Summer is the best time of the year, and hardly anyone will argue with that. All living things enjoy the sun, warmth, light. But how many dangers it carries with it. In summer, you need to be as careful as possible, since these days very dangerous insects - ticks - are active. We have already been told a lot about them, but still not everyone knows what to do with a tick bite.
Each of us has heard more than once that one small bite can completely and completely change a person’s life . Yes, a tick is really capable of mutilating a person’s fate. You need to insure yourself, but you also need to understand the question of how to behave after a tick bite. It is possible that one day your health or the health of your loved ones will depend on it. All the details in this article.
What to do with a tick bite
Each in its own way reacts to the bite of this insect. Some, having removed the tick, immediately forget about everything, others - begin to panic. Immediately, we note that none of these approaches is correct. Yes, a tick can really cause great damage to the body. This means that not only with a bite, but even with a suspicion of it, you should consult a doctor. The risk is great, but still not worth the panic. Remember that during the warm days of summer ticks manage to bite tens of thousands of people. Did all of them have complications? Not everyone bitten gets sick.
Tick can infect borreliosis or encephalitis. Sometimes a person becomes ill with them at the same time. In some cases, infection does not occur, even if bitten by a tick that is the carrier of the causative agents of these diseases. By the way, in many cases a person manages to get sick without consequences.
What to do with a tick bite? First, you need to remove the parasite. This can be done independently or in a hospital. After removal, see a doctor. As a rule, in such cases, immunoglobulin is prescribed. You won’t have to pay for it. It is also possible to take iodantipirin - this is another tool used in this situation. It is free for children. Adults will have to pay. Its price is about three thousand rubles. In fact, these funds are practically no different from each other. It’s not worth overpaying.
Remantadine is also able to help with a tick bite. It is often prescribed for prevention.
Doctors recommend applying for prophylaxis no later than three days after a tick has bitten you. With a period of more than four days, iodantipyrine and immunoglobulin become useless. It is worth noting that these drugs are completely useless against tick-borne borreliosis, as well as against other infections. With borreliosis, a course of antibiotics is prescribed.
For a fee, you can research a tick that bit you. This will make it possible to understand the carrier of exactly which disease he is (it is possible that he is generally clean). There is no special need for all this, but in this way you can save yourself from unnecessary worries and anxieties. The result of the study will also make it possible to most effectively organize all further actions with a tick bite.
A tick bite will necessarily entail inflammation, as well as severe swelling. Do not worry - this is just a reaction to his bite. In fact, erythema borreliosis (redness, which is a symptom of the disease) appears only after a certain period. This is about a week, but no less.
Speaking about what to do with a tick bite, I want to pay attention that there is no need to rush to do a blood test, since the presence of infection in the blood can be determined only after a week.
In the summer we are waiting for a lot of pleasant things. Do not bother with unnecessary problems. Just be careful and all the troubles and troubles will bypass you.