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- Mosquito bite
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- Bug bite
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- Tick bite
How to distinguish a bug bite from a mosquito bite - in appearance, location, painful symptoms. Almost at the same time of the year, mosquitoes and ticks begin to wreck. Therefore, the question arises of how to distinguish a tick bite from a mosquito bite. When examining a single bite, it is almost impossible to determine which insect attacked. Several signs need to be considered.
Mosquito bite
Blood requirement for mosquito females appears after fertilization, so that the development of eggs begins. Overnight mosquito is able to bite about 15 times, but this is in case something prevents her - the movement of a person, an unsuccessfully punctured vessel. The female tries to immediately drink the amount of blood she needs, and this is 2 times more than she weighs - 5.5 ml.
Bites mosquito in places not covered by clothes, blankets. It is particularly active in the dark, especially in the evening, but can attack in the afternoon.
On a note!
Mosquitoes bite over different parts of the body - arms, legs, head, back, neck, shoulders. Bites arranged randomly, this is the main difference from bedbugs.
After a puncture of the skin, the female injects a special substance that prevents blood from clotting, and facilitates nutrition. An insect attack can immediately notice a waking person. Prickly pain, burning sensation instantly appears. After a few seconds appears swelling and redness, the affected area begins to itch.
Fine allergic reaction to a mosquito bite as follows:
- blister no more than 5 mm in diameter;
- edema is present the first 2 hours;
- itching is eliminated after treatment with a disinfectant;
- unpleasant symptoms pass within a day;
- the skin is completely restored in 3 days.
You can distinguish a mosquito bite from other insects by a mild degree of damage to the skin. With the right approach get rid of unpleasant symptoms succeeds during the day. Mosquitoes are especially active in biting young children, women, and men.
Interesting!
Scientists have found why mosquitoes do not bite all people. And it's not just the thickness of the skin. According to research by experts, attracts mosquitoes the natural smell of a person is sweat, carbon dioxide when exhaling. Mosquitoes are able to determine the location of the victim for 30 m. Adverse conditions can reduce the activity of pests - excessive dryness, temperature above 25 degrees Celsius, cooling.
Bed bug
Bed bugs parasitize with the same activity regardless of the time of year, because they live in a person’s house. Comfortable temperature for normal life bugs 20-28 degrees Celsius. Parasites feed exclusively on human blood, therefore they form nests in the room where the person sleeps.
On a note!
The bugs are active at night, from about 3 hours to 8 in the morning. Locate the victim by the smell of carbon dioxide, which is released during exhalation. Eating begins when a person falls asleep firmly, stops moving. Therefore, bites are detected in the morning.
Power Features
Adult female eats 1 time in 10 days. Larvae of different generations almost every other day.For bed bugs, the periodicity of the appearance of bites is characteristic, due to the peculiarity of nutrition. However, with severe infection of the premises, traces of the attack appear almost every day.
On a note!
During the bite, the bug injects a special substance that dilutes the blood, prevents clotting, and also anesthetizes for several minutes. For this reason, the sleeping person does not feel the attack of the parasite, and the traces bedbugs detects only in the morning.
Appearance
It is almost impossible to distinguish between a mosquito bite and a bug bite. Swelling, redness, a small dark spot in the center of clotted blood. However, the itching is much stronger, and the location of the prokus has a certain sequence.
The female drinks about 7 ml of blood in one meal, the meal lasts about 20 minutes. During this time, the insect bites several times, at a small distance. Characteristic traces remain in the form of a track, the blisters themselves are placed in pairs. This is the main sign how to recognize the presence of bed bugs in the house.
On a note!
Bedbugs select certain areas of the body where the vessels are located closer to the surface - neck, back, arms, legs. Almost never bite for the stomach, head, chest. They prefer the delicate skin of a child, women, men less often suffer from parasite attacks. Open areas of the body are attacked, but with a strong feeling of hunger, bedbugs can easily crawl under the covers.
Another difference is that bedbug bites are much more painful, heal more slowly, and itching worries several days. The final restoration of the skin, without the addition of a secondary infection and the development of severe allergies occurs within a week.
Tick bite
Mite It is active in the warm season, spends most of the time in the grass, on trees, shrubs. When it enters the human body, it searches for places with thin skin. Tick bites found in the groin, armpits, abdomen, chest, neck, head, ears, lower back.
With a normal reaction of the body to an attack of insects, a small swelling appears on the puncture site, redness, a dark dot in the center. The bite differs from the mosquito in a larger area of redness, less swelling. Itching does not always occur. At the place where there is discomfort, you can find the protruding abdomen of the insect. Need to be neat extract tick tweezers, thread or seek help from a medical facility.
