Pesky Mosquitoes

[SeatonRover]

Hi All

Just come back from a week in Spain - the first holiday since I developed AFib last year and the first since I have been on Edoxaban.

I do not normally get bothered by mosquitoes much when abroad but this year they really went for me, even in the day time, when I managed to swat a few as they were preparing to feast. I just wondered if anyone knows if anti-coagulants make us more attractive to them or is it just that we notice the bites more?

[Hylda2]

I take Dabigatran and find I too am particularly attractive to anything that bites

[waveylines]

Hmm. Interesting point. I've no idea but they like me too which given all the chemicals I've had pumped into me over the years I would've thought any self respecting mosquito would run a mile from! 🤣

[AAJJTt]

Hi, I have pondered this too amongst other things. I had a HA 4+ years ago, diagnosed with Afib and have been on a variety of meds since.

Once, I started travelling again (SE Asia) , I soon realised that my wife was no longer the ‘mozzie magnet’ and I was now firmly on the menu too, having not been been overly affected previously. I was on Edoxaban at the time and I did wonder if my blood was now a ‘delicious, irresistible consommé’ 😀. Edoxaban has now been removed but on a recent trip to the Singapore/Malaysia, I was still bitten. My GP did wonder if there had been any studies on it but I haven’t seen anything.

In recent years, after starting meds, I also began to develop rosacea, not badly but enough for me to notice. I had a good chat again with my GP about it and he was of the opinion that it was just likely to be age related and a coincidence.

Correlation and causation! Hmm 🤔

Anyway, I’d rather my Afib was kept in check, neither really present a huge problem. Topical cream for my nose when it flares and the usual mozzie protections when on holiday.

Regards

[Princelover]

In Spain too last week on Edoxaban. Have to report all members of the party bitten by some very voracious bugs in Jerez whether taking AF drugs or not so think it was the bugs that were more viscous this year!