[edit on Wikidata] Tracheal intubation, usually simply referred to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea (windpipe) to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs.
First, breaking the skin anymore (with your dirty fingers, nonetheless) exposes the bite to a greater risk of infection, says Schultz. Plus, scratching actually creates more inflammation, leading to more itching and worse pain. Essentially, scratching mosquito bites is fueling the fire he says. Instead, many people turn to the afore-mentioned anti-histamines to reduce itching and other symptoms of their bug bites.
Sometimes the body releases too much histamine. The result is mosquito bite swelling, or what's called a âwheal.â The area around the bite rises, turns red and begins to itch. How much and for how long varies from person to person, but swollen mosquito bites generally are about the size of a dime and last about a day.