Monday, October 23, 2006
woke up this morning (very early in the morning indeed) to find myself scratching my legs feverishly. so at first i was like trying to ignore it. but then the itching got worse and worse. so i sat up and found horrible bumps all over my legs. omg. I HATE MOSQUITOES!
the next thing i saw was the friggin' thing beside me. all fat and full. IDIOT! but my actions were kinda retarded. too early i guess. the darn thing got away. and i bet it bit me again and again. coz i felt itchy all over.
A mosquito's period of feeding is often undetected; the bite only becomes apparent because of the immune reaction it provokes. When a mosquito bites a human, she injects saliva and anti-coagulants. For any given individual, with the initial bite there is no reaction but with subsequent bites the body's immune system develops antibodies and a bite becomes inflamed and itchy within 24 hours. This is the usual reaction in young children. With more bites, the sensitivity of the human immune system increases, and an itchy red hive appears in minutes where the immune response has broken capillary blood vessels and fluid has collected under the skin. This type of reaction is common in older children and adults. Some adults can become desensitized to mosquitoes and have little or no reaction to their bites, while others can become hyper-sensitive with bites causing blistering, bruising, and large inflammatory reactions.
i so wish i will become desensitized to their bites. damnit! i really hate mosquitoes!
anyways. waiting for ikea to send me my furniture. said they'd be here at 11.30am. look at what time it is? why are singaporeans always late!
lydia was in deep thought at 3:13 AM
