With the onset of warm spring weather, lovers of shish kebab rest in the forest and park areas are faced with the activated inhabitants of the forest - ticks. These small and completely invisible insects have become truly dangerous enemies of man, capable of causing a lot of problems.
Doctors agree that the danger of a bite of this insect lies in a "bouquet" of possible diseases, the most common of which are Lyme disease, or systemic borreliosis, as well as viral encephalitis.
Due to the ability to mask tick-borne encephalitis, it is quite difficult to diagnose. In mild manifestations, this disease can resemble a cold. A person feels headaches, fever, dizziness. Severe encephalitis strikes the central nervous, cardiovascular systems and can even be fatal.
Tick Bite Symptoms
Symptoms of a tick bite, Lyme disease vector , are akin to the symptoms of a common cold. This is pain in the joints and muscles, swollen lymph nodes, fever. If a person visited the forest zone before the onset of symptoms, then it is not worth leaving such an organism signal without due attention. Symptoms of a tick bite in 70% of those bitten are observed after 14 days, possibly earlier, but can remind themselves in two months. A red spot forms at the site of the bite, with time increasing to 30 cm. These are the first symptoms of a tick bite and a reason to contact a doctor!
The acute form of the disease is changes in the joints, nervous system, skin and heart. However, any organs can be affected. Symptoms of a tick bite that turned into a chronic form of borreliosis are characterized by brain damage, inflammation in the joints, irreversible changes in the skin, mental and physical development retardation in children, and this is not a complete list.
What to do?
If the first signs of a tick bite are detected (the bite begins to pinch and itch), and you see that it has sucked, the best option would be to consult a surgeon. If you decide to remove the tick on your own, then you need to do this.
1. With tweezers or gauze-wrapped fingers, hook the tick and gently swing it from side to side until you remove it.
2. Make a loop from a strong thread and tighten it on the body of the insect. Slowly sipping, remove the tick.
3. Treat the affected area with brilliant green. If the insect's head remains inside, lubricate the bite with alcohol and remove it with a needle.
When removing a tick, you can not press, otherwise its insides along with the infection will fall into the wound.
It is much more difficult to remove a dead tick .
Removing the insect does not guarantee no infection.
Treatment
If the symptoms of a tick bite are detected within five days and treatment is prescribed on time, then the disease is eliminated quite easily. Treatment depends on the correct choice of antibiotics. Most often, drugs are prescribed in three groups - tetracyclines, penicillins, cephalosporins.