Rybee
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Hi All,
I'm travelling over to Asia for a while and whilst the market is flooded with a huge number of anti-histamines, each with their own 'reason for best use' I wanted to know whether anybody could expand upon what exactly happens to the body's immune system when somebody is bitten by a Mosquito, and accordingly, the pharmacological action of various antihistamines which could determine what anti-histamine would be best for me to use against the inflammation, swelling and itching?
Is it just as straight forward as 'any antihistamine will do' or can we delve a little deeper into the pharmacology of why antihistamine X will serve me much better than antihistamine Y? I've seen some nasty, nasty Mosquito bites and if I can understand the science of the reaction behind a bite, hopefully I can pick up exactly what type of antihistamine will serve me best?
So is it really a case of 'any antihistamine will be as good as one another' or that one antihistamine is more selective and will perform significantly better in reducing the red, itchy, swelling sore pussy bites?
I'm travelling over to Asia for a while and whilst the market is flooded with a huge number of anti-histamines, each with their own 'reason for best use' I wanted to know whether anybody could expand upon what exactly happens to the body's immune system when somebody is bitten by a Mosquito, and accordingly, the pharmacological action of various antihistamines which could determine what anti-histamine would be best for me to use against the inflammation, swelling and itching?
Is it just as straight forward as 'any antihistamine will do' or can we delve a little deeper into the pharmacology of why antihistamine X will serve me much better than antihistamine Y? I've seen some nasty, nasty Mosquito bites and if I can understand the science of the reaction behind a bite, hopefully I can pick up exactly what type of antihistamine will serve me best?
So is it really a case of 'any antihistamine will be as good as one another' or that one antihistamine is more selective and will perform significantly better in reducing the red, itchy, swelling sore pussy bites?