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Of course this is true , the protein is stopped by the heat and it won't affect the area around the bite which is also full of protein.
ReplyDeletethis is very similar to cooking a steak . The hotter the better , but don't scald your skin.
The reason heat works is largely because it shares the same nerve pathway as itches. By overloading the pain-itch receptors with pain-heat, the pain-itch pathway is eventually overloaded and shuts down.
ReplyDeleteThe protein remains, and the histamines that cause the itch and swelling is still accumulating. The itch will return in minutes or hours.
Protein isn't denatured or destroyed by this - that takes temperatures considerably higher than can be safely tolerated by a victim, something over 140 degrees F, hot enough to cause a third degree burn.
This might even help airborne Lymes.Whoops,that wasn't supposed to get out.But seriously,why is it such a big secret? Mosquitos carry everything else so this should come as no surprise.Until not too long ago ticks were the Lymes focal point,but diseases are highly adaptable.When one carrier seems to be controlled it transfers to another.This is like a slight of hand perpetrated by nature.While everyone was giving deer ticks their undivided attention the mosquitos relieved them of duty.Deer ticks still carry Lymes of course,but help has arrived.
ReplyDeleteSoap can help stop the itch, too.
ReplyDeleteMosquitoes also transmit AIDS, the CDC don't want that out there ether.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. I've tried this many times, with varying success. The best thing you can do is take an anti-histamine and ice the area down if it's still swelling up.
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