又到蚊子猖狂的夏日 被叮咬了如何有效止痒

 Summer means outdoor BBQs, sunsets, fireworks… and mosquitos ugh! The season is meant to be spent outside, but how annoying are those mosquitos. Suddenly realizing that you have 10 red, puffy, itchy bumps on your legs is the actual WOAT. Unfortunately, mosquitos are kind of unavoidable during the summer, so how can you make sure that your bites go away as fast as possible?

夏天代表了户外烧烤、看日落、看烟火……啊，还有蚊子！这个季节注定要在室外度过，但蚊子太烦人了。突然发现腿上被叮了10个红红的、痒痒的大包真得吓一跳。不幸的是，蚊子在夏天几乎是不可避免的，所以怎么才能使被叮的包尽快消失呢？

又到蚊子猖狂的夏日 被叮咬了如何有效止痒

Don't itch¹ them. You're kidding, right?! Nope… if you can avoid itching² your mosquito bites, they will be less itchy in the long run, and go away faster! Why? Well basically, once a mosquito bites you, it leaves behind its saliva³ which your body recognizes as a foreign substance. So, in response, your body's immune system produces antibodies to fight the invader⁴, which results in the release of histamine (the compound that makes things itch and swell). When you start itching a mosquito bite, you give your immune system another wake-up call, and more antibodies and histamine are released, aka, more swelling⁵, itching, and redness.

不要挠。你开玩笑吧？并没有……如果你能不去挠蚊子叮咬的部位，他们之后就不会那么痒，也会消失得更快！为什么呢？其实一旦你被蚊子咬了，留在你体内的蚊子唾液就会被你的身体视为异物，所以为了对抗异物，你身体的免疫系统会产生抗体来对抗入侵者，释放组胺（这种化合物会使皮肤发痒肿胀）。挠蚊子叮咬部位会再次唤醒免疫系统，然后就会释放更多的抗体和组胺，这就意味着会更肿更痒更红。

So, next time you've been bitten by the bug⁶, try holding off as long as you can to scratch. You'll be thanking us later!

所以下次再被小虫子咬了的话，尽可能多地坚持一段时间不去挠，之后你会感谢我们的！

1 itch   

n.痒，渴望，疥癣；vi.发痒，渴望

参考例句：

• Shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。
• He had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。

2 itching   

adj.贪得的，痒的，渴望的v.发痒( itch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The itching was almost more than he could stand. 他痒得几乎忍不住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• My nose is itching. 我的鼻子发痒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 saliva   

n.唾液，口水

参考例句：

• He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
• Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来。

4 invader   

n.侵略者，侵犯者，入侵者

参考例句：

• They suffered a lot under the invader's heel.在侵略者的铁蹄下，他们受尽了奴役。
• A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。

5 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

6 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。