The best medicine for itchy mosquito bites is Tiger Balm.

My doc recommended me when I brought my girl to see him for serious insect bites.

Apply immediately to prevent it from getting swollen.

Cheers!

[cookie77cookie]

Make sure you clear your pots or pails ,get rid of all the water to prevent the growth in numbers of mozzie…

You can buy mosquito patch from guardian or 7-11,it can help to prevent mozzie from your child,or for long term wise,i think you better get those plug in light/sound buzzer to be place near your child bed or room…


Good Luck!

[The Math Classroom]

rockmoo:

My girl is very prone to mosquito bite and they come nasty and huge. Anyone has any effective remedy to stop the itch and get rid of the big red swollen bites?

Usually prevention is better than cure so here are some ways to prevent it Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants (can consider tightly woven duds and light coloured clothings) and use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellents with one of the active ingredients below (image).

For cure, Ive been putting Mopiko all these while and its effective to reduce the red spots and itch.

For more info: https://www.cdc.gov/zika/prevention/prevent-mosquito-bites.html & http://www.prevention.com/health/stop-mosquito-bites/slide/5

Hope this helps!
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