What can I do for swelling from black fly bites on a 4 year old? His forehead around his eyes and around his ears is red and quite warm. What should I do?
By Chris from Nova Scotia, Canada
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Common sense would tell me to take him to the doctor.
Take him to the doctor right away. Those bites might not be black flies. He also may need some medication.
My son also was a black fly magnet, he was a brittle diabetic so cut out sugars as it seems to make them very 'tasty' to black flies.
Benadryl helps with the itching.
Preventatives:
Spray baseball hat with bug spray.
Spray a bandana with bug spray and attach to back of hat so it hangs over the neck (also helps with preventing sunburns on neck).
Do not use sweet smelling sun block. I used the lip balm with SPF on M's ears to help keep the sun off and the grease seemed to help keep off the black flies.
Keep grass short, certain times of the day are worse than others. An area with breeze cuts down on the flies vs area that doesn't have air movement.
Go to the doctor ASAP!
If you have a cigarette, wet the tobacco with water cover that bite with the wet tobacco. The nicotine from the tobacco helps. I was stung by a bee and bite by biting flies and the pharmacist told me to get a cigarette and wet the tobacco.
There is a product on the market for denture pain called Benodent. It is a thick paste and because of the benzidine in it , it stops both the pain and itch.
We have them at our camp and people have recommended tucking dryer sheets in pant legs and arms, trying them around our dogs collars. Bug sprays don't work for me.
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