Writer: Easter Egg Dad
Spring, the season of revival.
Ticks have also entered the active phase.
Spring is a good season to visit.
Ticks, too, are starting to find their hosts.
01 Be careful when ticks enter the active phase
Many people, including some parents, don't care about ticks, after all, it's just a common parasite.
However, this parasite can be really fatal sometimes!
There are many incidents of ticks injuring people, and related cases are reported almost every year.
There was an elderly man who was bitten by a tick and developed encephalitis.
After the 78-year-old man went to work in the field, he had a headache and nausea, went to the hospital for a check-up, and found a tick.
At this time, the tick is already the size of a corn kernel.
There was a 2-year-old boy who had been sucked by ticks for many days, and the bugs were dozens of times bigger.
The child just played in the forest park for a while, walking through a forest.
When he returned, the child occasionally scratched his neck.
A few days later, when the uncle was playing with the child, he found that there was a "small meat ball" at the back of the head, which felt a little unusual, and then the family quickly took the child to the hospital.
Because the tick has been in the meat for 5 days, it is difficult to remove the worm by ordinary methods, and the final method can only "cut the flesh and extract the worm".
There is an article in the 1105th issue of China News Weekly, which is dedicated to ticks.
The article mentions that between 2009 and 2010, there were large-scale tick bite deaths in six provinces and cities, including Henan, Shandong, and Hubei.
Why do ticks hurt so much?
Because, it carries a lot of germs.
The Atlantic likened tick saliva to "a luxury car carrying a variety of pathogens."
A small tick, originally only a few millimeters, will obviously "swell" after sucking blood, which will cause infection, vomiting, pain, redness and swelling.
There are as many as 83 kinds of viruses that ticks are known to carry, as well as 14 kinds of bacteria, 17 kinds of relapsing spirochetes, 32 species of protozoa, and most of them are important natural immune diseases and zoonoses, such as encephalitis, Q fever, hare fever, etc., which can really be fatal if not treated in time.
So, when you encounter a tick, be sure to deal with it in time!
02 The baby was bitten by a tick, and the mother's three-step treatment was praised by the doctor
Ticks are dangerous, but don't be afraid if you get bitten.
There is a mother in the community, she took her child to the next city to climb the mountain and came back, and the child said that she had a "black pimple" on her leg.
When Bao Ma got closer, it looked like a legendary tick.
Because it is known that the tick cannot be pulled directly because the tick's mouthparts have a barb that grips the skin firmly. Pull it raw, and the barb will remain in the body, continuously releasing toxins.
The only way to do this is to "anesthetize" the tick.
So, Bao Ma used the "three-step method" to deal with the tick.
First, it is sprayed with alcohol on the tick.
Fortunately, after a few sprays, the tick was anesthetized and fell off on its own.
Secondly, there is the treatment of ticks.
Bao Ma used tweezers to put the tick into a sealed bag.
In the end, the mother immediately took the child to the hospital.
The doctor saw the tick in the bag, examined the child's bite wound, and praised the mother for handling it very well!
The doctor also instructed that if you can't anesthetize the tick with alcohol, and you are not sure that the tick will be completely clamped out, then it is better to come to the hospital and hand it over to a professional person to deal with it!
Of course, it is not only alcohol that can be used, but also cigarette butts, incense sticks, etc., which can burn the part of the tick exposed to the outside, so that its head slowly exits on its own.
03 When you go out, you need to do a good job of protection
It is inevitable to go out in spring, and when you go out, you need to do a good job of protection.
First of all, to prevent "all kinds of insects"
There are so many insects that are active in spring!
Not just ticks, but also red fire ants, bees, mosquitoes, leeches, cryptopteras, centipedes, and more.
For these common creatures, parents should learn to distinguish when they take their babies out, and teach their children how to deal with them, so as not to be hurt because of curiosity and playfulness.
For example, there is a child in the Easter egg class, some time ago he went out to play with his father, and his father fished, and he played with leeches in the river, which he thought was very interesting.
When Dad saw it, he was also shocked, but fortunately he stopped it in time and was not sucked blood.
Secondly, dress well and protectively
To know the insects, dress well and protect them.
Some parents like to dress their children well when they go out to take beautiful photos of their children, such as small skirts, stockings, small shorts, etc., with their arms and legs exposed.
It's good-looking, but this season, it's really easy to be bitten by bugs.
When you go to a place where there are more woods and meadows, it is better to dress your child "longer": long pants, long sleeves, and sneakers.
It's best to tuck your trouser legs into your shoes and socks so that bugs can't get their way.
After returning home, it is best to change your clothes in time to avoid ticks entering your home.
If you have pets at home, you need to pay special attention, because pets especially like to enter grass, woods, bushes, etc., and ticks are very easy to parasitize. And pets have hair and are easy to ignore.
Therefore, if you take your pet out, it is best to check your pet's skin when you come back.
Finally, if you feel unwell, you should seek medical attention promptly
Some people have a weaker constitution, such as children.
After returning from a trip, it is easy to have symptoms of fever and malaise.
At this time, parents should not take it lightly and think that the child is just not adapting all of a sudden, but should first check the child to see if there are external problems such as ticks, and then take the child to the hospital to confirm the problem as soon as possible so as not to delay the condition.
Written at the end of the article
Spring is the season to go out.
Whether you are taking your baby out or yourself, you need to pay attention to protection!