Spring is coming soon, a beautiful time of the year. But the spring mood can be destroyed in an instant! Yes, it was this period of time that was marked by the great activity of ixodid ticks in nature. What to do and where to go if bitten by a tick?
Always remember the main thing
If you are true lovers and connoisseurs of outdoor recreation, then never forget about the consequences to which these parasites can lead you. 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 turn if bitten by a tick?
Ticks are 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 deep disability, sometimes to death.
You can get this disease:
- during a tick bite;
- ifcomb the affected area;
- when crushing a tick while removing it from the affected area.
Also, you can catch encephalitis if you eat unboiled contaminated cow's and goat's milk and other dairy products that have not been properly cooked.
Tick behavior
Usually, a tick clings to a person's clothes when he sits on the grass, pushes the bushes apart with his hands, touches the branches, etc. The clinging tick crawls from the bottom up. He tries to crawl under his clothes.
Ticks stick to different parts of the body, but they are still considered favorite:
- neck area;
- chest;
- groin folds;
- armpits.
In general, the places where our skin is thinnest and where our blood supply is most abundant are the most vulnerable. It should be noted that on children, ticks "love" the scalp.
Where to go if bitten by a tick?
Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of infections among residents of certain cities, both in forested areas 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 a tick yourself! This will be done by doctors who examine the parasite for a particular infection.
If you nevertheless removed the tick yourself, then be sure to place it in a humid environment - in a jar of wet grass. Dried abuser notsuitable for laboratory research.
Ticked by a tick. Where to contact (Yekaterinburg)?
In this city there is a virological laboratory, which studies ticks for infection. It is located at: Yekaterinburg, Otdelny lane, house number 3.
Help! Bitten by a tick! Where to contact (Novosibirsk)?
Research laboratories in this city are located at the addresses: Chelyuskintsev street, house number 7-a; Pirogova street, house number 25 in Novosibirsk Akademgorodok.
Summarize
In this article, we answered questions about what these parasites are, how they behave towards humans and where to turn if bitten by a tick. Stay he althy!
