With the first rays of spring sun is so nice to get the whole family out of town for a picnic, take a walk in the woods, well, or, in an extreme case, just sit on the grass in a city park. However, enjoying a walk, do not lose vigilance: the arrival of the heat activated extremely dangerous insects - mites.
Tick bite - a little trouble, which can become a serious problem for the health and even life. According to the scientists, ticks carry more than fifty different infections, including in Ukraine, the most frequent encephalitis, Lyme disease and tulyarimiya. What do you do if you suddenly found on the body or the body of the baby tick? The main thing - do not panic and react promptly. And how - we'll show you.
How do you know that a child bitten by a tick
As a rule, the tick bite is detected before it has had time to fall. Around the bite formed a bright red spot with a diameter less than 1 cm - is an allergic reaction to the saliva of the arthropod. Feel the bite will not succeed, because the pain when it arises. A person can pass the parasite for a long time and did not even know about it.
Signs of bite may be weakness, dizziness, drowsiness, aching in joints and photophobia, and palpitations, and fever. Usually the first symptoms appear 2-3 hours after the bite. Therefore, if a pipsqueak loves to lie in the grass of spring, do not be lazy to periodically inspect his body.
Most often, the tick is attached to the places where the skin is more delicate: the abdomen, chest, groin, behind the ears. By the way, the parasite is active from March to November. Therefore, not be able to relax until the first frost.
WHAT TO DO IF FOUND THE ENEMY
Again - do not panic. From your operational and conscious action depends on the health of your crumbs. First of all, you need to remove the bloodsucker with the child's body to stop intoxication. It is not necessary to conduct the child to the emergency room. If it's a walk in the park, it is possible. And what to do if you are out of town? Do not waste time! Act!
First step. Remove the parasite from the body of the child. Do not rush to pull him. Remove the tick should be carefully not to damage the abdomen arthropods. Affordable handy tools will serve as a thread that can be pulled out of the clothes. Small loop jumped on the bloodsucker proboscis. Slow swaying movements extract the tick. It is not so difficult as it seems.
More convenient, of course, take advantage of special arrangements for the removal of the parasite. They are small and easy to fit even in a handbag. They can be purchased at any pet store, because the animals are exposed to attacks by ticks more frequently than men.
The second step. Transported to the laboratory the mite. Absolutely! After all, only after analysis will show that the bloodsucker 'clean', you can be sure that your baby is safe. In this case, the worst of what to expect - it's an allergic reaction. So do not be lazy to pack paukoobraza in a matchbox, a plastic bag or other sealed container and delivered to a medical laboratory.
WHAT TO DO IF infected ticks
Once again - only peace and tranquility, as the well-known fairy tale character. In this case, the doctor will prescribe a blood test for the detection of specific antibodies to understand how serious the infection entered the child's body. And its results will prescribe treatment or prevention.
What exactly is a list of procedures it depends on which specific infection was detected. The presence of infection in the blood crumbs is minimal? Most likely, the doctor will prescribe immunotherapy. If a tick is infected with encephalitis, we can talk about the introduction of human globulin.
