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2 Year Old Mosquito Bites. You need to protect your toddler from mosquito bites. Anywhere she got bit the area would swell up and get hard as rock. Acutally what Id first like to know are the causes why my son reacts this way to mosquito bites as compared to my older one 9 years who get the usual reddness sore which soon disappears. These patients develop redness and swelling within hours of a mosquito bite.
Please suggest me how to cure the bumps on skin and make skin Normal. Interestingly only female mosquitoes bite as they feed on blood protein and iron source to provide nourishment to their eggs. I suspect it was a brown mosquito es. It happens pretty often that one catches mosquitoes biting on their children what you should do is gently sweep that mosquito from your childs skin and cold compress it. Make your toddler wear light colored clothes and avoid flowery prints to keep away the mosquitoes. Wash the bite area a few times a day and apply antibiotic ointment such as bacitracin polymyxin Polysporin.
Interestingly only female mosquitoes bite as they feed on blood protein and iron source to provide nourishment to their eggs.
9 Ways To Protect Your Toddler From Mosquito Bites. Children are more prone to mosquito bites than adults. Use insect repellent sparingly on the exposed skin of children over the age of 2 months old. Unfortunately some children will have whats known as a large local reaction or Skeeter syndrome This happens due to an allergy to mosquito saliva. She had at least 20 mozzie bites all over her body. The immune system views it as a foreign substance and immediately releases histamine.