How can you protect yourself from a tick? For those who go to the forest for a long time, vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis remains the best means of prevention. To protect from the bite of the tick will help and clothes: if the person is dressed correctly, then the mite does not get to the skin. Wear trousers and a jacket, and also a headdress. Pants need to be tucked into socks, a shirt to fasten all the buttons and put into trousers, sleeves cuffs should fit snugly to the body. Suitable clothing for walking in the forest is a jacket or a raincoat with a hood that will protect the head and neck. It is also recommended to use various repellent agents - repellents, they moisten the cuffs, collars cuffs. Repellents are also sold in stores, pharmacies. After leaving the forest, you need to carefully examine yourself and your clothes. Ticks can be brought home and on the jacket. The tick can move and with a bouquet of flowers, and with mushrooms, and berries, hide in the dog's fur that was with you.
Ticks feel a person for 10-15 meters. Therefore, along the paths there are always more of them than in the depths of the forest. The tick can be attached only in certain places. He is looking for a thin skin (behind the ears, under the chest, at the neck, at the elbow bend, at the groin, at the waist). Its bite is similar to the eye - in the center there is a dark spot, followed by a white circle and rashes at the edges. Mite bites should be especially feared from late May to early July, when they are particularly active. But the probability of cases of tick bite in September is not ruled out.
Symptoms of tick bite in humans
The infection begins acutely and is accompanied by the following symptoms: the temperature rises, there is a headache, pain in the muscles of the shoulder girdle and neck. In addition, the patient may experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, sweating. The eyes start to hurt, they can tire out sharp sounds. The body temperature in the initial stage of the disease can rise to 38 ° C. You can be cured only with the help of special antibiotics. Mites can not fly, but can climb the bushes, tall grass to 1.5-2 meters, and also successfully plan with a gust of wind, focusing on the smell of man or animals.
What should I do if a tick bites you?
Consequences and symptoms from the tick bite for each person are diverse, if you have already seen it, then immediately you need to fill it with vegetable oil. But even in this position, he will sit for a long time, while highlighting the infected saliva. Therefore, it is best to remove the tick immediately. Try to pull it out with your fingers first. If this fails, then tie the abdomen of the tick with a strong thread and pull it. In this case, the proboscis of the tick can remain under the skin. It is very difficult to pull it out, so it's not worth trying. It is enough to fill the affected area with iodine. In any case, always seek medical help for the introduction of anti-malignant gamma globulin. Extracted mite can not be suppressed, because along with its contents in the microcracks of the skin can get a virus, which will lead to negative consequences. Therefore, the insect must be burned, but it is better to deliver it to a special laboratory for analysis. If the tick is infected, then the injured person should be observed with the infectious disease doctor.