What should I do if my baby gets red and swollen after being bitten by mosquitoes?

The skin of babies is very tender, so they are very popular with mosquitoes under normal circumstances. Now that the weather is hotter, you will find that your baby's skin is very tender and it is easy to be bitten by mosquitoes. In order to avoid infection, you can first remove the stains and disinfect them, and then treat them.

Treatment

Avoid excessive scratching, otherwise it is particularly easy to get infected. Scratching will also stimulate the secretion of tissue fluid and lymph fluid in the skin. Not only will the local area become red and swollen, but the more you scratch, the more itchy it will become. Especially for allergic skin, the more you scratch, the more severe the itching may become, forming large areas of redness and swelling. If you feel itchy after being bitten by a mosquito, you may want to apply salt water or ice for a while to relieve the itching, or apply cooling and antipruritic agents such as cooling oil, insect bite medicine, compound calamine lotion, etc. on the local skin. Most toilet water is alcohol-based and is only suitable for topical application. It may cause discomfort when applied to a large area, and may also cause stinging when the skin is slightly damaged.

If redness and swelling occur after the bite, apply a cold towel first, then apply iodine, corticosteroid preparations such as Psoriasis Cream, Wuji Cream, and Fuqingsong, etc., which have anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, and analgesic effects on the redness and swelling, but cannot be used for a long time. When there are obvious signs of infection at the bite site, you should apply some anti-inflammatory ointment such as Bactroban to the affected area. If the infection is serious, you should go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the treatment.

Diet and health care

Depending on the different symptoms, there are different dietary requirements. Please ask the doctor specifically and formulate different dietary standards for specific diseases.

Preventive Care

In summer, use more mosquito repellent liquids and mosquito coils to prevent mosquitoes. And use some mosquito nets and other things. It should be noted that after mosquito bites, allergic symptoms such as redness and swelling will appear due to scratching. Hormonal drugs such as Pi Yan Ping and Elocon are not suitable for use. Once used, they will cause pigmentation on the wound surface and may cause symptoms such as skin atrophy and secondary infection on the wound surface.