Tick season is here, And it is already giving shape to be a fat. According to recent data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States has been looking at the most reported emergency room trips to cut ticks since 2019.
Recent estimates show that more than 31 million people bite in the US Tick Every year. Rates of Tick-related diseaseLime Lime Disease and Rocky mountain spotted feverThe last two decades have exceeded double – the result of rising temperature, land use and transfer of other factors.
But cutting a tick does not mean that you will become ill. Most tick bite does not cause disease, and the majority of tick-borne diseases can be prevented from early removal of the research show.
“Repeated tick checks are important because they help prevent infections such as lime disease, which can cause severe long-term health issues if not caught early,” Bobby Pret, MDDirector of clinical parasitic science laboratory at Mayo Clinic and spokesperson of American pathologist college, told Health,
Keeping this in mind, Should you pay extra attention to your body while scanning for ticks? What do you know here where ticks like to roam – as well as what to do if you really find one on your body.
Ticks transmit diseases to humans by eating on the blood of infected animals and contracting pathogenic bacteria, viruses or parasites. Then, when they are snacking on their next victim’s blood, they can inject the pathogen into a new host.
In the United States, at least 17 human diseases are caused by many species of ticks. The most common tick-related disease is nationwide for 80% of tick-related diseases Lyme disease, A bacterial infection that can cause fatigue, headache and a skin rash.
Less covered diseases are included from the ticks:
- Infighting, Diry
- Tularmia, A potential severe bacterial disease that can be treated with antibiotics
- Anaplasmosis, A bacterial infection that causes flu -like symptoms
- Ar-syndrome, A rare red meat allergic, developed after being cut by a tick
The percentage of ticks which is infected varies from 0 to 50% and roughly from the location. For example, the black-legged tick, mostly found in the southeastern US, is rarely infected.
Some pathogens, such as the pavason virus, can be transmitted at least in 15 minutes, while a tick needs to be attached for several hours – in some cases, 24 or more – to transmit the disease. “Can stop the transition before finding a tick and starts to remove quickly,” Print said.
Ticks do not fly or jump. Instead, they stick to the vegetation with their back legs and reach their front legs, waiting to brush by a host, Cherlot Mao, MDA pediatrician infectious disease physician and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Bay Area Lime Foundation.
When this happens, they move to the host – you, you or your dog – then “crawls and climb to different places on the body and finally to attach and cut,” Mao said. Health,
Ticks can hide the whole body like your chest, shoulder, ankle, wrist and legs on your body. But they often like Hot area of the body Where the skin is folded or where the fabrics press to the skin, ”Mao said.
According to a 2020 survey, most of the 722 deer ticks were found – about 16% – found. HobbyThe remaining eight spots were:
- With upper back
- On the skull
- On calves and shin
- With upper weapons
- Back of knees
- Besides
- With neck
- Early
In children, ticks cut around the head and neck. Why? Children are more likely to play and roll in grass, Mao said, and their heads are close to the height of the vegetation.
Loan star tickWhich lives in Eastern, South-Eastern and South-Central America and can transmit germs such as erytichiosis and Heart virus disease (But not the lime disease), is aggressive and cuts quickly like legs, thighs, or waist areas on the lower half of the body.
Dog ticks, which can transmit diseases such as anaplasmosis and beabasiosis and are usually found to the east of the rocky mountains, prefer to climb upwards and cut the head or neck area, adding Mao.
US Agriculture Department recommends Take a bath or bath Hiking, walking inside the house after walking, walking, camps, gardening and picnic. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), you usually take a few hours for a tick to dig and cut a tick, as doing this will help you find gendering ticks.
To operate tick checks, use hand-caught or full-flavored mirrors Scan your entire body, With your underarms, belly buttons, ears and hair. You can also ask a friend to help (especially with those hard-to-wheel areas such as your skull or back). Some ticks, such as black-legged ticks, minuscule and may Look like a mole, Mao said.
Tick cutting is most easily identified when the skin is connected to the skin while feeding, Chantal Vogels, PhDAn assistant professor of epidemiology (Microbial Disease) at Yale School of Public Health told Health The goal is that you have to hold and remove the tick before your blood is filled.
Like other bug bites, a tick bite usually causes one Red knotIn general, tick bites are not painful, while other insects usually cause pain and stings. Sometimes, however, a tick bite can cause local swelling, itching, blisters and injuries.
If you put a tick on your skin, it is important to take it immediate action. What to do here:
- Decide on yourself deletion method: A pair of tweezers, a tick removal device, or your fingers.
- Hold on tick As close to your skin as possible.
- Slowly pull up and away, Remove full tick in a piece.
- If the tick part, the mouth, breaks and your skin remains recorded, Remove those parts, Very.
- Clean the bite Vogel said with soap and water or wine rubbing to avoid infection. (Do not use petroleum jelly, heat, or other chemicals to clean the bite, which CDC warns that tick and infected fluids can be pushed out of it and into your body.)
- Get rid of tick Flushing under the toilet, wrapping it in tape, placing it in a seal container, or immersed in alcohol. (Do not crush the tick between your fingers.)
- Check for additional ticks, Vogel insisted.
One thing CDC says that you should not do so that ticks are tested for pathogens. This is because a negative result can give you wrong assurance, and a positive result can cause unnecessary anxiety, given that it is not necessary that you will become ill.
This is always a good idea Monitor yourself for symptomsLike a rash or fever – after cutting a tick. With Lime Disease, A Bullsai grains Will appear about a week after the bite.
If you notice anything unusually, contact a doctor and when the bite is a clue to them and where you were made aware of the tick, Vogel said. Initial treatment with antibiotics or anti-parasitic drugs can improve your disease diagnosis and prevent serious illness.
Finally, the best way to prevent tick-related diseases is Avoid cutting tick in the first place. In addition to checking the ticks, wear permethrin-covered clothes and use insect repellent. “Prevention is better than treatment,” Vogel said.
