What look like bites of bugs in a child

Many parents, having noticed the redness on the skin in children, often confuse it with the manifestation of allergies or mosquito bites. Therefore, it is necessary to have an elementary idea of ​​how to distinguish a bug bite from other blood-sucking insects, because bed bugs are often found in kindergarten.

Why are bug bites dangerous for children?

Bed bugs, biting a person, leave a path of small red spots. Some simply do not notice them, while others begin to comb the place of the bite, suggesting that he was the victim of a mosquito. Especially sharply react to them by small children. The place of attachment of the bloodsucker turns red, a seal appears, the child does not feel pain, but begins to constantly comb the affected area of ​​the skin.

Important!

The body of allergic children will respond to bites more strongly, starting with an increase in body temperature and ending with anaphylactic shock.

Allergic reaction - This is the body's standard response to insect attacks. If the baby's skin reacts sharply to mosquitoes, then the same reaction will be to bugs. The main thing is to know what the bug bites look like in a child. An insect pierces a person’s skin several times at one meal, leaving a track of traces, unlike mosquitoes that drink blood in different places.

Given this, it can be easily distinguished when a bug, from another blood-sucking insect, became the cause of skin damage. Sometimes parasites manage to bite newborn children, then, in addition to skin rashes, their behavior also changes, they become restless, sleep poorly in the bed, constantly toss and turn and cry.

When the child was bitten by bugs:

• the area of ​​redness increases;
• the baby begins to scratch not only the place of attachment of the bloodsucker, but also absolutely healthy skin;
• the bite becomes hard, in the center you can see a barely visible blood plug;
• spots appear only after a night's sleep.

Feedback

In the mornings, she began to notice that her daughter woke up every time with new red blisters on her body. Since it’s warm outside, I thought it was mosquitoes. I put a cure for them at night, but the situation did not change for more than a month. The child became tearful, moody and constantly itchy. Walking on the street, a friend, looking at the spots, said that the matter was in bugs and advised me to carefully inspect the bed. Raising the mattress, I was horrified: there were about twenty insects on it. Immediately called the pest for killing bugs. A week later, the child slept a sweet dream, and no longer met insects.

Julia, Peter

One of signs of bed bugs in the house - This is a specific smell exuding insects. It resembles the fermentation of fruits or missing raspberries. It is necessary to carefully inspect the upholstered furniture and the mattress in the crib. If small black or brown spots are found, plus the smell and the path of bites on the child’s body, it is safe to say that bedbugs wound up in the apartment.

Symptoms that appear in a child after bedbugs

It is impossible to predict how children will respond to insect bites.Some may develop anaphylactic shock, while others will run as if nothing had happened, only occasionally scratching, small, red dots on the body. The characteristic symptoms and photos of bedbugs in children will help determine the cause of health problems with accuracy.

In addition to itching, redness of the skin, more serious symptoms appear:

• enlarged lymph nodes;
• an increase in body temperature to 38 degrees, which quickly decreases, if you give any antipyretic agent;
• headache;
• along with allergic redness of the skin, a runny nose, sneezing, sore and sore throat;
• abdominal pain and indigestion.

This symptomatology is similar to a common cold, so only a pediatrician can make an accurate diagnosis.

Bites of bed bugs in children can cause more severe symptoms, for the relief of which it is necessary to call an ambulance:

• difficulty breathing
• anaphylactic shock, manifested by severe swelling of the face, neck, loss of consciousness;
• when the bug managed to strongly bite the child, iron deficiency anemia develops due to blood loss.

Bedbugs in kindergarten

Finding insects in his home, everyone is surprised and begins to use all available means that can kill bugs. But everyone is indignant when bugs appear in the kindergarten and bite the child during a quiet sleep. Here, not one educator admits that there is such a problem. Parents will have to guess for themselves why the children went an incomprehensible rash on the body, and they are actively scratching it.

Feedback

She took her son to the kindergarten for a week and every time he came with an incomprehensible rash. He is not allergic, so I did not even look for a reason in the diet. Taking away from the garden, I noticed that other children were also with the same spots. The teacher was silent, until I myself noticed a bug in the locker. Bedbugs ate our children, and the garden manager did nothing. Immediately complained to the relevant authorities. She poisoned the bugs, but there is no longer any desire to give the child to such irresponsible people.

Svetlana, Voronezh

It is very difficult to establish the cause of the appearance of bugs. They are found not only in rural gardens, but also in prestigious pre-schools in the city of Moscow. They could be brought by a child from home on their clothes or shoes.

Important!

Failure to comply with sanitary rules, poor handling of bedding also causes breeding bugs.

Having appeared in one group, they are instantly transferred throughout the preschool institution. Parents who find bites on the child’s body after visiting the kindergarten should inform the teacher and the manager about this. If no measures have been taken, it is necessary to inform the sanitary and epidemiological station whose employees will come and conduct room processing. In another way, getting bugs out of a large garden will not work.

How to relieve symptoms in children after bedbugs

When a beloved child has become a victim of insects, parents should be prepared for any development of events, because in addition to the usual itching, a serious allergy can begin, so you need to know what to do if the child was bitten by bugs:

• to begin with, provide first aid using medications or folk remedies - if you follow simple rules, after 15 minutes the child will not feel itching and discomfort;
• when the baby occasionally scratches the skin, an ice cube is applied to the sore spot;
• quickly removes inflammation, redness and itching cooked gruel from soda and water: add a little water to a teaspoon of soda, mix and apply to the skin;
• prepare a decoction of chamomile, string, sage and lubricate the inflamed areas of the skin.

If the child is worried about severe itching, he becomes restless, spots grow, become hot, the temperature rises, you need to give any antihistamine:

• Loratadine;
• Fenistil;
• Eden;
• Citrine.

Apply gel to the skin:

• Fenistil;
• Afloderm;
• Psilo-Balm.

If necessary, give an antipyretic:

• Paracetamol;
• Ibuprofen

The children's body, due to the immaturity of the protective functions, react sharply to insect bites. Bed bugs can settle not only at home, but also in kindergartens. Parents of other children, who were also attacked and bitten, will be able to confirm the guess about the presence of insects in the institution. It is necessary to deal with uninvited guests as quickly as possible and only special sanitary services will help in this.