Can pregnant women light mosquito coils before sleeping?

There are a lot of mosquitoes in summer. If the weather is hot and the mosquito bites are very annoying, especially for pregnant women and babies, their bodies are weak. If mosquitoes keep biting, people will become more irritable. Many people usually use mosquito coils to kill mosquitoes, but mosquito coils contain some substances that some people worry are harmful to pregnant women. Can pregnant women smell mosquito coils?

Can pregnant women smell mosquito repellent?

The active ingredients of most mosquito coils are pyrethroid insecticides, as well as organic fillers, adhesives, dyes and other additives. The smoke from burning mosquito coils contains many substances that are harmful to the human body and may induce diseases such as asthma.

It is estimated that the amount of particles released by lighting a roll of mosquito coils is roughly the same as the amount of particles released by burning about 100 cigarettes. The ultrafine particles released can enter and remain in the lungs, which may cause asthma in the short term and cancer in the long term. The incomplete combustion of mosquito coil base materials produces carcinogens and some compounds that irritate the upper respiratory tract, which can poison the human nervous system.

If mosquito coils are used in the room for too long and the air is not ventilated, pregnant women are prone to chest tightness and dizziness, which can lead to a decrease in the number of fetal movements and even cause fetal hypoxia in the abdomen.

Therefore, long-term use of mosquito coils is harmful to human health, and even more harmful to pregnant women. In addition to the above-mentioned dangers, organic pollutants in chemicals such as mosquito coils may affect the intellectual development of the fetus and easily cause disorders in the fetal brain and nervous system.

How to prevent mosquito bites during pregnancy

1. Oral vitamin B is excreted from the body through sweat after being metabolized by the human body, and it will produce an odor that mosquitoes dare not approach. The dosage is to take 1 to 2 tablets of vitamin B1 orally one hour before going to bed, but do not take it in large quantities for a long time.

2. Some people are often bitten by mosquitoes, but people around them don’t feel anything. It turns out that mosquito bites have a lot to do with the color of clothes people wear. If you wear dark blue or brown clothes, you are more likely to be bitten by mosquitoes. So you should wear light-colored clothes in summer.

3. Place two or three opened bottles of cooling oil, wind oil, etc. near you. Mosquitoes will be scared by the smell and dare not come to "invade". However, the effect is slightly worse, and the cooling oil and wind oil evaporate very quickly.

Mosquitoes are indeed annoying creatures. Their bites will cause itching. The most important thing is that they are not clean at all and will bring you diseases and bacteria. Pregnant women and babies should be especially careful, because when their body resistance is weak, even a mosquito can cause trouble.