Vaccinations are the protectors of our body. They protect us from serious and dangerous diseases. Vaccination of a person occurs by injection of a vaccine. Once upon a time, when there were no vaccines, our ancestors could easily get some rubbish like measles, diphtheria, tuberculosis or tick-borne encephalitis.
All people begin to be vaccinated at an early age. After a while they are repeated, thereby strengthening the immune system. This is done due to the fact that the immunity artificially induced by inoculation is not enough resistant. Let's take a closer look at what a vaccine is.
In general, a vaccine is a medical “elixir of life” consisting of dead or weakened weakened microbes. The meaning of these half-dead bacteria is that after the introduction of the vaccine in our body there is a kind of "re-enactment" of infection with any infection. The body, as it were, is rehearsing a scenario of the disease. It happens as follows. Weakened microbes, getting into the blood, provoke it to develop special fighters against the infection. Their name is antibodies. The outcome of this confrontation is known: antibodies defeat weakened microbes. Do not be afraid, no one will ever get sick from such vaccinations. But, for example, a three-time vaccination against ticks prepares our body for a meeting with strong pathogenic viruses, such as encephalitis, providing it with acquired immunity.
Our enemies
Few of us have sympathy for this group of arachnid creatures, except perhaps entomologists. Ticks are our enemies. They exist on Earth exactly as long as man himself exists! The most common of these parasites are ixodid ticks that feed on the blood of animals and humans. What does the expression “pick up a tick” mean, and what is the danger of these creatures? First things first.
Imagine you picked up a tick somewhere. If you do not notice it immediately, then it will hang on you and suck blood for about a day. In this case, the tick will increase in volume and will become 200 times larger than itself, becoming like a large pea. As soon as there is no room left for an extra piece of your blood, it will disappear. Never try to tear off a sucking tick, as its head or proboscis may remain under your skin, which can cause inflammation, which is more dangerous than the bite itself. A good way to make a parasite fall away is to squeeze a bubble or cotton wool with alcohol or, for example, cologne. In this case, he will fall away himself. If, nevertheless, the head or the proboscis of the tick has come off, treat this “black dot” with 5% iodine, leaving it to be removed independently.
Caution, infection!
Tick bites themselves are “berries” compared to the dangerous infectious diseases they carry, one of which is tick-borne encephalitis. This is an acute viral infection that affects the central nervous system of a person. Here, either pan or disappeared: from recovery to disability and death
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Our savior is a tick vaccine
Russia is the leader in the number of cases of tick-borne encephalitis infection. Infected parasites are common in the Far East, in Southern Siberia, in the Urals, in the Central and North-Western regions, therefore, tick vaccination is painfully common here.
Today, there are several domestic and a couple of imported tick-borne encephalitis vaccines intended for adults and children. In addition, vaccinations can be preventive. Inoculate people of certain professions who are forced to work in the zone of increased risk of ticks - students, counselors, tourists, etc.
Note that the tick vaccine is given three times: after the second vaccination, immunity is developed, and the third is needed for its final fixation. Do not be ill!