How to protect yourself from encephalitis mites

Encephalitis is the most dangerous of all tick-borne infections, so the tick bite should be avoided. For this you need to know some rules how to protect yourself from the encephalitis mite.

Measures for protection against encephalitic tick

1. To know the enemy in the "face" of

In order to protect yourself from the tick, first of all, it is necessary to know what it looks like. To know this arthropod is not difficult: it has a brown color, an elongated body, a diameter of 2-5 mm, and a dark spot at the base of the head. Since the tick travels slowly and never attacks at once, it is possible to notice it and throw it off itself, until it chooses a place and does not stick. Given this circumstance, it is recommended to inspect clothes and open areas of the body often.

2. Vaccination

Vaccination for protection against tick bites and prevention of infection with tick viruses is recommended to be carried out in the autumn-winter period. At the same time, one should not forget that such a measure of protection is directed only against encephalitis and with other tick-borne infections( anaplasmosis, borreliosis, erlichiosis) it will not work. To protect against such infections drugs have not yet been created.

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3. Choosing the right clothes for

When you are going to use the mites for nature, you need to dress so that the insect can not attach to the body when you get on your clothes:

  • jacket( preferably with a hood), blouse, shirt should be with a long sleeve on the cuff;
  • the door must be fastened with all buttons;
  • around the neck, it is recommended to tie a handkerchief, the ends of which to fill the gate;
  • the bottom of the jacket should be tucked into trousers;
  • trousers must be tucked into socks or shoes;
  • as a shoe perfectly fit rubber boots.

However, you can not rely entirely on this type of clothing. All the same, every half hour must be carefully inspected.

4. Repellent agents for repellents

You can improve the effectiveness of such clothing by using repellents( repellents).However, even when applied correctly, the repellents are eroded after a few hours, therefore, to protect themselves from the encephalitis arthropod, they require periodic application. Anti-killing agents applied directly to the body, no. Repellents, designed to protect against midges and mosquitoes, are powerless against ticks.

5. Costume "Biostop"

To date, according to the conclusion of Rospotrebnadzor, the most effective means of protection against ticks is the "Biostop" suit. For 3 years of his testing in the taiga, and in the midst of the activity of ticks, there was not a single bite. Therefore in Russia since 2011 mass production of such suits, including children's suits, has begun.

6. If you are still bitten by a tick. ..

If you are still bitten by a tick, be sure to remove it from the body, but very carefully, so that his head does not remain in the skin. If the tick is not removed, it will continue to suck your blood.

After the tick has been removed, the wound should be disinfected and sent to the nearest medical facility to take the insect to the laboratory, where it will be determined whether the tick is a virus carrier or not. An antiancephalitic vaccine should be administered within a day of the moment of the bite, but not later, otherwise it will be ineffective.

7. Immunostimulator iodantipyrine

It's not worth counting on the fact that all hospitals have an anti-maltreatment vaccine. Therefore, we can only hope for ourselves and get vaccinated. If you do not have time to do this, during trips to nature it is recommended to take with you the preparation iodantipyrine - a positive-proven immunostimulant, which has a specific activity against tick-borne encephalitis.

With a tick bite, this drug should be taken 3 tablets three times a day for 3 weeks( incubation period of tick-borne encephalitis).Yodantipyrine can be taken and for the prevention, during the entire period of being in nature.

If children go with you, together with iodantipirin for 21 days they should be given an anaferon: children under 12 take 1 tablet three times a day, children over 12 drink 2 tablets three times a day.