[Scientific Power] Why do mosquitoes always like to bite you?Is it related to your blood type?

Summer is outdoors, so try to stay away from the accumulated water to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. Picture/Mai Wanhua

The weather is hot, and it is the season when mosquitoes are raging.

Someone always ask: Why do I recruit mosquitoes like this? Is my blood type particularly welcomed by mosquitoes?

In this regard, articles on the Internet are mixed: Some say that type O blood is the most recruited mosquito, some say that type B blood is the favorite of mosquitoes, and some say that type AB blood is more likely to recruit mosquitoes ... Almost all blood types are being blood types. Say it again.

What is the truth? Is the matter of recruiting mosquitoes really related to the blood type?

NO! NO! NO! In fact, mosquito is not your blood type! They are more based on the olfactory organs (the pair of small tentacles) to perceive the human "information" from the human body! The following four types of people:

1. People with a faster breathing frequency

Excessive breathing will cause the concentration of local carbon dioxide to become higher, which happens to be a sensitive signal of mosquito perception. For example: pregnant women and babies are specially recruited.

2. People with high body temperature and sweating easily

High body temperature causes sweating and fast metabolism. The sweat excreted from the body contains chemicals such as lactic acid, which has a certain attractive effect on mosquitoes.

3. People wearing dark clothing

The habits of mosquitoes have caused them to stay in the dark and have no light. The reflective effect of dark clothes is weak, so people wearing dark clothes are more likely to become the goal of mosquito.

4. Obese

Fatty people are more likely to be hot, and amino acids, lactic acid and other ammonia compounds emitted on their bodies are more than ordinary people.

If you just recruit one of the four situations above, then you can only fight mosquitoes to the end! One word says: defense!

First of all, pay attention to the place where water accumulates at home and try to keep your home dry as much as possible. To clean up the wet environment of mosquitoes. For example, the water pots, paper cups, plastic boxes and jar cans in the room in the room should be cleaned in time.

Secondly, we can physically prevent mosquitoes: hiding in mosquito nets. Pay attention to whether the mosquito nets are strict every day when you sleep, so as not to have the "mosquito" that leaks the net.

Finally, chemicals can be chemically anti -mosquito, but this approach is not useful for everyone. Some people can't stand the taste of mosquito coils, so it is recommended that you can apply flower dew, anti -mosquito liquid, etc. to change the taste of the body and make the mosquito "retreat".

Author: Mai Wanhua

Edit: Guo Ling

Review: Gong Zimo

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