The hot summer has arrived, and it's okay to be hot, but mosquito bites can be troublesome. When mosquitoes bite, most households use mosquito coils, but do mosquito coils have any impact on pregnant women? Let's get to know the editor together.
Why do pregnant women suffer from mosquito bites?
Many pregnant women suffer from mosquito bites mainly because they exhale 21% more air than other women after pregnancy, and the moist gas and carbon dioxide they exhale have a considerable attraction to mosquitoes. Secondly, the abdominal temperature of pregnant women is relatively high compared to other women, and there are more volatile substances emitted from the surface of their skin, which can easily be smelled by mosquitoes and become bite targets.
Are mosquito coils harmful to pregnant women?
The effective ingredients of most mosquito coils are pyrethroid insecticides, as well as organic fillers, adhesives, dyes, and other additives. Therefore, the smoke burned by mosquito coils contains many harmful substances to the human body, which may trigger diseases such as asthma.
According to calculations, the amount of particles released by lighting a mosquito coil is roughly the same as 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.
Secondly, carcinogens produced by incomplete combustion of mosquito repellent base materials, as well as some compounds that can irritate the upper respiratory tract, can cause poisoning to the human nervous system.
Mosquito coils are undoubtedly harmful to pregnant women. In addition to the above-mentioned dangers, organic pollutants in chemicals such as mosquito coils may affect fetal intellectual development and also easily cause disorders in the brain and nervous system.
I can't use mosquito coils. You would definitely ask if electric mosquito coils and mosquito coil liquid can be used, and the answer is no. Electric mosquito repellent and mosquito repellent liquid are both harmful to the body. So, families with pregnant women should try not to use these things as much as possible to avoid negative effects on pregnant women.
