What to do if you accidentally eat a mosquito

Mosquitoes are insects with long and thin mouthparts. Male mosquitoes feed on plant sap, while female mosquitoes feed on blood. Mosquitoes like to live near dirty water and can easily spread bacteria and viruses when biting the skin, becoming the spreader of many diseases, such as malaria or certain skin diseases. If a mosquito accidentally flies into your mouth, will there be any terrible consequences?

If you accidentally eat a mosquito and haven't spit it out, just drink more boiled water and don't worry too much. Although mosquitoes carry viruses or other pathogenic microorganisms, due to the protective function of the human gastrointestinal tract and the ability of the stomach to secrete hydrochloric acid that can kill viruses or bacteria, don't worry; eating just one mosquito will not affect your health.

If it is in your throat, you can gargle it with water. If you swallow it, it is okay. Such a small thing will not cause any harm to the human body. You can rinse your mouth to see if it can be rinsed out. If it goes into your stomach, don't worry, the gastric juice can digest it. You can drink more water and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C to promote the body's metabolism.

When you eat a mosquito in your mouth, you will vomit the insect out because of the salivary enzymes and the foreign body sensation. It is true that when you swallow it, there will be no harm due to the action of digestive enzymes and stomach acid, so it is okay.

Effective ways to repel mosquitoes in life:

1. Mosquitoes are afraid of spicy food. If you eat raw garlic, raw onions and other spicy vegetables, mosquitoes will stay away from you because they don’t like the spicy smell of garlic and other substances secreted by the human body.

2. Mosquitoes are afraid of volatile smells such as cooling oil and wind oil. Place a few boxes of opened cooling oil or wind oil in the room or apply them on your body, and mosquitoes will be dizzy and flee.

3. Mosquitoes are afraid of orange-red light, which has a good mosquito repellent effect. If there is no orange light bulb, you can also use light-transmitting orange paper (cellophane) to cover the light bulb, and mosquitoes will stay away.

4. The special smell that mosquitoes are afraid of. Use a few leaves of mint, basil or tomato, rub out the juice and apply it on the exposed skin of the body. Mosquitoes will smell the special smell of these plant juices and avoid them as much as possible. Be careful to stay away from the mouth and wounds when applying. Indian scientists have conducted experiments and found that applying peppermint oil on the skin can effectively repel more than 85% of various mosquitoes.

5. Mosquitoes are afraid of the smell of vitamin B. Apply vitamin C and vitamin B2 to the skin to keep mosquitoes away. Take vitamin B1 3-4 days before going out or soak it in water and rub it on your body. It is very effective and mosquitoes will not dare to approach you.

6. Mosquitoes are afraid of the smell of flowers. Place a few pots of tuberose, rose, mint, Milan, jasmine, pitcher plant, geranium, sweet olive, and carnivorous plants indoors and outdoors. Mosquitoes will flee when they smell the smell.

7. Mosquitoes are afraid of the smell of leftover tea leaves and mugwort leaves. You can collect some leftover tea leaves, dry them, and burn them in places where mosquitoes can easily enter and exit to repel them. Alternatively, you can roll dried moxa leaves into a rope, light it and place it indoors. The smoke can also repel mosquitoes.

8. To create a scent that mosquitoes are afraid of, use 2-3 pieces of star anise and fennel, which are condiments found at home, and soak them in a basin of warm water. Use it to wash your face, hands or take a bath. The faint fragrance on your body after washing is like an invisible protective shield, and mosquitoes will not dare to approach you. Put aromatic sawdust in a tin can, light it, and then put some dried citrus, orange or grapefruit peels on top. After burning, it will emit a very strong smell, and mosquitoes will flee when they smell it.

9. Set up a simple "trap" to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes like sweet tastes. Pour some sugar water into an empty wine bottle and a milk bottle. Leave a little liquid at the bottom of the beer bottle. Shake it gently a few times to make the inner wall of the bottle covered with liquid. Place them in places where mosquitoes are active. When mosquitoes smell the odor, they will automatically fall into the "bottle trap" and get stuck.

10. For the smells that mosquitoes don't like, use onions and green onions in small bundles and place them on windowsills, balconies or hang them next to light bulbs. They will also have the same mosquito repellent effect.

11. Washing powder water has a certain effect in killing and repelling mosquitoes.

12. Mosquitoes are sensitive to colors and prefer dark colors such as black and blue. They don’t like light colors. Wearing light-colored clothes such as white will attract fewer mosquitoes.