They are returning: ticks have begun to be active
Rospotrebnadzor warned about the beginning tick activity season. Now monitor the number of bitten by the department will be weekly.
As of April 3, 450 bitten, 220 of them are children.
Ticks woke up and began to attack passersby in 24 regions of the country. Outbreaks of dangerous infections transmitted by ticks have not yet been registered, but this, experts of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Safety and Health are sure, still to come.
The department urges parents to more carefully and responsibly approach tick bite prevention. To do this, it is recommended to wear clothes that fit snugly to the skin and cover it as much as possible. If the child does not have allergies, it is possible and necessary to use special means of protection - repellents.
After a walk in the park, square or in the forest (where there are a lot of trees and bushes) the child needs examine carefully. If you take your pet with you for a walk, you should also examine it for ticks.
Parents of children aged one year and older need to contact their pediatrician for questions. vaccination against viral tick-borne encephalitis and seroprophylaxis.
Infections that a child can get sick after being bitten by a tick are very dangerous and can cause fatal.