Comments on: Over 40 Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Tips

By: d0g10ver

d0g10ver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:42:59 +0000

The lemon juice thing totally worked! We actually had frozen lemon juice ice cube’s in our freezer and i put one on there for about a minute and it worked great no itch!! thx!

By: Majd

Majd — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:38:26 +0000

Localised heat is the only thing that works for me.

I’m allergic to mosquito bites, so I get extensive swelling – with a bad bite I can get a swelling that’s three inches across. The skin becomes hot and tight and the itch is unbearable – but the more I scratch, the worse the swelling will be. These bites are not infected, just terribly swollen (I’ve had them so bad I’ve been sent to the A&E department by a friend who’s a nurse and was very concerned by the site of my swollen foot!)

I tried literally everything – oral antihistamines, topical creams, home remedies – I’ve walked around with bananaskins clingfilmed onto my feet, baking soda paste on my hands and various over the counter remedies on other parts of me, and they just do not work. The itch persists, I scratch (willpower only goes so far – and I have been known to scratch in my sleep) and the bite swells up.

Topical application of localised heat dissipates the histamine all at once and stops the itching. A whole hot shower is a bit excessive – try just tipping a clean flannel into water that’s as hot as you can stand it, and applying it as a compress to the bite site. Hold it against the bite – I try to do it for 10 seconds. It takes the itch out of the bites for anything up to eight hours. No itch, no scratching. No scratching, and while I still get an allergic reaction, the bumps are more like an inch of swelling, not huge lumps. They also heal far more quickly.

My personal combination now is an oral antihistamine (for good luck more than anything else), hot compresses followed by antiseptic cream, and then an oral anti-inflammatory to help bring the swelling down. It usually puts paid to my bites in two or three days, whereas before I could suffer for a week or ten days with a bad bite.

Oh – and of course never underestimate the efficacy of just not getting bitten, which is sometimes easier said than done!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:07:55 +0000

My mom always said human saliva was the best remedy. That is, licking or spitting on the bite She said there was some enzyme in it that did the work. I’ve never had it work for me, and I also don’t recommend this if you have DEET or something sprayed on already *ew*

By: Ruth H

Ruth H — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:10:08 +0000

My 5yr old son gets huge bites that get very swollen and hard and warm to the touch.
I put white vinegar (put some on a tissue and then dab onto the bite) on his bites and it helps a lot. I have used it on my own bites and it relieves the itch fairly soon after applying.
If I apply to my son’s bites fairly soon after noticing them, the swelling is gone buy the next day, or sooner. If I miss a bite – it takes much longer to go down and stop itching.
So the vinegar seems to work well for us and my son doesn’t itch afterwards.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:33:03 +0000

Omg thank you so much! I recently went out for the weekend without any repelant and my legs have been eaten alive! I have welts all over me from the mozzies, so hopefully some of these tips will help

By: Lucy Keeling

Lucy Keeling — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:45:56 +0000

Im going to Sri Lanka in 3 days and im SO scared im going to be bitten badly (when i get bitten within 24 hours the bites get really hot, a huge red patch developes and a blister forms and grows and grows until it pops- sorry gross i know! The blister will then fill up again and again and just weep for atleast 2 days) its hell. Ive written down so many of your suggestions so thanks! I went to Italy 3 years ago and the chemist there gave me a cream and said apply it as soon as i think ive been bitten. It was magic- it would completely stop the bite forming. And if i applied it after the bite had developed it still helped to heal it really quickly. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS CREAM WAS CALLED IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO ANY BODY PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! It came in a tube and the cream was white.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:10:36 +0000

Skin So Soft from Avon is supposed to help keep them off of you. I don’t know if that works but I do know it does help the itch for about 8 hrs per application

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:43:42 +0000

there may be something to that. I am A pos and I have over 50 bites on my legs right now. I am trying everything but at the moment myh legs are covered with aspirin paste and it has kept me from scratching…..also took a couple of aspirin figured I would work from outside in and inside out!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:06:24 +0000

Ive just been demolished by mosquitos. I did a total body count and have 206 bit marks.

The hot shower didn’t work. Camamile lotion didn’t work.

Lucas Papaw Ointment did. I feel great but sticky.

By: Sid

Sid — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:35:37 +0000

I know this is all about the aftermath, but try drinking lemon juice before or Indian tonic water. The quinine helps put mosquitoes off. For some it taste nice other maybe not..

Its the same as tonic water but with added quinine. And its not alcoholic

Also do not scratch with your nails… You will break your skin and leave marks. Use a cloth or your sleeve and do it lightly…