Take a look at online celebrity mosquito repellent products, which are IQ taxes？
Original editor Big Fish Seven Points Mom
As soon as summer arrives, parents will start to worry-their delicate babies are simply a happy buffet for mosquitoes, and many "red envelopes" will appear if they are not careful. Snow-white pink little arms and legs turned into "red bean zongzi", and the children cried and the parents were at a loss.
In summer, how can we ride the wind and waves to give the baby the best protection?
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A small mosquito can do thousands of harm.
Generally speaking, female mosquitoes bite humans. Because human blood is an excellent "nutritional supplement" for TA, which is beneficial for mosquitoes to lay eggs, and only a small "pool" is enough for mosquitoes and grandchildren … This is why there are mosquitoes at home all the time.
Mosquitoes can spread viruses and parasites through saliva, and can spread up to 80 diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya fever, yellow fever, Zika virus disease, Japanese encephalitis, malaria and filariasis.
Especially since the summer, dengue fever has broken out in many areas, and parents’ demand for mosquito repellent for their babies has further increased in hot summer.
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To prevent mosquitoes scientifically, we must also understand the methods.
Why do mosquitoes prefer babies? First, because of the hot weather, the baby loves to move, and his body is often sticky because of sweat. At the same time, it is mixed with milk fragrance such as lactation, which is particularly attractive to mosquitoes. Secondly, because the baby’s skin is delicate, it is very easy to be pierced by mosquitoes, and there is no ability to drive away mosquitoes, so mosquitoes attack the hardest hit areas.
1. Physical mosquito control is very useful, but there are inevitably omissions.
Want to prevent mosquitoes, in addition to physical mosquito repellent, such as using mosquito nets, keeping the home dry and reducing stagnant water and sewage. There is also wearing long-sleeved trousers for children, but the hot weather is not conducive to summer heat, and the role of electric mosquito swatter is really limited, and physical mosquito repellent is hard to prevent.
2. Mosquito-repellent incense is effective, but infants should use it with caution.
If you choose some products such as mosquito-repellent incense, electric mosquito-repellent incense tablets/liquids, pesticides, etc., according to the requirements of national standards, most of the effective components of various mosquito-repellent products contain pyrethroids.
Pyrethroids, collectively known as pyrethroids, are actually low-toxic pesticides used to control health pests and their vectors, which can enter the human body through digestive tract, respiratory tract and skin mucosa.
It is safe for adults, but it may cause dizziness, headache, abnormal nerve sensation and even paralysis for special people such as the elderly, the weak, the sick and the pregnant.
3. Chemical mosquito repellent, reasonable selection of safe ingredients.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed that the following three ingredients are available to babies: DEET, Picaridin and mosquito repellent ester (IR3535, Imonen).
ingredient
Mosquito repellent duration
matters need attention
DEET; DEET
10-12h
The concentration should be less than 30%
Pai Ka Rui Ding
8h
The concentration is 5%~10%
Mosquito repellent ester
4-8h
The concentration is 10%~20%, and the effect is average.
The above three ingredients are safe for babies over 2 months old. For safety reasons, it is not recommended that mothers apply various mosquito repellent products to babies under 2 months!
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Online celebrity mosquito repellent products are all IQ taxes?
Every year, new popular mosquito repellent products appear, under the banner of various high-tech and imported products, actually harvesting IQ tax. Today, let’s break the brainwashing package together.
Various mosquito repellent stickers and mosquito repellent bracelets
This kind of product is to infiltrate the liquid medicine into it, and long-term contact with the skin will cause risks such as rash; Those who flaunt natural attributes are less effective or ineffective. At the same time, because it is only used for some skin, it is ineffective for the whole body.
"Foreign Monks" such as Wubidi and Qingcao Ointment
Although foreign monks are fond of chanting scriptures, these two products are very popular this year because of the concept of "nature and safety", but in fact both products contain menthol and camphor.
The United States stipulates that drugs containing camphor are only used for children and adults over two years old, and Health Canada also regards camphor as a harmful substance that is prohibited for children.
After the instructions of the topical liniment containing diphenhydramine in China, it was found that it was clearly emphasized under the contraindications of drugs that infants, pregnant women and lactating women were prohibited. So don’t give these two products to the baby.
Toilet water and essential balm
These can’t prevent and protect mosquito bites at all, and they have a strong irritating taste, and even some children may have allergic reactions, which are not suitable for infants. Some of them will add menthol and camphor, so be wary!
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The baby was bitten, what should I do?
If you have just been bitten, wash it with soapy water quickly and then apply cold compress.
If the baby’s lump is red and big, then the best antipruritic drug for infants is calamine lotion!
The ingredients of calamine lotion are very safe, which is listed in the list of essential drugs for children by the World Health Organization (WHO) and recommended as a safe drug for infants and young children. Parents can apply calamine lotion 2~3 times a day to the affected area where the baby is bitten, so as to achieve the effects of astringing the bite package, diminishing inflammation, calming down and relieving itching.
But if the baby has scratched it, you can’t use the above two methods! ! You can choose iodophor to clean the wound and then apply ointment to your baby.
In short, to repel mosquitoes, we still have to believe in science, and wish our babies no "mosquitoes" in the world.
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