The ONLY Way To Stop Mosquito Bites With Professor James Logan’s Tips | This Morning

The warm weather has finally arrived but with it - balmy nights accompanied by the ominous sound of a predator hunting its human prey... We're of course talking about mosquitoes, which LOVE this time of year and LOVE to feast on you whilst you sleep. Professor James Logan helps us get to the bottom of Britain’s new European mosquito arrivals, shares his top tips to treat those itchy bites, and shares the ONLY WAY he says take yourself off the mosquito menu for good.
Broadcast on 21/06/2024
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[@kerryannehogg6009]

I live on the East coast of South Africa and mozzies love me in the summertime. I used to use a eucalyptus oil spray which helped a little but now I swear by citronella body butter. Not only does it stop the bites but when I do get the odd one like on my stomach or back of my neck this cream reduces swelling and itching. It's amazing.

[@williamhickerson4316]

"Damage the baby" lol 😆

[@JadesFitnessBucketList]

i get bitten and ravaged completely, even in the UK in summer, that people use me as mosquito repellent because all the mosquitoes come to me always.

[@rainbowriverclarkbrown]

😂👍

[@pannellclara]

They attack O blood types! I’m O- & I get attacked all the time

[@JadesFitnessBucketList]

@@pannellclara but I’m A!

[@G-Tay]

If I get bitten I always use "Germolene", as an antiseptic cream with the addition of it's local anaesthetic it works wonders and numbs the area so you don't scratch the bite.

[@robj8201]

Warmer summers….prat…it’s the last full week of June and we’ve just broke 20C for 4days….

[@eucera1]

Yes this summer has been cool. Doesn’t mean the average temperatures over time haven’t been rising. I mean we reached 40°C for the first time two years ago!

[@marionfinnegan2423]

I always get badly bitten by Mosquitoes. I swell up like an elephant and it’s so painful and uncomfortable. No matter what I use, it makes no difference. They love me.

[@trishykins]

I used to get bitten all the time wherever I went, even using Deet & other insect repellents that are supposed to work. Thankfully I discovered Incognito spray and haven't been bitten since! It contains PMD a natural insect repellent I bought from Boots. So many mosquitos around this year in the UK probably because of all the wet weather. I'm surprised that they didn't explain how the zapper they show worked, the Zap-Ease also acts like an anti-histamine. Good work This Morning!

[@JAY1892]

I’ve trekked through jungles in Laos and Cambodia and never got bitten. I used to eat a teaspoon of Marmite every couple of ours and spray myself with lemon water, miraculously, it seemed to do the trick.

[@ianking6827]

We have just got back from Turkey and my wife was bitten 31 times on first night upon arrival

[@rainbowriverclarkbrown]

👍

[@marjorieorveau6707]

Use hand sanitizer (must contain alcohol) on bites to stop itching.

[@susanlittlesthobo6422]

Friend and I were bitten by tiger mosquitoes in Milan a few years ago and both got serious cellulitis from the bites needing antibiotics and short hospital stay…and can’t say we scratched…def not just an annoyance! The parks in Milan where a lot of the aperitivo bars are and by the canal perfect environment for them

[@IaneHowe]

" Mosquitos are terrorist " YES

[@maffbuckley600]

Yes 😂

[@cy4330]

They are monsters

[@SyreLivrose]

absolutely

[@maxineb9598]

Mosquitoes and bed bugs ( he got them once in Singapore, once in KL) love my husband whereas they both leave me alone.

[@franknash6602]

I get bitten to death by insects and swell up like mr Blobby. I learned to buy antihistamine locally as it's much more effective. I'm on holiday in Portugal and "Histacet" worked wonders. I also bought "Pranoram" repellent which stinks of Eucalyptus but works well. The local pharmacy were brilliant.

[@diann-b3w]

Avon make a product called Skin so Soft it used to be a moisturising body cream but they don't make that anymore now it's a body oil moisturising spray on. It was recommended and it works for me.

[@oceanloves333]

I'm very allergic. My GP had a cream made once "if this doesn't help, nothing does" It didn't. If I don't put the repellent everywhere, I get bitten in the spot where it's not...

[@sherimillman53]

Love seeing Alison and Dermot 😊😊

[@chris23tg]

I was badly bitten last summer in London. I am trying wearing mosquito repellent sunscreen and lotion 🧴 this summer. So far just two bites this summer.

[@godsgod1677]

Tiger mosquitoes are definitely established here is Sussex, South UK.

[@swsilvania8298]

Love seeing Alison and Dermot. They are such good presenters. Love the table talk with Sonia and Gyles with Alison and Dermot, those 4 together are so funny love it. Sonia Silvanian Sydney Australia

[@emoemo80]

If I put a layer of jelly on it skin the mosquito cannot introduce his thing to bite u cause he gets stuck in the skin. So a layer of any sticky thick cream would stop the mosquito

[@bangkokbullmoto]

They used to love me but ignore me when I consume high strength garlic and attack the GF instead (also do not drink milk), before they would bite through two pairs of socks so I had wear HD boots all the time and have the mattress on the floor, otherwise they would hide underneath and attack me in the night. My (garlic-free) blood left them in such a blissful state that their mates would zoom in from miles away. Never caught anything in Asia, luckily.

[@berniecoles2337]

I love fishing and have tried almost everything, including vit b extracts. I could smear myself in Marmite but I’ve found nothing is as effective as using DEET.

[@bunney73]

Same thing I got bit 20 times as forgot witch hazel what I usually use. Next time I got bit once and that was because I forgot to put it on 😂 good stuff and completely natural and a anti inflammatory stops bites from swelling if forget to put it on like I did

[@bunney73]

Don't go fishing without it now

[@lars2007]

Not in Scotland the midges will get them

[@anttickwitty]

I was bitten by one in Israel as I slept about 5 years ago. Every so often the site flares up and becomes irritated. Very odd.

[@emily------]

He said global warming is making temperatures higher but it's barely even felt like Spring yet, let alone summer???

[@MorrisseyMuse]

How's next week's 25C minimum country-wide going for ya..?

[@ThePunisher99378]

@@MorrisseyMusehahaha you really believe that? Get a grip I’ll belive 25°c minimum country wide when I see it 😂😭😂😭

[@ThePunisher99378]

@@MorrisseyMusemy dog could do a better job at telling me what the weather will be like that our country’s useless weather media

[@orlawalsh926]

We have them in ireland i get destroyed badly infected every year .

[@WesBeres-o5t]

Thanks to your information , but i have no delecious blood .

[@glennissnailham9394]

I was eaten alive ,and tried loads of stuff,but only deet works for me...

[@AlVlogs1603]

Longer warmer summers you obviously don’t live in Scotland pal

[@rainbowriverclarkbrown]

😅❤️

[@captaintull]

The longest day of the year is today 21st NOT the 20th!

[@jewelssunsun9450]

It was the 20th this year.

[@Tosca767]

That confused me too…is it because it was a leap year?

[@jewelssunsun9450]

@Tosca767 It's something to do with how the sun and moon move around the earth. So, it can be 20, 21, or 22 June.

[@AlVlogs1603]

20 in a leap year

[@anenglishmaninnepal9323]

This guy needs to do some research on UK temps and the fact they ain't going up.

[@josierogers7254]

WE are getting longer summers!!! Id like to know what part of the country thats happening. Weve had a shocking year weather wise this year. Climate change sick of hearing that twaddle. And why are the government messing with the weather. Cloud sanding (without telling people) because of .......yep climate change

[@shanegreen2583]

Deet is wicked stuff and ruins stuff like plastics

[@MrMischief1983]

Skin so soft from Avon!!!! Nothing works like it. All my fishing an camping buddies now use it

[@liamweir6286]

From Scotland yawn ...u met the midgie?

[@LuiExcalibur]

I would rather turn veins to pressure systems ask al jameera

[@shuiwahlee5836]

They love the smell of me😮

[@bunney73]

Witch hazel works best and completly natural

[@bunney73]

also anti inflammatory stops them from swelling won't go fishing without it now got bit like 20 times took it the next got bit once and that was before I put it on

[@annecoleman3137]

Please leave alison and Dermot on every day can't.take.to.the other 2 at all

[@jewelssunsun9450]

Don't say mean things. They are just settling in.

[@susancooper4020]

Use roll on deodorant on your bites the itch will go away 💃🏽💃🏽

[@KraftyOneAudio]

Let’s invite a specialist on to talk about mosquitoes and talk all over him and act like kids. Absolute joke presenters.

[@flopsytheclown9939]

Either my body’s thermostat is broken or these higher temperatures due to climate change really don’t exist! But…….It’s amazing how there is always something available to remove the money from your bank account to fix any problem that doesn’t exist!

[@Gregorio-d3q]

"...because of 'climate change' and global travel...:" 😂

[@ninaannie696]

It's really happening. Not yet in UK really but it may once and may be just matter of time. I'm tired of disbelievers in climate change while it's a fact. UK is one of safer places climate change-wise. I heard a lot about crazy heat in continental Europe and along Equator from people I know personally if someone wandered. This is not normal and if is not addressed immediately there will be consequences. In fact there are consequences already.

[@TheScarletKnightUK]

They’ve just confirmed Alison Hammond isn’t a human apparently she doesn’t smell like a human

[@TheVeganicGardener]

Yes lets promote nasty chemicals to deal with this issue 🙄...try uping your B vitamin in take either via B vitamin enriched foods like yeast extract or a vitamin B complex supplement or even brewers yeast ... that will help way more and be a long term solution, than spraying chemicals everywhere!!

[@maxineb9598]

Sometimes nothing works other than DEET at less than 20% concentration.

[@tvted6160]

💯👏 DEET?! Insane to promote it products like!

[@ruthhogg6423]

There is no scientific evidence to suggest increased consumption of vitamin B12 helps to either prevent mosquito bites or limit the effect of them. Please don’t give out fake advice.

[@userxyz64]

I think you are quite right! I got devoured in southern Portugal and B vitimen deficiency in my family. My And mother and grandmother both had B12 deficiency.

[@forgeustiss6667]

Tiger mosquitos carry malaria so probably best to use chemicals to get rid of them.

[@qfragger]

Global warning 🤡🌏

[@vivianp5962]

Not global warming. Lol😊

[@fd5927]

WARNING !!!!! It's global.

[@fd5927]

@@CatsandJP Hia Numpty, don't they call that "Global Warming" ...... 🤦‍♂️

[@MorrisseyMuse]

Lol you can't even spell it, nevermind understand it kid lol

[@paulhiggins9492]

Global travel climate change blah blah blah, same old thick hive mentality, same old itv tv narrative, smash up your tv and start thinking for yourselfs, ffs.

[@peppenapoli2404]

THE ONLY WAY! I watched this to gain no information, wasn't expecting Good Morning to use underhand Title tactics to gain views!

[@amandaslade9072]

What's it got to do with climate change lol, its due to international travel. Warmer, longer summers lol lol where is he living

[@jonbarrebrammer4374]

Bull

[@DarrenKearney-e2k]

P P

[@muppet64]

If there was just one mosquito left in the world, it would find me and bite me, they love me!! So, I have extensive knowledge to prevent this happening after travelling many countries infested with Mozzies. They love it if you wear dark coloured clothes, especially Blue and black. So wear light coloured clothes. Try to avoid going out at dusk and dawn, this is when they are most active. It is a myth that by eating garlic, tonic water etc...... That this will reduce your risk of getting Bitten - Not true. If you are staying in accommodation that is near a river, sea or canals, this will attract them - I tend to spray the room with insect killer (Raid or other) just before I leave the room, turn all lights out and leave. When returning avoid keeping windows open or they'll find you!! If out and about and there are lots about, try to position yourself near an electric fan, being as they are so light, this will prevent them from landing on you. Obviously you can use repellents as mentioned, but they are greasy and oily, so can be uncomfortable on the skin. If you do get bitten DO NOT scratch it (it will be 10 x worse if you do). To help you - try Chickweed ointment - available at good health shops. It's natural and works wonders to stop it itching. If you follow all these steps - you probably won't get bitten. As the title reads - Is somewhat misleading- You could still get bitten. But by carrying out my recommendations, you'll massively reduce your chances. Good luck.

[@SavvyMoneyShow]

I use @Nokemicals happy sunshine sun protection or their pine tar body butter something in their keeps them away vest bit it's natural

[@sidsod1616]

They had to get the old blame climate change in again. I think the mosquitoes are coming in with the dinghies 🚣‍♂️🚣‍♂️🦟🦟🦟 😂😂😂.