Blog 2017-08-21 1,229 0
Hands up if you’ve ever been personally victimized by gnats and mosquitoes. Do they seem to gravitate towards your warm, delicious blood, and leave everyone else untouched and un-itchy? Have you ever wondered what it is that makes your blood so delicious for the little pesky flying bastards?
Turns out there are a bunch of reasons!
How much carbon dioxide you exude makes a difference to how appetizing you are to the buggers. People with a larger body mass and pregnant people produce more carbon dioxide, which means they’re also more likely to be bitten.
A higher body temperature could also mean you are more likely to be bitten. Which again, makes people with a larger body mass and pregnant people more susceptible as they generally have a greater body temperature. Everyone is also at greater risk when they’re exercising, because this also raises your body temperature.
Your blood type is also a factor in how likely you are to be bitten.This study concluded that people with type O blood are significantly more attractive than people with type A blood to mosquitoes. However, this was a very small study that hasn’t been repeated since, so take these results with a pinch of salt.
The same study also showed that only some people secrete chemicals through their skin that indicate what blood type they have.Some people do not secrete those chemicals at all, making them less likely to be bitten, the lucky bastards.
The composition of the microbes on your skin is another factor. We all have a unique and beautiful flora of microbes living on our skin. In fact, we have more microbes on our skin than actual skin cells. We’re actually just walking masses of germs. Anyway, the unique composition of our microbes affects how much mosquitos want to bite us.
Lastly, drinking beer may also contribute to your status as mosquito bait. This study found that one bottle of beer is enough to make you more attractive to insects in general, although no one conclusively knows why that is.
So, if you don’t want to be bitten, avoid drinking beer, going to the gym, and getting pregnant. Also, be sure to change your genetic background!
You can also use a repellent product if you can’t do all of the above. Mosquito coils is the best mosquito repellent products to be used before the party begining.
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