Day: April 26, 2020

How to Stop Mosquito Bites from Itching

The whiny sound a mosquito makes in your ear can leave you perturbed. However, this feeling is almost always temporary and is, in comparison, nothing like the itch that follows after a bite from a mosquito. Why do mosquito bites itch and leave victims in so much discomfort? How long does a mosquito bite itch last? The more pressing question is, what can be done to stop mosquito bites from itching?  Mosquito Bites and Why They Itch?              When the saliva from a mosquito’s bite enters the body of a human being, the victim’s immune system treats it as a foreign substance. This triggers the immune system to release histamine to fight the foreign substance or infection. Histamine directs white blood cells and increased blood flow to the infection site, resulting in inflammation. This increased swelling and nerves in the neighboring membranes cause the mosquito bite to itch.