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As a rule, linen mites in everyday life are called dust mites - small arthropods dwelling in dust and feeding on particles of exfoliating human skin. In some cases, this everyday name is also used in relation to underwear (wardrobe) lice and bed bugs. About what these creatures differ in, where to look for them in an apartment and how to deal with them - we will go on about all this and talk in more detail ...
In some cases, the mere appearance of a tick bite can be used to judge that a person has been infected with a dangerous tick-borne infection. The following are photos with many examples of how Ixodus tick bites look in practice, including even before the parasite is detached ...
The probability of severe consequences due to a tick infection, if the parasite is still infected, often depends on how correctly and timely a person acts when a tick bites.Let's see what the algorithm of actions should be when it detects a sucked tick on the body - how to properly and quickly remove it, what to do with the bloodsucker after removal and, most importantly, how to protect against adverse events, if the parasite is infected with tick-borne encephalitis or borreliosis pathogens ...
There is an opinion that the sucked tick needs to be twisted by all means clockwise, otherwise the head will be torn off, and it will remain in the skin. Meanwhile, the structure of the parasite's proboscis is symmetrical, there is no “thread” on it that would necessitate the rotation strictly in one direction or another. So what is the truth - how do you really need to unscrew the parasite correctly, what tools allow you to do it as safely as possible and what nuances need to be taken into account, which reduce the risk of severe consequences of tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme borreliosis? Let's understand ...
Timely administration of human immunoglobulin against tick-borneencephalitis in many cases really allows you to avoid the development of a dangerous disease even with the simultaneous suction of several infected ticks. So it is possible with a high probability to avoid the serious consequences of tick-borne encephalitis in those people who did not vaccinate against it. Whether the anti-encephalitis immunoglobulin is always triggered and in which cases its injections turn out to be practically useless, we will talk further in more detail ...
The most reliable protection against tick-borne encephalitis is provided by the vaccination, and more precisely, the course of vaccination, which was promptly completed according to a specific scheme. Even if a vaccinated person is bitten by several infected ticks at once, the immune system will reliably suppress the activity of the KE virus, and the infection will not receive further development. Let's see what vaccines against tick-borne encephalitis currently exist on the market, how they work, how to prepare for vaccination and what possible side effects should be known in advance ...
The ear mite is a dangerous parasite that often affects dogs, cats, rabbits and other domestic animals and causes a disease called otodectesis (otherwise, ear scabies). A dog can pick up from ticks anywhere: walking in a park, a public garden, in the yard of a house. The disease develops rapidly and is characterized by pain and severe itching in the ears, which are accompanied by abundant secretion from the auditory passages of a viscous brown mass, literally teeming with parasites and their eggs and capable of leading to infection of other pets. If you do not start treatment in time, the disease can lead to complete deafness and even death of the animal ...
There are a large number of devices that facilitate the process of removing mites adhering from the skin. All such devices have a similar principle of operation, but not all of them are equally convenient to use, and for some of them it is difficult to call the design effective at all. Next, we will talk about how to choose the most convenient and practical tweezers - let's see what they are and how to use them properly, so that they can take out a bitten parasite from the skin without any health risks ...
Ticks, sometimes settling in pillows, may well be called one of the most dangerous for man synanthropic arthropods. It is through their fault that the greatest number of allergic rhinitis, cases of bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis develops. At the same time, protection and disposal of such ticks are not such difficult tasks. The main thing is to identify the problem in time and correctly approach its solution ...
Dust mites do not bite a person, do not suck his blood and do not infect with infections, however, despite this, they pose a serious danger to people. The fact is that dermatophagous mites provoke the development of severe allergies that are difficult to treat and seriously reduce the quality of life (even asthma). At the same time, it is easier and safer to prevent such an allergy than to fight it for a long time. Let's see what tick-borne sensitization is fraught with, how it is being treated today and what can be done in order not to get to know it personally ...
Useful information about various types of ticks: interesting features of biology and the danger they may pose to humans and domestic animals.