Teck alarm in autumn: How to effectively protect yourself from risks!

Teck alarm in autumn: How to effectively protect yourself from risks!

The increasing activity of ticks in autumn makes it necessary to take the right protective measures. These small arachnids transmit dangerous diseases such as Borreliosis and early summer meningoencephalitis (TBE). Vaccinations are an effective protection against TBE, while Lyme disease can be treated with medication if there is a stab.

Vaccination is therefore particularly useful in risk areas, especially in southern Germany and Emsland. To prevent ticks, however, you should avoid contact with the animals from the start. A common mistake is that ticks drop from trees, and they usually stay on the floor or in high grass.

Protective measures and tick -friendly clothing

Effective prevention begins with the right outfit. "Ticks are not very agile and do not climb higher than 1.5 meters. They can be found in the high grass," explains Christiane Hilger, doctor at the Luxembourg Institute of Health. If you stay on paths and avoid high grass, you reduce the risk of capturing a tick.

Fixed footwear is also important to keep ticks away, whereby lighter clothing is recommended. In this way, the small animals are easier to see. Ticks do not sting through the clothes, they look for a free skin area to bite. Therefore, it is advisable to search for ticks regularly after a walk.

Well -supplied areas with thin skin such as armpits, knee throats or the neck are particularly popular with ticks. The faster you remove a tick, the lower the risk that it will transfer dangerous pathogens. While the protection is decisive for TBE, in Lyme disease that the transmission period can be up to two days.

Correct removal and handling of ticks

But what to do if you have already been stung by a tick? Experts strongly advise against removing the ticks with glue or fire. A widespread mistake is also to turn it out; This does not work because ticks have no thread.

It is best to use pointed tweezers or a special tick card. These tools make it possible to grasp the tick as close as possible at the puncture site without squeezing their body. If you have bad luck and parts of the tick stay in the skin, this is usually not dangerous, it is then the mouth tools that do not contain any pathogens.

Nevertheless, you should disinfect the puncture site after removing the animal. A redness after a stab is normal, but you have to go to a doctor immediately with a ring -shaped hiking blush. You should also consult a doctor if fever or pain occurs.

A much discussed question remains what should happen to the distant ticks. Experts recommend that they not simply throw them into the toilet because they can survive there for a long time. Instead, they can be killed by crushing or frozen in a freezer bag; However, very low temperatures are necessary.

If you want to protect yourself from ticks, you should follow the following tips:

• not leave paths.
• avoid high grasses.
• Fixed, closed shoes and light clothes.
Use
• tick protection agent.
• TBE vaccination consider.
• body and clothing regularly after ticks.
• Do not use home remedies like glue or fire.
• which tools use? Use a pointed tweezer or tick card.
• remove the tick as densely as possible on the skin.
• Dispose of the ticks collected properly.
• Medical aid take advantage of symptoms such as fever or wings.

For more information about the safe handling of ticks and their avoidance, there are detailed reports such as www.shz.de held.