The fact that ticks fall on us from trees is a myth. Firstly, they simply can not climb so high, and secondly, they have nothing to do there. Ticks live in the grass and on low bushes. They cling to our trousers, skirts and jackets, and then deftly crawl upstairs, searching for a convenient place to tightly suck. The mites have their favorite places for bites. And in children and adults, they vary - most likely, due to the difference in growth. For example, in children, mites are most often found on the head, especially behind the ears. The tick bite itself is not terrible. It causes only redness, itching and a slight swelling in the wound area. But the infections that get into the blood of a person with a bite with the tick saliva or when it is squashed are very dangerous. The most terrible disease that is transmitted through the tick bite is tick-borne encephalitis, which affects the central nervous system and causes paralysis (the first symptoms appear in two weeks after bite) and borreliosis or Lyme disease. This disease does not die, but it gives dangerous complications to the heart and joints.
Photo: GettyImagesHow to protect the baby?First of all, choose for walking a wide path. Stay away from those places where you need to move branches of trees and make your way through the bushes. During the walk and after it, carefully examine each other and children, especially the exposed areas of the skin and head. And when you get home, carefully remove all clothes in the bathroom and shake it off: parasites can catch on a jacket or trousers, and you will bring them to your house. Olga Ivanova, epidemiologist:
- The best way to protect against tick-borne infectionsis considered an inoculation. But children under the age of 2 years are not vaccinated, and older children can be vaccinated only after a medical examination and only if they were absolutely healthy during the month. And with this it is usually difficult. Therefore, this method of protection for children is of little use. Remain anti-fungal repellents. Remember that for children under 3-5 years of age, such funds do not exist, because all anti-maltreatment agents are very toxic and kids at this age are contraindicated. And do not forget that it is worth treating not only clothing but also strollers with ticks. The most popular means for ticks for children are "Off! Extreme "," DEFI-Taiga "," Biban "and" Mosquitol anti-cellulose ". They should only be applied to clothing: apply, allow to dry, and then only wear these clothes on the child. It must be remembered that the drugs have their validity, during which they are effective. Then the treatment must be repeated. Note that in wet weather and even more so in the rain, the duration of such drugs is greatly shortened. And sometimes the tool can in general prove to be ineffective. Folk remedies for ticks The mites can not stand the smells of some plants, so you can use their essential oils. The most effective: essential oil of geranium, palmarosa, carnations, rosemary, lavender, mint, menthol. To prepare yourself a remedy for mites, take 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil-base and add 20 drops of one of these essential oils (you can immediately several). With this mixture or simply essential oil, it is necessary to treat the edges of clothing and exposed skin areas. For the selected places it is best to hold the finger moistened with oil. This procedure should be carried out every 1.5 or 2 hours. Such a remedy will be much safer for the child, but also one hundred percent protection, unfortunately, will not. But, you see, it's better than nothing.
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- Wear both baby and light clothing - so it will be easier to notice the tick and shake it off in time.
- In the forest it is more practical to walk not in a frivolousT-shirt, and in a light turtleneck or blouse with long sleeves. If clothes are on clasps, the ideal option is lightning, not buttons, velcro or buttons.
- Pants tuck into socks, now not to beauty. Handle the top of the socks and the lower part of the trousers tucked into the socks. It is also advisable to treat sleeves cuffs.
- Wearing a headdress is not even discussed: caps, hoods, kerchiefs - an indispensable attribute of a country walk.
- Do not leave your neck or head open. If it is hot in clothes with a high neck, tie a toe to the neck of the kerchief, so that the tick rising on the back can not bite into the neck and the back of the head.
- If the child runs on the grass almost naked or naked, inspect it every 20 minutes. The tick does not stick right away, it crawls up for a long time, and it's easier to see a tick on a naked child.
- All means of ticks apply only to clothing! Ticks need to crawl 10 cm along the poisoned tissue, so that the agent will act.
What to do if a tick has attached itself?Ideally, you should immediately go to a medical facility to have the tick removed and the wound treated. If you cannot go to the hospital, remove the tick yourself. Carefully grab the parasite with tweezers by the protruding part and turn it 90 degrees counterclockwise, while simultaneously twisting it vertically upward. Try to remove the tick completely. Treat the site of attachment with alcohol or iodine and seal it with a bactericidal plaster. If possible, lubricate the area with tetracycline or chloramphenicol ointment. Then see a doctor anyway. Well, the tick needs to be sent to the lab. If it turns out that it carries an infection, an injection of immunoglobulin administered within three days after the bite will help avoid dangerous consequences. First symptoms It may be that the tick managed to bite the child, but did not attach - it was brushed off. But this is enough for the infection to be transmitted to the baby. Keep an eye on him: if suddenly a sore throat, cough, runny nose, fever begin, you should immediately contact a doctor and be sure to tell him that all these symptoms appeared after a walk in the forest. It is also useful to know:
