"My mother in her 70s died of a tick bite, and my brother was bitten when he came home to mourn..."
In addition, in this part of Wuhan, 2 people have been bitten to death by tick bites. The Department of Infectious Diseases of Wuhan Union Hospital has successively treated more than 100 cases of severe tick disease patients.
It is simply terrible, over the years, there have been many things that have been bitten or killed by ticks, and in just a few months, so many people have been bitten and maimed by small ticks!
Another old man was bitten to death by a tick bite!
On July 5, in Xialuowan, Hongxing Village, Hengdian Town, Huangpi District, Villager Luo Mingjian, 76, started a low-grade fever, and after an injection in the hospital, the next two days, the old man's spirit was very poor, and the grain of rice did not enter.
On the 8th, the elderly continued to have low-grade fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and was sent to Wuhan Union Hospital, where he found abnormalities in many indicators such as platelets and white blood cells in the blood routine, which was suspected to be a blood disease. As soon as the patient was admitted to the hospital, he was admitted to the intensive care unit.
On the 10th, the hematologist gave Zhang Donglian a bone marrow puncture to rule out the most likely lymphoma and leukemia. And when the doctor asked, has the patient been bitten by a poisonous insect? At that time, Zhang Donglian was still conscious, recalling that she had been bitten to the neck by a tick half a month ago, and when she took a picture, she did not know whether it was filmed.
Luo Mingjian looked at the left neck of his mother, and there was no trace of ticks, but he left a red dot the size of a sesame seed. The initial diagnosis of the hematologist is "tick disease" and recommends that the patient be transferred to the infectious disease department for treatment.
On the 12th, Zhang Donglian was transferred to the Infection Department of Huangpi District People's Hospital, but he did not expect that the situation of the elderly the next day took a sharp turn for the worse, and his multi-organ failure of the whole body was exhausted, and the doctor told the family to prepare for the aftermath.
On the afternoon of July 13, Luo Mingjian took his mother back to his hometown in Huangpi. "She kept moaning in a low voice, barely opening her eyes when she heard the call of her loved ones, and when the clock turned, people couldn't do it."
The discharge diagnosis issued by Union Hospital and Huangpi District People's Hospital confirmed that Zhang Donglian's cause was "fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (new Bunia virus infection)", commonly known as "tick disease".
In less than half a month, the old man fell ill and died! However, what is even more frightening is that there are more than 700 households and 2,700 people in the entire Red Star Village, and this year five or six people in the Red Star Village have been bitten by ticks!!!
Are there really ticks in Wuhan?
Some people have died because of this, Wuhan Ling, you don't know where there are ticks in Wuhan?
At present, a total of 22 tick species have been found in Hubei Province, mainly distributed in high mountains and hilly areas, including Huangshi, Yangxin and Daye in the Mufu Mountains, and Huangpi, Xinzhou, Huanggang, Suizhou, Xianning, Xiaogan and Dayu in the Dabie Mountains. In addition, ticks are distributed in small quantities in areas such as Huazhong Agricultural University, Jiefang Park, and Wuhan Cigarette Factory in the urban area, and the low density does not pose a threat.
Ticks, more terrifying than you think!
Ticks are not insects
You think ticks are insects? NO！ Xiaobian wants to tell you a fact! Ticks and spiders are relatives!!! Spiders! Of course, they also have a relative that frightens women– mites!!!
How did ticks catch their eye on you?
Ticks have a keen sense of smell, are sensitive to sweat odor and carbon dioxide, and when they are 15m away from the host, they can perceive and actively approach you. As soon as it comes into contact, it immediately climbs up. Hesitation is difficult to detect, so being "targeted" by ticks is mostly doomed.
Where does this virus-carrying "blood-sucking worm" like to bite?
Ticks are the size of rice grains, preferring to attach to the scalp, waist, armpits, groin or ankles of humans and animals in more hidden places, and will swell up after sucking blood, like the size of soybeans. The horror is that ticks will drill into the body after sucking blood, it is difficult to pull out, light can lead to dermatitis, causing muscle paralysis, severe cases to cause death.
How to prevent tick bites?
Tick disease is preventable and controllable, and the fear is to delay treatment.
Ticks are found in meadows and woods. Wuhan gentlemen, you are best to wear small pants when you go to these places, tie the neckline, cuffs, and pants of the clothes, and apply repellents on the bare skin, such as DEET, DEET, volatile oil, etc., to prevent tick bites. Check each other when leaving the wild and never bring ticks home.
Keep an eye out for the newly grown "black moles" on your body
Ticks like to stay in places where the skin is soft and hidden, and the waist, armpits, groin and ankles of the human body are the easiest to get hit, and it is necessary to pay attention to the "black moles" that grow inexplicably in these places. Ticks will bury the mouthparts in the skin to suck blood, and release an anesthetic substance, so when bitten by ticks, people often do not feel it, until the tick sucks enough to drink, the bitten part is red, swollen and congested, and it will be detected.
What should I do if I am unfortunately bitten by a tick?
How to handle tick bites
▷The most effective way to find a tick bite is to apply liquid paraffin and glycerin thickly to the tick's head to suffocate it, relax or die the tick head, and then remove the tick with pointed forceps.
▷ Once a tick is found to have bitten and drilled into the skin, alcohol can be applied to the tick, and when alcohol is not found, it can be applied to the head of the tick with Luofu Mountain herb oil, ether, kerosene, turpentine oil, dry smoke oil, or light a mosquito coil next to the tick, "anesthetize" the tick, and let it loose on its own.
▷ When the tick drills the head into the skin, the head has a back hook that is pulling tighter and tighter, do not pull hard, so as not to leave the head of the tick in the skin, and should go to the hospital in time to remove it.
▷ Being bitten by a bug cannot kill the bug immediately, it should be blown away, or the toxin is greater.
▷ After removal, then use iodine wine or alcohol for local disinfection treatment, can not find alcohol can be used Luofu Mountain Herb Oil, and observe the physical condition at any time, such as fever, bite site inflammation and rupture and erythema and other symptoms, to timely medical treatment, diagnosis of whether suffering from tick-borne diseases, to avoid missing the best treatment time.
▷ Never flush it with water when it is bitten!
If you have symptoms, get medical attention!
The incubation period of "tick disease" is usually 1-2 weeks, up to one month, and patients with fever symptoms should immediately go to the hospital's infectious disease department and take the initiative to inform the medical history.
Four types of people should beware of ticks!
Ticks inhabit meadows, trees, and fields. The following four kinds of people play attention!
▷ Dog walkers: When walking dogs on the lawn, please note that ticks are easy to bite and bring to the home.
▷ Anglers: Especially wild anglers, the chance of "winning the move" is very high.
▷ Wild tourists: Remember to wear long clothes and trousers, tie the cuffs tightly, do not enter the weeds and trees, and do not sit and lie down.
▷ Farmer: Bitten in the field without knowing it.
Be careful when you're out and about,
Inadvertently, a small tick,
It can pose a threat to human life.
These methods will help you when necessary!
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