A small itchy wound after a mosquito bite risks becoming a major nuisance. After all, the constant combing of injured skin - this is a high probability of infection. You can try to calm down unpleasant symptoms with the help of folk remedies. But they all bring only temporary relief. The excellent achievement of pharmacists - the gel from mosquito bites - will quickly help to forget about contact with an insect.
How to use a gel against mosquitoes?
To eliminate the negative impact of mosquito saliva after vinegar , neutralizing substances should be used. It is these components that make up the gels. The earlier the bite site is treated, the faster the blockage of harmful substances will occur, there will be no swelling, immediately itching will subside. All this will protect the skin from irritation and possible infection, and also help to avoid the likelihood of an allergic reaction.
Any gel from mosquito bites has an anesthetic effect. Therefore, they are also used for first degree burns. A little warning for children: the gel from mosquito bites can not be applied to large areas of the body, its use is possible only with local injuries. Here's how to properly use the gel from mosquito bites:
- Squeeze out a small amount of the drug from the tube (approximately 2-3 grams).
- Apply the gel to the vinegar, without rubbing it into the skin.
- Apply 3-4 times a day.
As a rule, itching stops after the first application of the gel. But to fix the effect, as well as the disappearance of swelling in the place of skin lesions, the remedy for mosquito bites is recommended to apply several times.
Gel against insect bites
In the pharmaceutical market there are not many quality gels from mosquito bites. The most popular of them are:
- Psilo-balm - gel from mosquitoes without a smell. It blocks antihistamine receptors, reduces the permeability of the capillary walls, has a cooling and analgesic effect.
- Fenistil-gel - a remedy for insect bites, small skin lesions, sunburn. This drug is also prescribed for cutaneous erythema of allergic origin to adults.
Contraindications to the use of mosquito bites
- age up to 1 month;
- presence of skin inflammations;
- bleeding;
- hypersensitivity to all components of the gel;
- glaucoma ;
- hyperplasia of the prostate;
- In the first trimester of pregnancy, as well as the lactation period, preparations of this type are used with caution.
After applying the gel, they are contraindicated:
- direct sunlight;
- external and internal use of ethyl alcohol in any quantities.