Reaction to mozzie bites - how much is too much?

DD2 was bitten about a dozen times by a single mozzie in my bedroom this afternoon before I was able to squash it. She started complaining they were itchy and when I looked at them the bites were almost growing as I looked at them. In the space of 20 mins the bite area was a blister about 2cm in diameter and another 10 m around that was an angry red. She had 4 on her back and half o her back was read :(

I put on some anaesthetic cream which stopped the pain but they didn't reduce in size til I have her an anti histamine. Do you think I should get this checked by a dr as it seems like a massive reaction. I don't react when I get bitten so I don't know what's normal.

Thanks for your help!

hello,
my dd also has really bad reactions to mozzie bites. we recently discovered the hard way she also has serious reaction to ant bites, like bull ants or jumping jacks (we are in the country). the more she is bitten the worse reaction she has, and now we have to take her to the doctor if she is bitten.
none of this helps you!
i also have bad reactions to mozzie bites, and her father is allergic to ant bites, so its possibly hereditary.

i would keep antihistamine on hand, thats what the doctor will give anyway. they only give a needle if its super serious with swelling in the mouth etc.

My DS1 gets welts from mozzie bites too, but he doesn't seem to find them painful? I'd definitely see the dr if you are worried though.

When my dd was little her mossie bites would swell to the size of 20c pieces and they loved her so she would always seem to get heaps not just one or two. One dose of claratyne was usually all that was needed to settle them. The cream didn't seem to help much as she would still scratch and then the cream would hurt as the skin would be broken. I didn't like giving drugs for bites but I thought it was better than days of discomfort and itching.

Go the antihistamine. My DS has a severe allergic reaction to Mosquitos. At one point his kinder got an epi pen as they were concerned. His whole face swelled up once due to two mosquito bites and he is prone to a fever or localised body heat (ie the are will start to burn up). It's actually called skeeter syndrome.

Thanks everyone. She has always been bitten by them but recently the reactions have been getting worse. I'll get her to the dr to get it checked and keep some antihistamines with me from now on.

Same thing happened to my ds over summer just gone. He had clarantyne, only two doses and swelling went down.
Not sure how old your child is but mine is 3 and the dr also got me to worm him. The worms take a lot of vitamin b from their little bodies which causes the reactions. Also we now Give him pentavite vitamin just to keep him boosted up!
We did the one time conbantrum wormer!

my dd2 has a bad reaction to mozzies. she got one on her finger and i thought her skin might actually burst it was so huge. the doc (yes i took her to the doc) just said anti histamine and unless she showed any other signs of reaction other than just skin swelling that it was just something shed have to deal with and probably grow out of a bit. but they last for weeks and go lumpy after about 5 days and blister up!! poor chicken! she got about 10 bites on her feet a few months ago and couldnt sleep for weeks, would wake up crying ever hour!! make mozzy repellent your friend!! i have a good tea tree based one (not deet!!).

My DD's have very bad reactions too (but so do I) however I have noticed that they have become less as they get older so maybe they develop more of a tolerance as they get bigger.

My girls can get quite sever reactions to mozzies as well, mum said i did as a child but outgrew it.
There are quite a few products on the market now to assist in them NOT being bitten so they are worth a try.

1. Mozzie Bands - can be quite expensive $20 for an 8 pack but the girls tried them and didn't seem to get bitten.
2. Barrier repelling wrist bands - was about $5 for a 2 pack from IGA but lasts up to 160hrs (if put back in tis carrier) - haven't used them yet but going to.
3. Mozzie plug-ins - we had these in DD1's room - worked well but 1 night it over heated so we got rid of it.
4 Mozzie Dots - a friends little girls have SEVERE reactions and she has these little stick on dots you can put on clothes.
5. Aeroguard etc.
6. Citronella candles

These are just some of the ideas i put in place for DD over summer aside from long sleeve clothing etc.

In the meantime though we have claratyne at home and take it camping and if worst came to worst i still have DD2's epi pen.
Once DD's ear swelled up so bad DP took her to hospital :(

Hope she's ok hun, i'd get her checked at the Dr just in case they think she might need an Epi or something though, you can never be too cautious.
The other thing to remember is mozzies can carry viruses so if you see a severe or longer lasting reaction it's good to get them checked out JIC... DP's cousin got Ross River Fever and it wasn't nice :(