What if I get bitten by a mite? What are the symptoms of a bite? How to kill it?

Hot summer weather, humidity, easy to breed mites, daily use of the mat is likely to exist mites, after being bitten by the skin pimple pain and itching unbearable, generally many people think it is mosquito bites, but mite bites are much slower than ordinary mosquito bites, so how to be bitten by mites? What are the symptoms of a bite? How to kill it?

Mite is a kind of micro-pest which is not visible to the naked eye. There are also many species of mites, more than 500,000 species have been identified, which are generally divided into dust mites, acaroid mites, sweet mites, gamasid mites, chigger mites and other categories, among which dust mites are the most widely distributed and have the greatest influence. Although it is only about 30-300 microns, dust mites are a strong allergen. The bodies, secretions and feces of mites are all allergens, entering the respiratory tract or touching the skin, sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose, itchy nose, ears, cough, asthma and other symptoms.

Distinguish: is it a mite or a mosquito bite?

The characteristic of mite bite is edematous wind mass-like red papule and edema. There are often insect bite stasis spots in the center of the bite, and into pieces, the rash scratches more and more red and swollen, scratches after scab, will leave pigmentation spots, about a week before subsiding.

After mosquito bites, the pimples are red and swollen. Scratching the rash properly can temporarily relieve itching without leaving spots or scars. It will disappear for a few hours or 1-2 days.

What should the baby do after being bitten by mites?

After being bitten by mites, do not scratch frequently so as not to cause skin damage and infection. If you want to relieve the itching and swelling of the baby, you can apply a cold compress to reduce the swelling. Put the wet towel in the refrigerator (or wrap the ice directly in the towel) and apply a continuous cold compress on the part where the baby is bitten (cold compress every 2 to 3 hours) to help reduce the swelling. Can also be externally used a variety of antipruritic agents, such as calamine lotion, Concord antipruritic liquid, but to be careful with hormone ointment, this kind of drug for the baby is not recommended for long-term use, generally 3 days is appropriate, no more than a week.

Reminder: toilet water will become more and more itchy.

Mite dermatitis belongs to inflammatory reaction, and paints such as toilet water mostly contain ingredients such as mint and camphor, which not only can not improve the local inflammation of the baby's skin, but will produce allergic reactions. Do not apply medicine by yourself, it is best to be treated under the guidance of a doctor.

How to avoid mite bites

In order to let the baby spend the summer safely, parents should do a good job of prevention before the coming of summer, such as keeping the indoor and surrounding environment dry and ventilated, often exposing the baby's bedding in strong sunlight and vacuuming frequently. In the mite "crime" season, grass and bamboo products such as straw mats, pillow mats and sofa mats should be rolled up and beaten on the ground every day, so that many mites hidden in the cracks can be removed. If you encounter high humidity weather, even if the temperature is not high, you can also use the air conditioner to pump moisture.

Wash your baby frequently and change your clothes frequently. Baby's underwear, especially underwear, should be exposed to the sun after washing. In case of rain or cloudy days, the underwear should be blistered and dried.

Mites like dampness best. Except when drying the quilt, try not to make the quilt, but not to make the quilt. Get up as you sleep, and don't fold the quilt. In this way, mites will suffocate and starve to death without fresh air and moisture.

Often drying quilts, especially straw mats that are easy to breed mites, should often be exposed to the sun. After drying, attention should be paid to hammering the straw mats to the ground to reduce the mites hidden in them.

Camphor essence blocks can be put under mattresses or straw mattresses to drive away mites. After summer, when collecting straw mattresses, camphor pills or camphor essence blocks can also be put to inhibit the growth and reproduction of mites.

Summer is coming, it is best to put away the carpet, if you can only use the carpet family, it is appropriate to regularly (at least every year before entering the summer) to wash the carpet with special carpet detergent. Vacuum the carpet every day, spray insecticide on the carpet every once in a while, open the window for ventilation after spraying, and don't stay indoors. Only when there is no smell on the carpet can the baby move on the carpet.

What should adults do after being bitten by mites?

1, when taking a bath, do not use general bath lotion, wash with medicinal soap or sulfur soap, it is recommended to take a few more baths a day in hot summer, do not let sweat make the situation worse, try to stay indoors, do not bask in the sun, do not sweat.

2. Drugs can be used, and the effect of oral administration is better. Loratadine is taken orally, calamine lotion is used externally with triamcinolone acetonide acetate spray, several times a day, or vitamins preferably vitamin C and calcium gluconate can be taken orally, which can be bought in these pharmacies.

3. Spraying mineral water on the affected area can also kill bacteria and relieve itching, prevent scratching with fingernails, and bacteria in fingernails can cause infection, delay recovery and leave scars.

Tips: 5 tips for killing mites

1. Anti-mite strategy 1: regular ventilation

Mites like humid, high temperature, cotton and linen fabric and ash environment, 20-25 ℃, relative humidity 65% Mel 80%, very suitable for the development and reproduction of dust mites. Therefore, dryness and frequent ventilation are the best weapons to eliminate them. In order to thoroughly control the harm of mites in the family, we must often open doors and windows, adhere to ventilation and light transmission, especially when using air conditioners, we should pay more attention to indoor ventilation and ventilation.

2. Anti-mite strategy 2: drying new clothes frequently

In addition to being unable to go to heaven, mites go everywhere, especially like to settle down on cotton and linen fabrics. So you must always clean and dust your clothes. You can wash your bedding with about 50 ℃ of hot water every two weeks or so. But also try to simplify the layout of the bedroom to facilitate dust removal, it is best not to spread carpets, do not put tapestries and other things that are easy to accumulate dust at home.

3. Anti-mite strategy 3: wet "operation" cleaning mode

Mites hidden in beds and sofas and their droppings may fly in the air as they clean up the room and then be inhaled into the bronchi, easily causing obvious allergic symptoms. When cleaning, you must pay attention to using wet rags or special anti-mite rags to form the habit of wet "work". You must avoid raising dust and reduce the opportunities for mites to disperse in the air.

4. Anti-mite strategy 4: do not store too much food

Mites also have a preference for food: foods such as biscuits and milk powder are places where acaroid mites thrive, while foods with high sugar content, such as white sugar, slice sugar, maltose and syrup, are favorites of sweet mites, and if they are accidentally let into the body, it will become a hidden danger for people to get sick. Therefore, the storage of food in the home should not be too much, and the time should not be too long. All drugs with syrup, such as granulated sugar, sugar Yee and syrup, should be tightened after taking.

5. Anti-mite strategy 5: stay away from pets and flower fertilizer

Raising flowers and plants at home is a good way of life, but it is best not to use flower fertilizers, because there are many mites and fungi in the fertilizers, and flowers can also be fertilized on the roots of flowers and plants, which not only gives flowers and plants more nutrients, but also reduces the growth rate of mites. In addition, pets sometimes become the living environment for mites. If you have pets at home, you must remember to bathe and disinfect them often.