Tick

It is a bug that parasitizes the body surface of domestic animals, rodents, etc. It is reddish brown or grayish brown, long ovoid, flat back and abdomen, size from sesame to rice. Spring and autumn are the peak activity of ticks, relatively active in summer, and basically inactive in winter. Ticks mainly inhabit grass, woods and other environments, and often attach to the scalp, waist, armpits, groin, and under the ankles of the human body.

Tick-borne disease

Ticks can cause symptoms such as allergies, ulcers or inflammations after biting people, and ticks can also spread many diseases.

The clinical manifestations of the disease are mainly fever with reduced platelets and leukopenia.The onset is often acute and may be accompanied by fatigue, anorexia, and nausea. In some cases, symptoms such as melena, bleeding from the gums and other parts may occur, and in some cases, multiple organ dysfunctions such as liver and kidney may occur.

Precaution

Ticks are often parasitic on rodents, domestic animals (cats, dogs, cattle, sheep, etc.) and poultry.

Environmental treatment: removing weeds, cleaning up poultry and livestock pens, eliminating rats and insects, and improving environmental sanitation can effectively prevent the breeding of ticks.

Handling of livestock and poultry: Check whether there are ticks on the body surface of livestock and poultry, and regularly take medicated baths to kill ticks.

Personal protection and handling: Try to avoid sitting or lying in grass, woods and other environments for a long time; wear tight, light-colored, smooth long-sleeved clothes; spray DEET and other repellents on exposed skin and clothes ; Camping equipment such as clothing and tents are soaked with pesticides.

If the tick has bitten

1. Apply alcohol to the tick to relax the tick's head or die, and use pointed tweezers to remove the tick;

2. Or use cigarette butts or incense sticks to gently scald the exposed part of the tick to make the head slowly withdraw by itself.

Source: Zhuhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Zhuhai Health Education Institute