Suggest first aid for mosquito bite for an infant
Patient: Dear Sir, recently two three mosquitoes have bite my baby child running 2yrs 8mnths in the parking area of a shopping plaza, as the marks of bites are clearly visible on her legs, i am scared ........ as i have heard few of the cases of Dengue in our city. Pls advise what should be the immediate remedy/first aid to avoid dengue? Doctor: HiWelcome to HCMDon't worry.Every mosquito doesn't lead to dengue fever. It's caused only by Aedes aegypti mosquito which is infected.Diagnosis of dengue fever is usually made when a patient exhibits the typical clinical symptoms of headache, fever, eye pain, severe muscle aches, and petechial rash.For the time being just apply calamine lotion on local areas of mosquito bites. In case the child has any symptoms, you can go for blood exination to detect dengue antigen or IfM antibodies to dengue virus.