In our time effective means against ticks are very accessible, produced chemical industry in great variety. The buyer is faced with the question of what kind of product to buy and whether it will be effective in confronting forest ticks? Some drugs repel ticks, while others paralyze and kill them. Some can be applied to the skin, while others can only be applied to clothing; Some can be used in children, while others cannot. Let's look at the main types of anti-tick products and the TOP 10 drugs presented on store shelves in 2018, from which we will choose the best, inexpensive and effective.
Chemicals, protecting humans from tick bites, differ in price and method of exposure. On the shelves they are represented by foreign and domestic producers. Sold in pharmacies, tourist and fishing stores and supermarkets (Auchan, Lenta, OKey, Pyaterochka, etc.).
Common release forms:
- spray;
- ointment;
- cream;
- gel.
Tick repellents - principle of action
Use for children under 3 years of age is prohibited. It is washed off with water and has a limited exposure time: up to 5 hours.
Acaricides against ticks - principle of action
A tick exposed to an acaricide is first paralyzed and then dies. The active substance alpha-cypermethrin is very toxic and has a negative effect on the human body. Therefore, the product is applied only to a person’s clothing, carefully laid out on a flat surface to completely treat each fold. It is not recommended to spray the spray on yourself. Human skin should not be treated; if the drug gets into the respiratory tract, mouth or eyes, proceed according to the instructions.
The validity period of the applied substance is 10 – 14 days from the date of treatment of the clothing. The downside of this drug is that the human body remains at risk of a tick bite if you walk through the forest in open clothes. Not used for children.
Insecticidal-repellent agents and their features
A combined insecticidal-repellent product kills and repels ticks. The composition includes the main active ingredients alpha-cypermethrin and diethyltoluamide. The drug has received the greatest use and distribution. It is used only for processing clothing, human skin cannot be processed.
Important! The product should not be used on children's clothing.
What's better?
To protect an adult, from the list above, you should choose combination drugs. The effectiveness and versatility of these substances is much higher.
They drive away and destroy:
- ticks;
- mosquitoes;
- horseflies;
- bedbugs
Which product is better to choose for children?
TOP 10 best anti-tick remedies for humans
The best remedy for tick bites for humans is determined by effectiveness and tested by time. Health protection – main criterion when choosing a drug among many brands presented on store shelves.
MOSQUITALL (Moskitol)
Rules of application:
- the product is applied to clothing and hiking equipment;
- application to human skin is prohibited;
- Spraying should be done outdoors or in a well-ventilated area at a distance of at least 20 cm from the surface to be treated. Special attention pay attention to areas adjacent to open areas of human skin;
- It is recommended to wear treated clothing no earlier than 2 hours after using MOSQUITALL, wear only over underwear.
OFF! Extreme
When sprayed, the product produces a pleasant smell, leaves no traces on clothes and greasy stains. It is allowed to apply to the skin no more than twice a day, but the face cannot be treated. Clothes are sprayed at least once every 48 hours.
Medilis-Comfort
The country of origin of Medilis-Comfort is Russia. Manufactured by MediLIS Laboratory LLC. The drug was developed specifically for use by employees of the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs Russian Federation. Also implemented for civil application.
An insecticidal-repellent agent is designed to protect humans from ixodid ticks, mosquitoes, fleas, horseflies. Allowed to process outerwear, contact with skin should be avoided. The product is applied outdoors, after application the items are dried for 2 - 3 hours, and used to be worn over underwear.
Shelf life from the date of manufacture is 4 years.
Gardex Extreme
Gardex Extreme is not recommended for pregnant women and children. The duration of protection against ticks after treating clothing is 5 days. Process only natural fabrics. The sprayer cover is equipped with a blocker against spontaneous spraying.
Bradex
The Bradex ultrasonic device, which repels ticks, operates within a perimeter of 3 m from the ultrasound source. It has small dimensions, suitable for use by children and pregnant women. Durable, waterproof housing of the device with an attractive design. There is an indication indicating the selected operating modes and the charge of the power source. The device is completely safe for humans and pets. Can be used for outdoors and indoors.
Breeze Anti-mite
Apply only to clothing. In case of contact with skin, wash off immediately big amount water. Treated clothing should be dried and be sure to be worn only over underwear.
The validity period after application of the substance is from 5 to 15 days.
UltraThon
Country of origin: USA, 3M company. Used to protect against bites of all types of ticks.
The product is applied to open areas skin. In order to treat the face, the product is applied to the hands, rubbed, then gently smeared onto the skin of the face, around the eyes and mouth. Do not apply to cuts and abrasions. To neutralize the drug, wash your hands and take a shower. You can process clothes of any material except leather. The formula of the substance is highly resistant to moisture and sweat.
Validity after treatment is up to 12 hours.
Not afraid of freezing, shelf life is 5 years from the date of manufacture.
Produced in Russia, by JSC KHIMIK GROUP OF COMPANIES.
Pregnant women and children are prohibited from using.
Shelf life 3 years from the date of issue.
Moskill
Used by applying to clothing. The period of exposure to the active substance after treatment is 15 days.
Processing of outer clothing and equipment is carried out in an open space or in a well-ventilated area.
It is prohibited to apply it to the clothes of children and pregnant women.
After use, you need to thoroughly clean your hands with plenty of water, and wash your face with soapy water under a stream of water.
Shelf life from the date of manufacture is 3 years.
Picnic
Produced in the Russian Federation by the Arnest company. Protects humans from tick bites of all types and others blood-sucking insects.
The product was created for treating clothes made from natural materials. After application, the effect lasts for 3 days, but provided that the treated items are stored in plastic bags. Use for children's clothing is prohibited. In case of contact with skin, wash with soap and water under strong running water, and in case of contact with mucous membranes or eyes, rinse under running water and contact the nearest medical department.
Distributed through pharmacies.
The shelf life of the product is 2 years from the date of manufacture.
Folk remedies
If you forgot to buy the product and are already out of town, try making it from scraps. natural materials. Pregnant women and children can also benefit folk recipes, since treating this category of people with chemicals is strictly not recommended.
Be vigilant and take care of protecting your loved ones by purchasing an effective tick repellent in advance. Walks in nature should be safe and bring only joy!
Hello everyone, Olga Ryshkova is with you. Today we end our conversation about ticks with information about chemical anti-tick protection agents - aerosols. Previously, ticks threatened only residents of Siberia and the Urals, but in last years they also appeared in Middle Zone and in the North-West region of Russia. Ticks can even be found in a city park. It is best to avoid tick bites altogether. To do this, you need to take protection against ticks for humans on a picnic or walk. But which one to choose?
There are three groups of anti-tick aerosols:
- Repellent aerosols – repels ticks with scent; ticks do not like this smell and do not cling to clothes
- Acaricidal aerosols – paralyzing, killing ticks;
- Mixed repellent and acaricidal - both repellent and poisonous.
How to distinguish?
On the can, the manufacturer states whether it is a repellent or an acricide and must indicate the active ingredient.
Pay attention to the active ingredient.
In repellent aerosols, the active ingredient may be icaridin (CBD 3023) or diethyltoluamide (or DEET).
In acaricidal sprays, the active ingredient is most often alphacypermethrin or alphamethrin, and it is with these active ingredients that I recommend choosing an acaricidal aerosol. This is a poison that paralyzes the tick and it simply detaches itself from clothing. But here, too, it all depends on concentration, best option 0,2-0.25%.
Features of repellent aerosols.
Let me remind you that tick repellent for humans is a repellent substance and does not kill ticks. Despite the fact that some manufacturers or experts sometimes recommend applying these products to the skin, absolutely never do this. First of all, it's always chemical substances, which are absorbed through the skin into the blood, can cause poisoning and severe allergic reactions.
Secondly, remember - there are no aerosols or creams that can protect against ticks when applied to the skin. If the tick has already got from clothing to the skin and feels the proximity of blood vessels, then the speed of its suction is so high that the toxic substances will not have time to prevent the bite.
When asked which tick repellents are best, I will answer that all repellent aerosols are ineffective and they quickly disappear. This is especially true for aerosols based on icaridin (CBD 3023), its protection lasts for an hour, maximum two. Aerosols based on diethyltoluamide (DEET) protect longer, 3-4 hours. If you stay in the outbreak for a longer period of time, repeated treatments are needed, but you cannot treat it on yourself so as not to inhale chemicals, you need to take off your clothes, which is impossible in the forest. For effective protection against ticks, do not use repellents, but acaricidal aerosols
Features of acaricidal aerosols.
Acaricides for ticks are poisonous to ticks and are much more effective and provide long-term protection. But the active ingredients in such products are highly toxic and when treating clothes with them, protective measures must be observed, which I will discuss below.
Acaricides against ticks have a maximum of 20 minutes to paralyze ticks. The fact is that ticks are slow insects. They sit on a person and spend a long time choosing a place to bite into. This usually takes between 20 minutes and an hour. If the product does not poison the tick quickly enough, it is ineffective.
Which acaricidal aerosols are more effective?
How to treat clothes against ticks? The study was carried out by employees of the Gorno-Altai Rospotrebnadzor. 8 cans of acaricidal aerosols were purchased - Reftamid, Gardex, DETA, Taiga, Moskitol, Tornado, Komaroff and Tarol. All products work approximately the same way - they do not repel ticks, but kill them. Eight signed sheets of paper were each treated with one product, dried and ticks were placed on them.
Three products completed their task before 10 minutes elapsed. The first group of drugs showed good efficiency. These are Gardex, DEET and Taiga.
The next group of drugs, Reftamide, Moskitol and Komaroff, had slightly worse properties. The death of arthropods occurred at 18 minutes.
Aerosols Tornado and Tarol occupied last places and turned out to be ineffective. By the time they begin to act, the mites will already have time to attach themselves to the skin. Moreover, Tarol turned out to be the worst remedy in the tests.
Rating of anti-tick acaricidal aerosols.
According to Rospotrebnadzor specialists, Gardex, DETA and Taiga turned out to be the best and equally effective. The worst, practically ineffective are Tornado and Tarol.
Rating among users.
I studied user reviews about anti-tick sprays for people. Users do not recommend mixed aerosols; they contain both a repellent and a killing active substance in half the concentration, which reduces both effects. It is also not recommended to use a combined product with simultaneous action against mosquitoes, midges and ticks, considering that they contain insufficient concentrations of the active anti-tick agent. It is not recommended to use repellent aerosols, since they quickly erode and their validity period is much shorter than that of acaricidal aerosols.
The vast majority use and believe that the best anti-tick spray is Reftamid-Antiklesch, but the 15-day validity period indicated on the can of the drug is considered unjustified and it is recommended to re-treat clothing before going out into the outbreak.
Good reviews of the aerosol Klesh-Kaput and Breeze-Antiklesch. On clothes treated with Breeze-Anti-Tick spray, the tick loses its ability to move and falls off after 1 minute. 5 hours after treatment, the tick disappears after 3 minutes, and a day later - after 4 minutes.
Follow the conditions for using acaricidal aerosols.
Do not treat a suit with synthetic fiber with acaricidal or repellent aerosol, not because it will have a worse effect, but chemicals can ruin such a suit.
- Before applying the spray, be sure to shake the can 3-5 times.
- Treat clothes only outdoors. Remember that the active ingredients of acaricidal aerosols are toxic. It is strictly forbidden to perform treatment on humans.
- The jet should be directed in the direction of the wind, and the clothes being treated should be kept at a distance of 20-25 cm from an outstretched arm with a spray can.
- You need to apply at least 20 g of product per 1 square meter of clothing until lightly moistened.
- Then be sure to dry the clothes for at least 2 hours and put them on underwear.
Under the influence of acaricidal preparations against ticks, they do not die immediately. The concentration of the substance is selected so that a person does not suffer chemical burns. Some manufacturers do not add product to the cans. Determine how full the can is by lightly shaking it in your hands.
If you are going on a long hike and there is no way to collect many bottles, you can save money. How? Since ticks live in grass, do not live on trees and do not fall from above, you can only apply the product to your pants. The main places for ticks to enter are either through the fly or through the waistband; then it is more difficult for it to find a place; it must crawl through the entire top. To save money, it is enough to apply it from the knee to the waist. Then the can will last for a long time.
Before going on a hike, treat outer clothing, then fold it and put it in a bag for a day, where it is soaked in the product. Acaricidal protection against ticks lasts a long time and does not wear off like a combination product or tick repellent aerosols for people, which wear off in a few hours. There should be underwear under the treated suit; it should not be worn on a naked body. With this treatment, 2 cans will be enough for a 2-month long hike.
Folk remedies against ticks.
Simple and free, using improvised means.
- One clove of garlic eaten is enough for a day to prevent ticks from biting; they don’t like the smell of human sweat with garlic. You can use garlic oil, garlic water.
- Collect fireweed (fireweed, weeping fireweed) in a plastic bag, crush it to release the juice. Cut, heat in the oven until the color of tea leaves, do not burn. It's even better to dry it in the sun. And drink it like tea. Can be brewed raw or eaten as a salad. Repels ticks.
- The tick does not like the smell of lavender oil or geranium oil.
- The tick doesn't like strong odors- gasoline, kerosene, tar. Tar oil - grate and put in pockets. Birch tar sold in a pharmacy.
- Herbalist Mikhail Fadeev recommends brewing black root (black carrot), the smell of which resembles the smell of rhubarb, and spraying it on clothes. Onion peel decoction, decoction black elderberry– leaf and color are also for spraying. Consume milk thistle oil.
- Very good remedy- This is formic acid. Place a regular handkerchief on the anthill and then wipe yourself with it.
- To protect dogs, leave 100 g of vodka + 2 g of vanillin (not vanilla sugar) for 7-10 days. Spray the dog's limbs, belly and withers. The tick simply does not sit down, does not cling.
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May-June is the period when ticks become active. The bite of these insects is not sensitive to humans, but is dangerous. Ticks carry diseases such as encephalitis, borreliosis, fever, therefore, when going on a hike or kayaking, you should be especially careful.
First of all, make sure you wear appropriate clothing. Wear boots, thick pants, a sweater with long sleeve and a headdress. Choose clothes in light colors, periodically examine yourself and your friends. Avoid thickets of bushes and tall grass - this favorite place dislocation of pincers. And, of course, do not forget about protective equipment!
Nowadays, various repellents are produced to protect against ticks. They are quite effective, but most often toxic. Many substances that come into contact with the skin can cause irritation and allergies. Repellents are especially dangerous for children, but children are much more active in nature than adults. Therefore, before you run to the store for the treasured aerosol can, remember that there are proven over the years folk remedies from ticks. And at the same time completely safe. These include:
Essential oils
Dissolve tea tree, clove, spruce or eucalyptus oil in water in a ratio of half a teaspoon per 100 ml of water. Before going out into the forest, rub the exposed areas of your body with this mixture and spray the rest onto your clothes. You will be reliably protected from being bitten, since ticks cannot tolerate these odors.
Ticks do not like such beautiful flowers as geranium and lavender. Therefore, feel free to prepare improvised perfumes. 2 tbsp. Dissolve tablespoons of oil in a glass of water and pour a small amount alcohol In a container with a tight lid, the mixture can be stored for up to six months without losing its properties.
Apple vinegar
Be sure to take natural one. Ticks also do not like the smell and taste of this product. Feel free to smear it on your skin and the edges of your clothes.
Onion and garlic
Eat a little onion or garlic before going out; you can rub them on your palms, ankles, and neck. The smell is certainly not pleasant. It will repel not only ticks, but also people :)
Birch tar
You can lubricate your skin and clothes with clean tar, or you can prepare a solution. Pour 700 grams of tar into 2 liters warm water and let it brew thoroughly. Place the mixture in a container with a tight lid. This remedy will be effective for a long time. If necessary, remove and lubricate exposed areas of the body.
Ants
This method is often used by foresters and hunters, but it is also suitable for tourists. Having met forest ants, take off your outer clothing and put it in an anthill for 10-15 minutes. Then shake off the ants - you can safely go further into the forest! Or you can do it easier - buy it at the pharmacy formic alcohol and treat clothes and exposed areas of the body with it.
