A midge is a small fly that causes terrible trouble to a person. This happens both in spring, in summer and even in autumn. What harm does this insect bring to a person, and what is the treatment for a midge bite?
Mischief Trouble
With their mass character, these insects can cause quite a lot of trouble, which will bring a lot of inconvenience to adults and can be dangerous for children. The minimum size of midges makes them hardly noticeable, which allows them to freely climb under human clothing, as well as fly into the eyes and enter the respiratory system.
Mosquito bite
Swelling, treatment and discomfort - all this can be provided by only one single midge! When an insect is on the surface of a human body, it greedily bites through its skin, extracting blood from there - its favorite food. The saliva of midges in its chemical composition contains some substances that are harmful to our he alth.
The bite of the midge, the treatment of which we will discuss below, is almost painless. The fact is that the insect introduces a kind of "anesthesia" into the wound, and then an anticoagulant,preventing blood clotting. Moreover, enzymes, hemolytic poison and histamines enter the human blood.
After a while, the bite site begins to swell, burning, itching and soreness appear. Often, all this is accompanied by an increase in body temperature. It is worth noting that itching and swelling can make themselves felt from two days to several weeks. It is during this period that there is a great danger that any infection will get into the wound.
At home
If you are still bitten - do not despair! We will tell you how to treat a midge bite at home.
- You need to quickly treat your wound with any alcohol-based solution. In addition, an aqueous soda solution, lemon juice, and even vinegar are suitable as improvised means.
- No midge bite treatment can be done without the use of cold: apply any cold object to the affected area, this will significantly reduce the further development of swelling.
- If a pharmacy is nearby - run there! You need to take any of the antiallergic drugs: Diphenhydramine, Tavegil, Suprastin.
Treatment of midge bite in nature
- If you were bitten away from home, then you can treat your wound with natural "medicines": collect mint leaves, bird cherry, parsley, garlic and onions. Try to grind it all into a fine gruel, then apply it on the affected area of the body.
- You can also use younggrated potatoes. Apply the resulting slurry to the wound for 10 minutes.
- When you arrive home, treat the wound with brilliant green, hydrogen peroxide or, at worst, the Soviet Zvezdochka balm.
All of the above recommendations are for guidance only. In any case, you will need to visit a doctor who will examine the affected area and prescribe the appropriate treatment.
In addition, do not forget about the prevention and deliberate avoidance of bites by these insects. To do this, in nature, it is necessary to use various repellents that repel midges, mosquitoes and other parasites.
