Spring is coming, wonderful season. But the spring mood can be destroyed instantly! Yes, it is this period of time that is marked by the great activity of ixodid ticks in nature. What to do and where to go if a tick has bitten?
Always remember the main thing!
If you are true lovers and connoisseurs of outdoor recreation, then never forget the consequences that these parasites can lead you to. But what danger do they pose? The real one!
So, what you need to know when going out of town to nature, and where to go if you have bitten a tick?
Why are ticks dangerous?
These insects are carriers of dangerous infectious diseases - tick - borne borreliosis, encephalitis, monocytic ehrlichiosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis, etc.
Tick-borne encephalitis
This is a rather serious disease of an infectious nature, characterized by damage to the human central nervous system. Often it leads to profound disability, sometimes to death.
You can become infected with this disease:
- during a tick bite ;
- if you comb the affected area;
- when crushing a tick during its extraction from the affected area.
In addition, encephalitis can be picked up if you eat unboiled infected cow and goat milk and other dairy products that have not undergone proper heat treatment.
Tick behavior
Usually, a tick clings to a person’s clothes when he sits on grass, spreads bushes with his hands, touches branches, etc. A mite that is stuck crawls from bottom to top. He tries to crawl under clothes.
Ticks are attached to different parts of the body, however, they are still considered favorite:
- neck area;
- chest;
- inguinal folds;
- axillary hollows.
In general, the most vulnerable are places where our skin is the thinnest and the blood supply is most plentiful. It should be noted that on children ticks "love" the scalp.
Where to go if a tick has bitten?
Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of infections of residents of certain cities both in forest park zones and within the city.
If you are bitten by a tick, then contact the emergency room in your city at your place of residence. Never try to remove the tick yourself! This will be done by doctors who examine the parasite for a particular infection.
If you still removed the tick yourself, then be sure to place it in a humid environment - in a jar of wet grass. A dried-up offender is not suitable for research in a laboratory.
Bitten by a tick. Where to go (Yekaterinburg)?
In this city there is a virological laboratory, in which they are engaged in the study of ticks for their infection. It is located at: Yekaterinburg, Lane Separate, house number 3.
Help! Tick bit! Where to go (Novosibirsk)?
Research laboratories in this city are located at the following addresses: Chelyuskintsev street, house No. 7-a; Pirogov street, house number 25 in the Novosibirsk Academgorodok.
Summarize
In this article, we answered questions about what these parasites are, how they behave in relation to a person, and where to go if a tick has bitten. Be healthy!