Why do Mosquito bites itch?




When a mosquito bites, she leaves behind saliva. In fact, the saliva present in mosquito bites serves the mosquito well, since it works as an anti-coagulant. These means the mosquito can quickly draw blood without catching your attention.

The saliva injected when a mosquito bites causes our bodies to produce a histamine response. We have a slight allergy response, and thus our skin around the bite area gets itchy. This can actually be a good thing, even if it’s an annoying one, because mosquito bites can transfer disease. In the US, risk of West Nile Virus is the main concern. In other countries, mosquito bites may transfer malaria and other quite nasty germs. If our bodies didn’t
respond with the itch factor to mosquito bites, we might not realize we’d been bitten. Though knowing you’ve been bitten may not prevent the spread of disease, you can tell your doctor about it if you develop severe flu symptoms a few days or weeks later.

Some people build up a tolerance to mosquito bites. They may barely notice when they’ve been bitten, and the skin may not swell up. This is sort of like getting allergy shots. Small doses of mosquito saliva over time can cause us to become immune to the saliva. Adults more typically have less of a reaction to mosquito bites than do children. This immunity can wear off after a while, and an adult who hasn’t had mosquito bites for a few years might become itchy again after receiving a few new mosquito bites.

Other people may have strong allergic reactions to mosquito bites. These are not usually anaphylactic shock reactions, like those caused by bee venom in people allergic to bees. Instead the skin may develop blisters, bruises or scabs. A child with an allergic reaction to mosquito bites can look almost like he or she has a case of chicken pox. It can help people with extremely itchy mosquito bites to use oral antihistamines or topical antihistamine creams on bites. People who have a lot of bites and swelling from bites should be watched for possible infection of the bite sites.

Put a piece of Scotch tape (or similar) onto the bite. Leaving it there will make the itch almost entirely go away, and after a few hours, removing it will also remove some of the toxins that cause the itch. Or do one of the following things to get rid of itch.

Rub Baking soda and water paste, cut  lemon and rub it gently on affected area, apply some white cider vinegar on affected area (make sure wound is not open from itching), lavender oil too cn stop itching.
 

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Sure it does buddy :happy:

What if you have a hairy Arm.. Sotch tape and hairs.. Damn it..  : :

then use PENDU's advice:

mosuito bite ton yaad aeya,, Majj da goha loun naal, mosquito bite doesn't hurt... dard ghatt janda  :hehe:

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Some studies suggest that taking thiamine (vitamin B1) 25mg to 50 mg three times per day is effective in reducing mosquito bites. This safe vitamin apparently produces a skin odor that is not detectable by humans, but is disagreeable to pregnant mosquitoes. It seems to be especially effective for those people with large allergic reactions. Thiamine takes about 2 weeks before the odor fully saturates the skin. Garlic may work in the same way (except, of course, the odor is detectable by humans), but I have seen no scientific studies supporting this. One recent study was unable to demonstrate that garlic was an effective mosquito repellant.

Although, this may not be so ideal :pagel: 

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