When does the tick season end and what precautions should be taken

Hello! It seems that most people know basic information about ticks and their potential threat to health, but to the point.

Every year in our village suffer from this parasite. It is good that at least ticks are not active continuously.

I think that if people have even more information about the life cycle of a parasite, then the chances of becoming a victim will be lower. Want to know when the tick season ends? How to use this information to your advantage? I will share with you all the details now.

Tick ​​activity season: April-June and August-October

Of the more than 40,000 species of ticks for humans, only two represent a real danger - taiga (Ixodes Persulcatus) and European forest (Ixodes Ricinus) ticks, whose habitats are very diverse.

In a significant part of the territory of Russia, including Moscow and Moscow Region, the activity of ticks, namely adult individuals of the taiga and European forest ticks, occurs in the warm season - from early April to October inclusive, and only in November the tick season ends.

Ticks are most active in the period that occurs at the very beginning of summer. The first representatives appear on the soil surface already at the beginning or in the middle of April, when the sun warms up, and thawed spots form in the forest.

With the advent of the warm season, their number is growing rapidly, and the peak period of tick bites falls from mid-May to mid or late June, depending on weather conditions.

From mid-June, ticks begin to die due to a reduction in their body's reserve of nutrients. Their numbers sharply decline, and tick activity in August is no longer significant. However, even in mid-autumn, ticks can be found in the forest, in a city park or in a summer cottage.

There are predictions that the tick activity season may start again sooner

Each year, warming dictates the start of the tick activity season. In 2016, due to the warm winter, warming began already in February and ticks were activated almost at the same time. In March, warm weather entrenched and marked the season of activity of these unpleasant bloodsucking.

2018 insect activity season

In 2017, weather forecasters predict a not so warm deputy as in 2016.However, the likelihood that a very early spring will come is high enough

Winter promises to be cold. At the same time, a heavy rainfall is not expected. More frosty winters are expected on the one hand, relatively dry and sunny on the other. Probably the appearance of a very early spring.

You can also independently determine the season of tick activity. Firstly, be guided by the weather. If the warm and humid temperature from +1 to +5 is kept for a rather long time, then in the coming weeks you can safely expect the awakening of the tick.

In just a week or two, in such weather, he will fully recover from the "winter vacation" and begin his natural duties. It is with warming that ticks will begin to hunt.

Tick ​​activity peaks, as a rule, by mid-April, when the temperature reaches +10 or +18 degrees Celsius. For almost the entire spring, ticks actively hunt, breed, and only by June their numbers begin to fall. The blame for the heat and lack of active nutrients.

Over a month and a half, the population and activity of the tick decreases to insignificant values. In August, as usual, nothing is heard about ticks. Nevertheless, there are chances to be bitten, as is the possibility of contracting encephalitis.

The second phase of tick activity is August-October. The wave of activity is already much weaker than the spring, but bites are also likely in the fall. Actually, everything again depends on the temperature.

Warm autumn forces us to continue to walk in light clothes and happily go to nature. Tick ​​activity in autumn will be noticeably lower if, for example, frost suddenly passes in September.

Habitat

Ticks (ixodidae) live throughout our country, and not only in Siberia or the Far East, as some people sometimes say. There are ticks in the north of China and in most of the country of Europe: in the Baltic states, Germany, Scandinavia, Poland, the Czech Republic, France and Austria.

If you make a slice of the average tick statistics (ixodid), then we can safely distinguish the following.

They need animals to feed. Ticks do not consider a person to be their main delicacy. They happily cling to small animals, large-horned animals, and even pets. Actually, they are what ticks need for food, and not a person.

Optimal conditions for life, ticks are found on fresh forest edges with adjacent meadows; in the clearings, abundantly overgrown with fern and moss; in deciduous forests, where there is abundant vegetation and small rivers, ponds and streams.

Where are parasites found?

Most often, ticks live on slightly sunlit slopes with tall grass and small trees. They can also settle in coniferous forests, settling in the rubble from brushwood of dead vegetation.

In order not to fall under the sight of a tick, you first need to stay away from tall grass. Ticks constantly concentrate near paths and forest roads, trying to find their victims by smell.

But in dry pine forests and places where there is no grass, ticks are extremely rare, and most often completely absent. The meadow tick, which lives in low grass, is not so aggressive towards humans, and even less so - it infects encephalitis not so often.

It is grass that serves as a tick for feeding, so 90% of all attacks occur from bushes, with a total height of 20 cm to 1.5 meters. In low grass, ticks do not like to hunt, so if you cut your summer cottage briefly, you can partially protect yourself from their presence.

Time to think about your pets

Spring came, it became warmer on the street and all the happy dog ​​owners, together with their pets, quickly gather in the fresh air - parks, groves, on the lake, river. Feeling the temperature rises, we try to warm up after the long winter in the first spring sun and please our dogs with a whole day's walk!

And here the most interesting thing happens: the air temperature seems to be not so spring already and the whole forest creature is just starting to wake up after the winter, but we, who returned home, are cheerful, happy, but tired, Suddenly we find on our beloved dog that has taken a tick from somewhere .

Ticks bite the dog and drink blood, injecting toxic substances into the body along with saliva, causing itching and redness. Returning from the cottage, from the park or from a walk through the forest, carefully examine the body of the dog. Depending on whether the tick had a good drink of blood, it can be flat or round, reaching the size of a pea.

Unlike fleas, it sticks tightly to the dog, and its removal is of some difficulty. If you simply pull out the tick, then most likely you will tear off only the body, and the head with the proboscis will remain in the skin and in the future will cause inflammation.

Ticks are also carriers of a dangerous disease for dogs - pyroplasmosis (babesiosis). This is a fairly serious blood disease, which, if not noticed and treated on time, can lead to the death of your pet.

The first tick attacks on dogs are observed with the onset of warm weather and the appearance of the first vegetation. Most often, ticks are attached to areas with thin skin: auricles, neck, chest. Babesiosis is common among dogs of hunting and service breeds, most often falling into the habitats of ticks.

Dogs of all breeds and ages are sick. Puppies, young and thoroughbred animals are more susceptible and harder to get sick. Adult dogs over 4 years old can tolerate the disease more easily. The incubation period corresponding to the reproduction of parasites in the dog's body can last from 2 days to 2 weeks.

The first signs of the disease appear 6-10 days after a tick bite. In some cases, the disease proceeds with lightning speed, and the symptoms do not have time to manifest themselves - the dog suddenly and quickly dies.

In the chronic course, the symptoms of the disease are mild, the disease can last 3-5 weeks. The dog rises in temperature, she loses weight, becomes lethargic, there is blood in the urine and feces, the mucous membranes become yellowish.

Fleas are less dangerous, but no less unpleasant for our animals. Fleas suck blood, piercing the skin and injecting toxic saliva, and can cause animals a lot of anxiety.

Some dogs whose saliva and flea bites cause allergies begin to actively bite and comb bites, sometimes tearing themselves to blood. Other dogs respond to bites less painfully; puppies carry the disease harder than adult dogs.

In any case, if you see signs of fleas on your dog, you need to get rid of them as quickly as possible before their population has multiplied. Hungry fleas also sometimes bite people, leaving small red itchy dots, mainly on the wrists and ankles.

Other signs of fleas can be small dark specks the size of poppy seeds - these are the stools of fleas, which are the dog’s digested blood. Whether it is a vital product of fleas or just dirt, you can easily check by placing a speck on a piece of wet white cloth.

If this is a bowel movement of a flea, then after a minute a small pink spot will spread around it - the digested blood will dissolve and stain the tissue. You must remember that if the dog is already infected with fleas, then only complex treatment will help you achieve the desired result.

It will be necessary not only to process the dog's coat, but also the entire room in which it is kept. Wool is just a short-term shelter for fleas. They live and breed in dog bedding, as well as in all the sofas on which your dog loves to sleep.

Floors, baseboards, tables, cabinets, window sills were washed, furniture (sofas, beds, armchairs), rugs, carpets were thoroughly vacuumed. A vacuum cleaner is an indispensable thing when removing egg laying in objects containing pile or thread.

Laundry, soft toys, slippers and those things in which the insect is supposedly or actually settled should be washed in hot water, pillows should be knocked out and hung out for a couple of days in the sun in a ventilated room.

But we will not be so careless, we will not wait for the appearance of uninvited "guests". A huge number of special tools are widely represented in all the pet stores of our country that will help prevent and cope with these problems. All of them are freely sold and equipped with instructions for use.

As a rule, for dogs, products are issued that include comprehensive protection against both fleas and ticks. You choose which one to use.

We present you only a brief description of these tools.

Drops at the withers. Preparations in drops are very convenient to use and economical. It is enough to apply the contents of one pipette, which is strictly dosed in accordance with the weight of the pet, on the skin at the withers.

When applied, the drug is not absorbed into the bloodstream, but gradually, within 24 hours, it is distributed over the surface of the body, reserving in the sebaceous glands.

Then it is constantly secreted, providing the animal with protection for a long time. The most effective and safe for pets are drugs whose active substance is fipronil. They are able to protect the animal from ticks for a month, and from fleas for all three months.

Drugs with selamiktin are not so effective against ticks. But they protect their "carrier" from fleas, ear and subcutaneous ticks and even from helminths (worms).

There are also products intended exclusively for dogs — these are preparations based on imidacloprid and permethrin — they last 4-6 weeks and put a barrier to ticks, fleas and mosquitoes (mosquitoes in our latitudes).

Sprays . Some of the above drugs are also sold as sprays.

Collars. A flea collar is quite effective: it is suitable for scaring away parasites, but if the animal is already infected, it will not help to remove fleas.Often, a collar is used as an additional means of protection, enhancing the effect of sprays, especially in cases where the pet goes with you to the cottage, to the forest or for a walk in a field with tall grass.

Collars, in combination with sprays, will create a strong barrier to jumping bloodsuckers.

Powder. Apply after the animal is washed and dried. A thin layer of powder is sprinkled on the hairline and rubbed against the hair to the skin of the animal.

After this, it is necessary to comb out the hair of the animal thoroughly. Processing is carried out once a week.

Useful Tips

Whatever you choose - spray or drops, it is important to remember that the animal should not be washed for two to three days before and after treatment. When you are going to nature, it is better to carry out the procedure in advance - in a day or two.

The drugs themselves also should not be looked for anywhere - they need to be bought at veterinary pharmacies or pet stores. This will save you from fakes and purchase expired drugs, will allow you to get expert advice and make the right choice.

And remember: prevention is remarkable in that it will allow you and your pet to avoid many troubles (including an urgent visit to a veterinarian).

When a tick is especially dangerous: about the season and months of parasite activity

If you are a lover of outdoor recreation, you need to know when the tick season begins to avoid the attacks of evil bloodsuckers.

Unfortunately, not everyone is wary of woodlands during periods of high parasite activity and is attacked by various ticks. To gain knowledge in the field of tick seasonality, consider the factors that influence the initiative of bloodsuckers.

All data in the article are given for regions with a temperate climate (which includes most of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus).

What determines the activity of the parasite?

Considering the period of tick activity, we can say with confidence that various factors affect the attack, starting from the time of day to a certain time of the year.

Let us dwell on each moment in more detail. Consider at what temperature, humidity and time period the activity of these insects increases:

• At 80% air humidity, favorable conditions for an attack occur (provided that the temperature is favorable). From this, the risk of being bitten increases after past rains.
• If the air temperature is + 5 ... + 30º, the parasites go on the “hunt” in search of prey. Outside this temperature range, adverse conditions occur and activity ceases.
• In the morning and afternoon, before nightfall, vision allows you to see the object of the attack, despite the partial atrophy of the eyes.
• Windlessness (in the absence of wind, ticks can fly up to 10 meters, which contributes to their attack, not even being close to shrubs and trees).
• Rainfall (as a rule, at the moment of rain, the ticks are inactive, because it is difficult to move. After moistening the soil and air, their activity increases. Do not forget that before the rain, the air becomes moist and initiative again increases).

Seasonal activity of ticks in Russia. Please note that the microclimate in the forest is slightly different from the weather conditions in the open area and in the city. The temperature under the dense cover of trees can be 1-2 degrees lower than the temperature in open areas.

These are far from all factors, since depending on the type of ticks, attacks can also be carried out at temperatures from 0º.

Activity by time of day

Ticks primarily focus on the favorable conditions created by nature. If all conditions are favorable for the parasite, then the main time of day when the attacks occur is morning and day.

In the dark, parasite attacks are also possible, as they have developed a sense of smell, with which they can sense the approach of the victim.

It is possible that the attacks will be carried out in the fall, during the snowfall, since by this time the breeding season begins. To feed offspring, they seek food, and at this moment, activity increases to its peak.

general information

Let us consider in more detail the intervals between activity and inaction, in the presence of certain factors (by months):

In warm April, characteristic of the temperate zone, parasites begin to return to active life. After hibernation, they show initiative in finding food for further existence, growth and reproduction.

The breeding season is coming and it takes a lot of blood to saturate and reproduce, laying eggs. Insects are also active in August. After breeding, the females die, and activity ends before the onset of autumn, as new offspring are not yet able to attack and feed.

With the onset of the first autumn days (late August and September), the initiative season begins again due to lower temperatures and a drop in heat. Weather conditions create a comfortable atmosphere for ticks, and they crawl out of their shelters in search of prey.

In October, the season of activity, as a rule, ends, but at a low temperature. If the weather continues to remain warm (which is not uncommon for the southern regions), then the risk of a bite remains, albeit lower than in spring and summer.

Unfortunately, bloodsuckers quickly adapt to the environment. There are attacks even with the onset of the first cold weather outside the forest (ticks can be active in autumn even in November, in areas with a warm climate, but this is extremely rare, and rather the exception).

Are ticks dangerous in the fall in November - extremely rare. It is safe to say that the season of activity begins at the time of the onset of the first warm days, but here it ends depending on the adaptation of the parasites.

When are ticks especially dangerous, and why?

Tick ​​activity peaks at the end of April days and the beginning of July. It is during this period of time that people should be vigilant while strolling in the forest and in park areas, since these months have the best weather conditions for attack by parasites.

Ticks are dangerous in April and July because they themselves are not prey for other animals and insects, and their number reaches its peak. Contributes to the peak of activity and the fact that the females are most proactive, stocking up blood for the previous breeding.

Is there a risk of “earning” encephalitis during an activity period? Undoubtedly, therefore, beware of places with high humidity, raspberry bushes and young aspen trees, since these plants are the main medium for their distribution.

Stay close to sunny and fairly windy areas during periods of extreme tick activity. Avoid forest walks at peak tick activity. Do not neglect the chance, the bite of a bloodsucker is a serious danger to human life.

Warning - tick season!

Although tick activity has not yet peaked, some individuals have already gone hunting. Take care of your pets!

Mites usually become active from the end of April, when the air warms up and the soil temperature reaches 5-7 degrees. The peak of activity occurs in May-June, but they should beware of now.

You can meet with ticks almost throughout Russia: from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin. As for the Moscow region, the greatest risk is represented by the north and east of the region: Kolomensky, Orekhovo-Zuevsky, Yegoryevsky and Naro-Fominsky districts.

A tick bite is looking for a place for several hours. Therefore, after a walk, be sure to inspect the dog. First of all, pay attention to the neck, axillary folds, groin, anus and the areas between the fingers.

If the pet’s coat is thick and long, use a comb with small teeth and carefully comb the hair, starting from the roots. This procedure will allow you to find the hidden "guest" in time. Detected ticks can not be crushed by hands, so you can get infected.

In a dangerous period of tick activity, think about grooming a dog: in a short coat, the tick is easier to detect and, perhaps, a short grooming will not only add appeal to your pet, but also protect it from serious problems.

In addition, in our country, it is finally possible to give dogs a preventive vaccination against pyroplasmosis, a serious tick-borne disease.

However, if the vaccination has not yet been done, then wait until June, and vaccinate the dog before the autumn tick-borne invasion. If you introduce the vaccine now, in season, then with a tick bite the dog will have worse than without vaccination, since the dog’s body will be weakened.

If you notice a sucking tick on your pet, do not panic! Not every tick is contagious. Try to pull out the bloodsucker. Disinfect the tweezers and wipe the bite with alcohol, grab the tick with tweezers as close to the skin as you can, and slowly pull.

If the tick itself does not pull out the proboscis, just as carefully try to "loosen" the bloodsucker. The main thing is to pull out the whole tick. If the head remains under the skin of the dog, this can lead to serious skin disease.

It will take 3 to 7 days to determine if a dog is infected or not. Watch your pet carefully. The main symptoms that should alert you:

If you notice at least one of the signs of malaise, contact your veterinarian immediately!

Do not forget about your own safety - because the tick may be on you. Carefully inspect yourself after walking, try to put on light clothing (it is easier to find a bloodsucker on it) that fits tightly to the body.

Tick ​​season has begun - security measures

A small insect that can do a lot of trouble. In Ukraine, ticks opened the season of hunting for people. You can meet a bloodsucker not only in the forest, but also in city parks.

According to various sources, the total number of diseases that ticks can infect is about 60. The first symptoms of any of these diseases can begin from 2 days to 2 weeks after the bite.

The most dangerous of all diseases - tick-borne encephalitis - inflammation of the brain that can lead to death.

Precautionary measures

Tick ​​activity begins in April and ends in October. The peak occurs in early May, mid-August.

Firstly, it is initially not recommended to climb into impassable thickets of undersized shrubs (raspberries, alder, hazel) without special need.

Before leaving the house, you need to think about your outfit in advance. It should be closed clothing - wear closed shoes, socks and pants, pulled together with an elastic band from the bottom. Jacket or shirt - with a long sleeve. Also do not forget about the hat. A tick can climb onto a person not only from the grass, but also accidentally fall from a tree.

Chemical protection

Pre-treat clothing and exposed areas of the body with a special spray against ticks.

Inspection During your stay in nature, constantly inspect yourself, your neighbor, children and pets. Inspection should be carried out every few hours, paying particular attention to open areas of the body, hair and places where large vessels lie - axillary hollows, neck, elbow bends, knees, inguinal folds.

During the rest, do not pick flowers, branches, etc., and even more so - do not bring them home - even in the most beautiful bouquet mites can hide.

Returning from a walk - carefully remove all clothing from yourself. It is advisable to wash it, but if this is not possible, then you can put it in a tight bag.

Graft. Ideally, if you plan to spend a lot of time in the spring-summer season in nature, outside the city or in the country, then it is better to make a scheduled vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis in advance.

If you find a crawling tick - it must be burned.

Tick ​​season: how to protect yourself and where to look for help

They are drowned and crushed - they survive, they are frozen, and they, having warmed up, feel good after 15 minutes. Garlic for these bloodsuckers is no barrier at all. Ticks - voracious and patient - are always hungry and ready to attack.

It would seem that in spring and summer green lawns are the best place to relax from the bustle of the city. But here you can’t be careless - the tenacious paws of these first-class hunters will not miss anyone who passes by.

To protect people and animals from these dangerous creatures, city parks and squares are annually cultivated. Moreover, in the last two years, treatment areas have increased due to the accession of two new areas to the city.

According to the plan this year, more than 2.3 thousand hectares are to be cultivated in the metropolis. Since April, anti-mite treatment has already been carried out in 70% of the territory. Re-green areas of the city will be processed in July.

How to protect yourself?

Not every tick bite is dangerous, but the consequences of contracting the diseases that they carry are so serious that it is better to be safe.

That is why, going to nature, even if this nature is near your home - you should think about clothes in advance.

More reliable means, of course, are special clothes and repellents - repellents, but it’s clear that not all of this will be suitable for a simple picnic in the park, but it’s very desirable in the mountains and forest.

Walking in nature, every 15 minutes, inspect yourself and loved ones. This will allow you to detect the bloodsucker in time and remove it before the bite. A thorough inspection for ticks also needs to be done after returning home. It is necessary to check not only yourself, but also animals, bouquets of plucked flowers and everything that was brought from a walk.

Another specific measure for the prevention of tick-borne encephalitis is vaccination. Vaccination is needed in order to train the immune system to detect the virus and fight it. After it, antibodies are produced in the human body that, when they meet the virus, will destroy it.

Where to go with a bite?

Having stuck to the victim, ticks increase in size by five, or even ten times, it is impossible not to notice them.

Emergency help with a bite is provided in any emergency room of each populated center.

How to remove a tick from the body?

Removing the tick itself is not recommended. Many mistakes can be made that will exacerbate the problem. But still, if there is no opportunity to get medical care “here and now”, follow these rules:

1. it is best to remove the tick with a special curved tweezers or a special device: it is sold in any pharmacy and it is good to provide it with a first aid kit;
2. if you are in the field and there is nothing at hand - any coarse thread will do. From it you need to make a loop and throw as close to the proboscis as possible;
3. Further, the removal process is approximately the same: with careful, swaying movements, carefully remove the tick from the wound. Try not to hurt. If part of the tick still remains in the body, remove the remains with a needle like a regular splinter.

After removing the parasite, be sure to cauterize the bite site and consult a doctor as soon as possible.

What can not be done

Try not to pull out the tick with your bare hands - there is a big risk of crushing or damaging it, after which inflammation and abscess are almost guaranteed.

If before that the bitten person had a chance not to get infected in case of an infected tick, now - no.

When to sound the alarm

A tick bite is a potential opportunity to catch tick-borne encephalitis and a number of other, not so well-known, but very serious diseases. Therefore, in the event of an incident, you need to be attentive to your state of health in the next month.

The incubation period for tick-borne encephalitis lasts from three to 30 days, an average of 7-14 days.

This disease is characterized by an acute onset: a sudden rise in body temperature to 38-39 ° C, weakness, malaise, nausea, weakness, pain in the muscles of the neck and shoulder girdle, pain in the lumbar region and a feeling of numbness, headache (moderate to severe )

If there are such symptoms - do not blame them for the common cold - immediately seek medical help and do not forget to inform your doctor that there has recently been a bite.

If you feel normal, but the wound hurts, there is redness and especially the red border around, immediately go to the doctor.

Treatment and vaccination

In addition to immunoglobulin, a local neuropathologist or infectious disease specialist can prescribe an additional antiviral prophylactic treatment to a victim of a tick bite.

A reliable way to treat tick-borne encephalitis is vaccination: for example, over the past 17 years, not a single case of TBE among vaccinees has been recorded in the country.

Residents can seek advice on routine vaccinations at the community clinic or epidemiological station.

When going to work, on a long trip or even for a short walk in the park, always remember your safety and observe safety measures. This is just the case when the proverb "safe - God protects" as relevant as ever.

Summer is a paradise for bloodsuckers

Currently, a significant increase in the number of victims of encephalitis tick bites is recorded in Russia.

There are several reasons for this. This is global warming, and the life cycles of ticks themselves, and the cessation of centralized tick-borne treatment of the area, or rather, the change of drugs that are used for this.

It is no secret that in Soviet times the processing of crowded areas - parks, rest houses, pioneer camps - was carried out with the help of DDT (dust), from which not only ticks died, but all life in the area.

Now many residents of large cities reached out to nature, began to build cottages, go on picnics. Thus, the person became closer to ticks, and the tick, do not be a fool, is pulled to human habitation.

The contingent of the bitten has also changed. Previously, woodcutters, hunters and foresters primarily suffered from bloodsuckers, but now summer residents, including children and pensioners, are becoming more and more victims of ticks.

The first active adult ticks appear in early or mid-April, when the sun begins to warm and the first thawed spots form in the forest. The number of ticks increases rapidly, reaching a maximum by the beginning of the second decade of May, and remains high until the middle or end of June, depending on the weather.

What is dangerous sucking tick? These arthropods suffer a lot of infectious diseases, but the most dangerous for humans and the most common of them are tick-borne encephalitis and borreliosis.

How to protect yourself from bites

If you live in a territory that is the focus of borreliosis or tick-borne encephalitis, children and adults must go to the district clinic and get vaccinated against these diseases.

Ticks are hygrophilous and therefore prefer moderately shaded and moistened deciduous and mixed forests with dense grass and undergrowth. It is very important to know that, contrary to a common misconception, these arthropods do not fall on people from trees, but jump from grass and low bushes up to half a meter high.

Often they concentrate on forest paths and trails overgrown with grass along the roadsides.

Dress correctly. Ticks, waiting for the victim on the grass, react to movement and jump on the person who passes by, and then crawl up the body. Therefore, it is very important to completely cover with clothes.

Pants tucked into rubber boots; shirt or sweater tucked into pants; the collar at the neck is tied, tight cuffs on the sleeves, and a scarf on the head. It is especially important to protect the neck, head, inguinal region and armpits: here the skin is the most delicate and appetizing for parasites.

The tick bite is completely painless: the arthropod saliva contains anesthetics. Therefore, it is almost impossible to feel the presence of the “enemy”.

Remember that you could bring ticks into the house on clothes, so do not bring street items into living rooms.

Use insect protection sprays and creams.

Most often, ticks attack a person when he sits in a forest to relieve need under a bush. Be careful, choose a place where there is no grass, cover the newspaper and take a closer look at yourself after the toilet.

But males can finish the “lunch” in an hour, so often the victim does not even suspect their visit. However, tick-borne encephalitis can also be transmitted by males. Therefore, if you or your child have a fever after a picnic, consult a doctor immediately.

What to do if the parasite still sucks?

If you find yourself stuck on a tick or child, do not waste time, pull it out as soon as possible. Encephalitis virus infection occurs with the first drops of tick saliva, so responsiveness does not matter here.

In the case of borreliosis, every minute is precious: borrelia needs to be rebuilt antigenically in order to attack human cells, which sometimes takes 18 hours. Therefore, the sooner you remove the bloodsucker, the lower the risk of getting sick.

Better take a thread, make a loop out of it and throw it, like a lasso, on the tick body as close to the proboscis as possible. Tightening the loop, try to turn the arthropod onto the back and pull it out of the skin with twisting movements. The same can be done with tweezers.

Then you need to treat the place of the "bite" with any disinfectant solution, apply cotton wool with an ointment containing an antibiotic (tetracycline, chloramphenicol), and glue it with a plaster for a day.

The removed tick should not be sentenced to instant death. It would be nice to check it for the presence of dangerous viruses and bacteria.

Place the bloodsucker in a clean jar with some blade of grass or in a napkin slightly moistened with water and take it to a specialized laboratory for examination as soon as possible. Such an examination is carried out in the centers of hygiene and epidemiology.

In Moscow, caught ticks are taken for examination at the Federal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology.

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