If you are one of the many people who enjoy lots of time outdoors during the summer, you are sure to have suffered from a bite mosquito reaction.  Female mosquitoes are the only ones who actually bite humans, and when they do bite, they are actually sucking your blood from your skin.  The female will inject the skin with some of her saliva, which is filled with anti-coagulants to protect her proboscis from getting stuck in your skin.  The saliva itself is what causes a bite mosquito reaction for most people.

Unfortunately, most people don�t realize how badly they have been bitten until up to 24 hours after the initial bite.  You may have been out hiking one day and wake up the next to find yourself covered in bite mosquito reaction welts.  You may be tempted to scratch at your bites until you get some relief, but this can actually cause more damage.

Scratching a bite mosquito reaction can cause small tears in the skin, where bacteria can then enter and infect your wounds even more.  The best way to ease the pain and itch is to apply a calamine lotion, or a lotion or cream that contains some sort of anti-itch ingredient like hydrocortisone.  Sometimes a warm bath with sea salts or a cool ice compress can also soothe the pain and itch.