A few days ago, the patient had his first tick removed at the EMC this season.
Weather forecasters promise a warm spring, so when walking in parks and squares, you need to be very careful. We remind you that a tick bite is dangerous because it can cause tick-borne encephalitis or borreliosis (Lyme disease).
Tick-borne encephalitis is a zooanthroponous viral disease that is transmitted mainly by ixodes ticks and is manifested by fever, intoxication and damage to the central and peripheral nervous system.
In Russia, natural foci of tick-borne encephalitis are widespread everywhere: from the Kaliningrad region in the west to Sakhalin in the east. Outbreaks of tick-borne encephalitis have been reported in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Australia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and China. The number of Russians who sought medical help for tick bites in 2015 was about 180,000. 66 people became infected with tick-borne encephalitis. The number of victims of tick bites in the Moscow region in 2015 amounted to 5.4 thousand people.
The tick's body is a favorable breeding ground for the virus. The virus is able to overwinter in the body of a tick and be transmitted next season.
In the vast majority of cases, humans are bitten by adults, which determines the main role in infection. Infection occurs during the absorption of blood by the tick. The causative agent of tick-borne encephalitis is transmitted by any, even short-term suction. Removing the tick does not eliminate infection with tick-borne encephalitis, since the first portions of the liquid saliva of a hungry tick contain the virus, and the case of cementing saliva formed during the first hour often contains an amount of virus comparable to the amount of virus in the rest of the tick's body.
Lyme disease is a disease with a predominant lesion of the skin, nervous and cardiovascular systems, and musculoskeletal system, which is characterized by a prolonged course. The disease can occur at any age, but it most often develops in children under 15 years of age and adults aged 25-44 years.
If you find a tick on your body, we strongly recommend that you consult a doctor to remove it and prescribe therapy. An independent attempt at removal can lead to the proboscis remaining in the skin and causing the development of local inflammatory and purulent processes.
If you removed the tick yourself, we recommend that you save it for further investigation. Your attending physician will provide more detailed information.
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