“Generally, for the end of April is a little”, – said in a Supervisory Agency. Affected by the ban on walking on forests and parks due to pandemic coronavirus. Experts advise to double vigilance. Insects because of the lack of food become too aggressive.
“the First population of ticks is always more dangerous because it is dominated by females who need to have and bring up offspring,” says the doctor of veterinary Sciences, academician Fyodor Vasilevich. Answer: ticks are very bad you see, and some even no eyes. But insects have a highly developed sense of smell, the potential victim they feel for hundreds of meters.
Usually, smelling the food, the tick sits on the edge of grass or leaf and thrusting fleecy legs, clinging to them for clothes or animal fur like Velcro. In normal times it does not require blood-sucking a lot of energy. But now-no people, no animals in the vicinity, all green areas for the visits are closed. And the mites have to put extra efforts, they in search of food are forced to travel long distances to meet people.
“the Active phase in the spring of mites lasts about 55 days, then it subsides. This year spring in the middle lane started earlier, so that the active phase will decline by the third decade of may,” – said Vasiljevic. Then the insects will give people a breather until the end of August, when they will be time to stock up nutrients for the winter and will start to attack again. But the autumn phase of activity, the scientists said, is not so dangerous – females reared offspring are not so aggressive.
According to Vasilevich, in the capital region is home to two species of ticks. Ticks that carry diseases dangerous to humans, and dermacentor, bearing a danger to Pets. They differ from each other in appearance: the first just brown lightened after insect will drink the blood, the second the back of color, like marble pattern.
Experts say that to get dangerous, tick-borne encephalitis, which can lead to organic brain lesions, in the Metropolitan area is almost impossible. Moscow, including the attached territory, is considered non-endemic, that is, the city ticks it’s nothing dangerous don’t hurt. And in the suburbs there are only two municipalities, where encephalitis ticks is the Dmitrovsky and Taldomsky districts, where, however, know about the problem and tick treatment from year to year means no regrets. But cases less dangerous, but also very bad for the health of borreliosis, or Lyme disease, in the Moscow region are recorded regularly. This year, for example, has discovered 97 such cases.
to Protect yourself from ticks with vaccination this season already ��esily 7.3 thousand Muscovites. Mostly those who lives all summer outdoors or forced to frequent in endemic regions. While vaccination is not a panacea for infection. Yes, fatal encephalitis instill not terrible. But here, for example, from Lyme disease, which causes inflammation of the nerves and muscles, and in severe cases meningitis vaccinations no. As with anaplasmosis, erlichiosis and a number of infections that are transmitted by ticks. “And you have to remember that one female tick is capable of producing from two to ten thousand eggs. And all born from them, the insects become carriers of those diseases that were female,” says Fyodor Vasilevich.
a panacea for all one – to observe safety precautions. Do not go out in dangerous tick-borne locations with open areas of skin or clothing that can easily bite the tongs. Not to sit on the grass during the period of insect activity. Use repellents. And inspect yourself whenever returning from trips, even if it’s a walk with the dog at a distance of 100 meters from the house.
his Dog after each outing is to examine thoroughly. Last year in Moscow suburbs happened right after the epidemic of piroplasmosis. This portable mites the disease mainly affects Pets, many of whom she kills. “So we lost our Mastiff Trey – says a resident of suburban Gangway Anastasiya Bezuglova. In thick hair just did not notice the insect began to worry only when the dog became lethargic and began to refuse to eat. Veterinarian during the inspection found the tick and, without waiting for laboratory results, we have appointed a dropper. They didn’t help that Trey died of piroplasmosis in a few days.” According to Anastasia, in the veterinary clinic together with her there were several dog owners who have applied to doctors with a similar problem.
“Dogs, of course, it is better to purchase a tick collar, – tells Feodor Vasilevich. But this does not negate careful inspection of the pet after a walk”. And the scientist advises to purchase pharmacy kleider – tweezers, designed specifically to remove stuck insects. They have a configuration that will not allow you to crush the bloodsucker that often happens when removing it with tweezers or thread.
do Not touch the tick and the hands without gloves. If the insect is a carrier of the disease, its causative agents are detained in any secret. And through small wounds on the skin, for example after a fresh manicure, I can get into the blood, even if the tick has stuck, not to you.
By the way, doctor of veterinary Sciences Vasilevich says: if the tick has been on the person more than two days, it is almost impossible to extract so in the body left of the proboscis. So, if you are sure that the insect sucked today or yesterday, to extract it is better to go to the hospital.
And Moscow region is carried out tick treatment of public spaces. Despite this, there are places where ticks feel quite cozy. This specially protected areas, where chemical tick treatment is prohibited. These include, for example, national Park “elk island”. Also on the list favored by ticks territories are parks “Serebryanyy Bor”, Filyovskaya and Bitsa, forest Zelenograd and New Moscow. In the forests in General should be extremely careful – ticks like to hide in the young shoots and dry brushwood.
