If your child (4) had a lot of mosquito bites and they were bothering him - would you give him meds for it?
My son has a lot of mosquito bites right now it’s that time of year it’s brutal I have a bunch too. He has clearly been scratching at them and seems uncomfortable. I know you can take like children’s Benadryl or children’s reactin or whatever for it to help with the itch and swelling - my husband seems very against that. He’s like I never took anything for mosquito bites he doesn’t need it. And. I know he doesn’t really NEED it but if I could minimize his discomfort then I would? Would you guys give meds or leave it?
He has like 10 bites and they’ve been scratched clearly making them even more red and swollen 😭 just trying to enjoy nature before the weather gets colder and this is what I get 😭
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Do you have Vicks? It'll stop the itch. If he's been scratching at them and broke skin, I wouldn't do it. But it helps! We do it back home with something called zepol.
Also the scratching will cause scarring and he'll be in pain due to his skin going raw, so liquid Benadryl or something could help tremendously
I was also thinking like calamine lotion or ice or oat bath during the day but meds for night so it doesn’t bother him when he’s trying to sleep if it keeps him up at night
My daughter would itch aggressively and fixate on bites. I would just cover them with cortisone and bandaids and give her an ice pack.
I keep hydrocortisone spray around for just this purpose. We use bug spray, but me & my youngest are more prone to getting bites & we have a sort of allergic reactions & the bites swell way more on us, so we immediately use the spray & it starts working immediately & helps them heal twice as fast since we’re also not scratching them. Oh & my kids are 17 & 5, I’ve been using it every year since I can remember, we live in the country & deal with lots of mosquitos.
Personally have a bit of ptsd regarding allergic reactions so my anxiety would make me give him the Benadryl.
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