Ticks are arachnid-like small predators that go hunting in the warm season. They attack people and animals in the spring and first half of summer. This usually happens in a forest or park area. Symptoms after a tick bite in a person can manifest themselves in different ways, it all depends on the insect: whether it is infectious or not.
Attack
Many people mistakenly think that dangerous insects fall on them from trees. But that's not true. Ticks live in the soil. When it gets warm, they climb to the surface and rise to the top of the grass or bushes - no higher than 1.5 meters from the ground. Sitting on a branch, they lie in wait for their prey. A person who passes by touches a plant with his limbs or clothes - the insect safely migrates to his body. It is easier for insects to attack children and animals, since they are significantly shorter. On such small individuals, ticks can fall from above, spreading their legs wide. But insects cannot fly and jump like fleas.
Symptoms after a tick bite do not appear immediately in a person: he will walk for a long time, enjoying the good weather, until he notices the problem. Ticks are most active at a temperature of +20 °C; the ideal humidity for them is 90%. They like to attack in April-May, September-October, more often in cloudy weather, but during the heat they are inactive and lazy.
Bite site
Insects love to “settle” in folded areas of the skin - in the neck, head, armpits, navel, and groin area. Before they bite, they can crawl around the body for an hour, looking for a secluded place. Having found it, the insect pierces the skin with its thin proboscis with teeth, finds the capillary and sticks to it. The male, having absorbed some blood, disappears. But the female can remain attached to your body for 10 days: when saturated, she greatly increases in size.
If you are allergic to insect saliva, the first symptoms after a tick bite in a person will be: severe headache, fever, red rash, swelling, muscle weakness and numbness of the limbs. It is difficult for the bitten person to walk, and even with little physical activity he experiences painful shortness of breath. The person does not want to eat, constantly feels tired, exhausted, and experiences lethargy and drowsiness. In severe cases, paralysis occurs. If the insect falls off on its own, you may feel a burning and itching sensation at the site of the bite, which goes away within a week. Sometimes severe local pain is observed - often from the bites of certain types of so-called soft ticks.
Symptoms of borreliosis
Ticks can sometimes transmit Lyme disease. The disease is also called borreliosis. Its incubation period ranges from one to two weeks, after which the disease quickly and acutely begins to manifest itself. Symptoms of borreliosis after a tick bite in a person are: chills, high fever, severe intoxication, nausea, vomiting, swollen lymph nodes. A typical manifestation of Lyme disease is neck and muscle stiffness.
A ring-shaped redness forms at the site of the bite. This is the so-called migratory erythema, which rapidly grows in all directions from the epicenter. Its edges have a clearer contour and brighter color; they rise slightly and rise above the paler and depressed center. In this area of the body, a person feels itching and slight pain. He may develop other skin rashes, as well as conjunctivitis. Sometimes the patient exhibits signs of incipient meningitis.
Main stages of the disease
Symptoms of borreliosis change. The only constant sign of the disease is erythema. If the first stage of the disease is characterized by all of the above manifestations in the form of chills, fever, muscle spasms and increased intoxication, then in the second they worsen and lead to irreversible consequences. After 30 days initial stage the next phase of the disease begins: patients develop meningitis or encephalitis, stiff neck muscles, photophobia, memory impairment, insomnia, weakness, and emotional instability are observed. The facial nerve is often affected, which leads to facial asymmetry, hearing loss and increased tearing.
Symptoms after a tick bite in humans include damage to peripheral nerves. Children may experience severe complications in the functioning of the central nervous system. The causative agent of borreliosis spreads throughout the body and attacks not only the brain and nerves, but also the heart muscle. The patient may feel severe shortness of breath, chest pain, and constant arrhythmia. He is often diagnosed with pericarditis or myocarditis.
Signs of an encephalitis tick bite
The insect that carries this disease is no less dangerous. Symptoms after an encephalitis tick bite in humans develop in two stages. The first signs can usually be noticed within a week after the incident. The person complains of fatigue, severe headaches, fever and muscle pain. He may be too irritable, even aggressive. Or vice versa, lethargic, inactive, indifferent to everything that happens.
This state lasts about 10 days, after which the second phase begins. The disease progresses only in a third of cases; in other people, the immune system independently neutralizes the pathogen that has entered the body, and they are completely restored. Those who are unlucky encounter others who are more dangerous consequences bite and associated complications and problems. Typically, the patient experiences a malfunction of the central nervous system and develops diseases such as meningitis and encephalitis.
Symptoms of encephalitis
If the tick does not fall off, you need to carefully remove it and take it to the laboratory. There he will be checked for possible availability deadly viruses. These measures are very important, since after infection, within 72 hours, doctors will have time to administer the so-called serum against the disease - immunoglobulin. If the patient does not apply in time, he begins to develop symptoms of encephalitis. After being bitten by a tick that carries this disease, a person's temperature quickly rises, he complains of nausea and vomiting, and a severe headache. In some cases, he loses the ability to express his thoughts, his limbs are shaken by spasms, and disturbances in his mental state can be noticed.
Symptoms of encephalitis in humans after a tick bite can be quite unusual. Scientists have recently discovered that these patients sometimes have temporary allergies to red meat and dairy products. After conducting more than one study, they discovered: someone infected with encephalitis can safely eat any bird, but as soon as he touches beef or pork, his body immediately breaks out in hives and severe swelling develops. An allergic reaction becomes a consequence of an antigen that enters the body along with the insect’s saliva.
It may take varying amounts of time before the first symptoms of infection transmitted by a tick begin to appear – from one day to several weeks. This depends on the type of disease and many factors, such as immunity, age, duration of tick suction, etc.
These arachnids can be large enough or so small that they are almost impossible to see. There are approximately 850 various types ticks. Most of their bites are not harmful, but sometimes they can cause moderate to severe illness.
Subsequently, disturbances in the functioning of the cardiac and/or nervous system, kidneys, adrenal glands, liver damage and even death may occur.
Symptoms
The first symptoms of major diseases transmitted by ticks usually resemble the fluThe male drinks blood and falls off after about an hour. For a female, this process can take more than a week.
You should monitor for symptoms for several weeks after the bite. These include muscle or joint soreness, neck stiffness, headache, weakness, fever, swollen lymph nodes and other flu-like symptoms, and a red spot or rash starting at the site of the bite.
Here are some symptoms of bites, which vary depending on the type of tick:
- Stopping breathing
- Labored breathing
- Blisters
- Rashes
- Severe pain in the area lasts several weeks (from some types of mites)
- Swelling at the site of the bite (from some types of ticks)
- Weakness
- Impaired coordination of movements.
If a person is bitten by an infected tick, the incubation period (the time between infection and the onset of symptoms) is about 5-7 days. Symptoms may vary depending on the condition of the body. Age and underlying health conditions may influence the severity of the infection.
Typical features may include the presence of a black spot at the site of the bite, fever, severe headache and rash. Black spot is a scab and looks like a small ulcer (2-5 mm in diameter) with a black center. They can be single or multiple and are sometimes very difficult to find. Usually appears after the onset of headache and general malaise. Lymph nodes in this area may be enlarged.
A rash is usually, but not always, a sign of an infected tick bite, but is rare. Appears as small red patches of skin, sometimes slightly raised, that begin on the extremities and spread to the torso, and can occur throughout the body, including the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
Lyme disease (tick-borne borreliosis)
“Classic” migratory erythema rash with tick-borne borreliosis Symptoms of early localized Lyme disease (stage 1) may appear a few days to a few weeks after infection. These are similar to flu symptoms and may include:
- Fever and chills
- General poor health
- Headache
- Pain in muscles and joints
- Neck stiffness (stiff neck).
You may also see a bull's eye rash, a flat or slightly raised red spot at the site of the bite. It can be large and increase in size. This rash is called erythema migrans. Without treatment, it can last 4 weeks or longer.
Symptoms may come and go. Without treatment, the bacteria can spread to the brain, heart and joints.
Symptoms of early widespread Lyme disease (stage 2) may occur several weeks to several months after the bite and may include:
- Numbness or pain in the nerve area
- Paralysis or weakness of facial muscles
- Problems with your heart, such as fast heartbeat, chest pain, or shortness of breath.
Symptoms of late disseminated Lyme disease (stage 3) may occur months or years after infection. The most common among them are muscle and joint pain. Other symptoms may include:
- Abnormal muscle movement
- Joint tumor
- Muscle weakness
- Numbness and tingling
- Speech problems
- Cognitive problems.
Tick-borne encephalitis
Most people who are infected show no symptoms at all—this is called the asymptomatic form. In other cases, the incubation period lasts from 4 to 28 days. Symptoms usually appear faster (within 3-4 days) if the disease is contracted through drinking milk or dairy products rather than through a bite.
They often appear in 2 stages.
In the first stage, symptoms are similar to the flu and usually last from 1 to 8 days, including:
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Muscle pain
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Vomit.
At the second stage, the central nervous system(brain and spinal cord). Symptoms may include:
- Encephalitis (cerebral swelling)
- Confusion
- Paralysis (inability to move)
- Meningitis (swelling of the membrane around the brain and spinal cord)
- Myelitis (swelling of the spinal cord).
The severity of the disease may increase with age.
In more severe cases, complications during the second phase can cause long-term damage to the brain, spine, or nerves, which can lead to:
- Memory loss
- Hearing loss
- Loss of coordination
- Death (in some cases).
Content
In nature, a person can expect not only beauty and peace, but also many insects, the bites of which can lead to disastrous consequences. Doctors say that knowledge about the basic safety rules and symptoms of many diseases will help to avoid the problem or prevent complications in time. Find out what a tick bite looks like in a photo, what consequences such a “close encounter” can have, and what parts of the body should be inspected after a hike in nature.
What does a tick bite look like?
Tick activity occurs in late spring and early autumn, when the soil has already warmed up well. These insects have a well-developed sense of smell, so they can sense their warm-blooded prey from 10-30 meters away. The habitat of ticks is tall grass or low shrubs. They dig into places with delicate skin: the lower back, armpits, ears, groin area, stomach. In the area of the attached insect, redness, rash, and inflammation are characteristic.
Incubation period
The weaker the blood-brain barrier, the faster the first symptoms will appear after a bite. As a rule, this takes from a week to 24 days. In rare cases, the first signs may begin two months after infection. For these reasons, immunologists strongly recommend closely monitoring your health for at least 2-2.5 months. You should pay attention to sharply more frequent headaches, unstable body temperature, and chills.
Why are blood-sucking ticks dangerous?
Ticks can carry diseases such as viral encephalitis, a disease that affects the human nervous system. However, not every insect is a carrier of the virus: of the total number of ticks, this disease is found in only 10-15% of individuals. In addition, depending on the habitat of the insect, they can spread infections such as tick-borne borreliosis, rocky mountain spotted fever, typhus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, etc.
Viral infections
The territory of Russia is characterized by the presence of a pathogen whose saliva contains viruses. A tick bite can trigger the development of:
The bite of a tick that carries rickettsia differs in severity - from sluggish forms to dangerous diseases that threaten human life. Immunologists focus on:
- Marseilles fever is an acute zoonotic rickettsiosis characterized by a benign course.
- Astrakhan spotted fever is a rickettsiosis with a sluggish course. Clinically, the disease is manifested by an enlargement of the spleen, liver, and structural changes in the lungs.
- Tick-borne typhus is a disease that affects the body's lymphatic system and causes skin rashes. Infections are carried by insects living in the regions of Siberia, Krasnoyarsk region, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk Territory.
- Q fever is an infectious natural focal disease. Main symptoms: lower back pain, migraine, feeling tired, dry cough, loss of appetite, insomnia.
- Smallpox rickettsiosis is a benign infection. Characterized by the appearance of moderate fever and papular eczema.
Protozoal infection
Among the invasive human diseases Special attention focus on babesiosis. In Russia, the area of possible infection is the forest-steppe part of Siberia, the north-west and south of the European part of the country. In humans, the infection develops against the background of decreased immunity. Particularly susceptible to insect attacks are:
- aged people;
- patients who have undergone surgery;
- AIDS patients.
Symptoms
- General malaise, weakness, loss of appetite - appear if ticks that spread viruses attach themselves to a person.
- If, after removing an insect, redness of the skin, itching, or small rashes appear, we're talking about about microbial and rickettsial infections.
- Increased body temperature. In Lyme disease, hyperthermia begins 10 to 18 days after the bite. With ehrlichiosis, fever is typical on days 8-14, and with anaplasmosis - after 2 weeks.
Signs of an encephalitis tick bite in humans
After detecting and removing ticks, they must be submitted to a laboratory, where specialists will determine whether the insect was a carrier of TVE. Symptoms of viral encephalitis appear suddenly: a person’s body temperature rises sharply, headache and chills appear. Sometimes patients complain of muscle pain and paralysis of the limbs. A characteristic sign of infection is appearance a victim who develops red spots at the bite sites.
Symptoms of Lyme disease
Symptoms of borreliosis look much clearer. This type of infection is characterized by the appearance of macular erythema. At the same time, redness can change in size over time, sometimes reaching 60 centimeters in diameter. The shape of the spot resembles an irregular oval, in the center of which there is a small white or blue blotch. Gradually, the skin at the site of the bite becomes rougher, a crust appears, and then a scar. With proper treatment, the scar disappears on its own within a few weeks.
Consequences
If you do not notice the presence of an insect in time, the consequences for the body can be unpredictable. For example, for tick-borne encephalitis there are three options for the course of the infection, each of which has its own characteristics. A favorable outcome is characterized by:
- the appearance of chronic weakness, which will continue for one to two months of treatment with the subsequent restoration of all body functions;
- moderate severity - with a recovery period of up to 6 months;
- severe form - with the resumption of all functions within 2-3 years.
An unfavorable outcome can bring complications in the form of:
- Decreased motor activity and general weakness without progression of symptoms.
- Decrease in all body functions with periodic progression of symptoms and relapses. Patients with alcohol dependence, pregnant women and the elderly are at risk of infection. Poor nutrition, stress, and overwork contribute to the progression of symptoms.
The prolonged presence of symptoms of infection is the reason for a special commission to determine the disability group:
- Group 1 disability is given in the presence of severe motor dysfunction, epilepsy, acquired dementia, loss of self-care abilities, and inability to move without assistance.
- The second group is issued in the presence of severe paresis in combination with epileptic seizures, mental changes, and loss of work activity.
- Disability category 3 is assigned if the patient has a neurological syndrome with impaired motor activity of the limbs, loss of some work skills, and rare epileptic seizures.
What to do if you are bitten by a tick
First aid
The sooner a tick is removed, the less likely it is that infectious agents will enter an open wound. If you are not sure that you can get to the nearest medical center in 1-2 hours, first aid for a tick bite is to pull the insect out yourself. The affected area must be treated with alcohol or iodine. You can get a sucking tick out in several ways:
The safest thing to do is to have the tick removed at the nearest hospital that has a trauma department. As a rule, in each region of the country there are 24-hour first aid centers medical care. Then, depending on the situation, you will be referred to an infectious disease specialist, internist or surgeon. If you are in a region with a high infection rate tick-borne encephalitis, within three days after the bite you will be given anti-tick immunoglobulin.
Examining an insect for infections
If symptoms of an allergic reaction or choking occur, call immediately ambulance. Your algorithm of actions before the arrival of doctors should be as follows:
- Open the windows, rip the neckline of your T-shirt or unbutton the top buttons of your shirt, and loosen your pants belt or waistband.
- Apply a cool compress to the swollen area.
- Be sure to give the patient an antihistamine - Diazolin, Loratadine, Suprastin, Zodak, Erius.
Treatment
Anti-tick therapy is carried out using drugs from different medical categories:
- For tick-borne encephalitis, immunoglobulin is prescribed in the first days. If meningitis is observed, ascorbic acid and B vitamins are prescribed. To eliminate respiratory failure, ventilation is performed.
- For borreliosis, tetracycline drugs, bacteriostatics and intravenous injections of bactericidal antibiotics are prescribed. The lack of fluid is relieved by the introduction of blood substitutes.
Method of specific immunotherapy
During treatment of borreliosis, it is important to carry out emergency prevention of infection in the first 72 hours through intravenous administration of immunomodulators. If a tick bite provokes the development of viral encephalitis, the following medications are prescribed:
- Prednisolone - used once a day. The medicine is contraindicated in case of individual intolerance to the components and the presence of skin fungus.
- Reopoliglucin – intravenous injection. Helps eliminate multiple symptoms encephalitic fever. Often leads to the development of allergies.
Antibiotic therapy for bacterial diseases
An effective remedy that will help cope with infection and eliminate the symptoms of the acute stage is the drug Bicillin - 5. It is used only in a hospital setting in the form of 5-10 daily intramuscular injections. To relieve swelling, Lymphomyosot is additionally prescribed. Bicillin injections are supplemented with antibiotics of the tselofasporin and tetracycline series. These are the drugs:
- Ceftriaxone;
- Timalin;
- Sumamed;
- Claforan;
- Doxycycline;
- Realdiron.
Medicines to suppress the proliferation of protozoan microorganisms
- Clindamycin and Quinine;
- Azithromycin plus Atovaquone;
- Cotrimoxazole, Pentamidine, Diisocyanate.
Prevention
To avoid possible complications and prevent the development of dangerous diseases, you should adhere to simple rules prevention:
- When going outdoors, choose the most closed clothing possible, put a cap on your head, and choose slippery fabrics.
- Apply special repellents to bare parts of the body, which can be purchased at any pharmacy.
- After returning home, carefully inspect your body for ticks, paying special attention to the ears, hair, groin, and lower back.
- Complete the procedure for preventing tick-borne encephalitis - vaccination. Prevents tick bites for 365 days. The vaccination must be repeated every three years.
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With the onset of warming, there is a high probability of finding a tick bite on the body. In summer, this problem becomes especially relevant and occurs more and more often. A bite can cause a lot of harm to health and can become a serious threat to a person’s life, so the problem should be taken seriously.
How to protect yourself from a tick bite? What to do if you are bitten by a tick? Let's take a closer look at these issues.
Forest tick: how to recognize the threat
The consequences of such a bite are extremely severe (in case of infection and refusal of treatment):
- Paralyzes the body.
- Breathing problems occur.
- Decreased brain activity.
- Death.
If a person has suffered from a sterile tick, the complications may not be so dangerous:
- The affected area rots.
- An allergic reaction occurs.
- Swelling appears, angioedema is possible.
It is impossible to independently determine whether an infectious tick has embedded itself or not. Their appearance and color do not depend on whether they are infected or not. If bitten by an infected tick, timely treatment can save the victim's life.
How long does it take for symptoms of a tick bite to appear in humans?
The first symptoms appear after 2-3 hours in the form. After a week or later, the symptoms described above may appear.
How is a tick bite different from other insect bites?
How to find out which insect bit and left characteristic marks on the skin? There will be only one spot, there will be no similar ones in the neighborhood, the redness will increase every hour, and an allergic reaction may occur. Bedbugs, for example, bite in several places at once, and fleas too. The bite of a mosquito and midge is much smaller than that of a tick.
Can a tick bite without sucking?
Can a tick bite through clothing and tights?
Why do ticks drink blood and how much do they need?
Ticks drink blood in order to get enough and leave offspring. Females will not be able to lay eggs in a hungry state; they definitely need blood. How long can a tick bleed? From several minutes to several hours, and females, as a rule, stay on the victim’s body longer. It should be noted that most of the time the tick is on the skin of a person or animal, looking for a place to suction, so if the tick has not yet latched on, you need to brush it off as soon as possible (no need to squash it on yourself like a mosquito, you can get an infection under the skin) . On average, an adult sucks blood for 1-2 hours, after which it disappears.
How much blood can a tick drink at one time?
Hungry individuals ixodid tick weigh from 2 to 15 mg, and when saturated they weigh from 200 to 1200 mg, which is many times their own weight. In one bite, a tick can pump out up to 1000 mg human blood. The size of a hungry tick does not exceed 4 mm, and a well-fed one can reach 3 cm, becoming similar in size to a corn seed.
The photo compares two ticks - one that has recently sucked and one that has drunk blood. Does a tick die after being bitten?
Some people seriously think that a tick dies after it bites a person, but this is not at all true. Apparently it is confused with a wasp or a bee, which dies after being stung. The tick, on the contrary, only benefits from the bite; this is its nutrition, which contributes to further development and reproduction. A hungry tick will not be able to leave offspring, so biting people and animals is a vital necessity for it.
How dangerous is a tick bite for humans?
A tick can serve as a carrier of a fairly extensive list of diseases, so after removing the tick, it is better to save it for tests to determine infections (encephalitis, borreliosis, called Lyme disease), this is done in the laboratory at the infectious diseases hospital. It is worth noting that the presence of viruses in an insect does not guarantee that the bite victim will also get sick. It is necessary to examine the insect for peace of mind if the result is negative, and for timely treatment if the infection is confirmed.
Most often transmitted and pose a huge threat to human life - and. Scientists have proven that the chance of becoming infected from a tick is unlikely, since 90% of ticks, according to research, are not infected. Although minimal, the chance exists.
Is it possible to get infected from a tick if it crawls across your body?
If a tick simply crawls across the surface of the skin, it is impossible to become infected from it. The first stage of infection begins precisely from the moment the tick suctions and injects an anesthetic substance under the skin. So if a tick is crawling on you, brush it off as quickly as possible and, if possible, with fire.
Bitten by a tick - what to do: first aid
If a tick is crawling on you, shake it off immediately, and if it has already attached itself, remove it as soon as possible and store it in a jar with moistened cotton wool or blades of grass to deliver it alive to the laboratory for studying and diagnosing infections.
Treat the wound with an antiseptic. If signs of an allergy are observed - severe redness and swelling of the bite site, immediately give the victim an antiallergic drug. You can purchase the drugs “Zirtex”, “Suprastin”, “Prednisolone”: the dosage regimen of the drugs is individual. The effect of one tablet is enough for a whole day. These antihistamines are actively used to eliminate the allergic consequences of a bite. Taking the tablet is not recommended if you are hypersensitive to the components. Hypokalemia, sleep disturbances, flatulence and negative nitrogen balance may develop.
If the encephalitis virus has entered the human body, the drug “Ribonuclease” is prescribed for treatment. The medicine is administered 6 times a day intramuscularly, in a hospital setting. The dose is prescribed by the attending physician. The use of Ribonuclease is not recommended for respiratory failure, tuberculosis and bleeding. There is a risk of developing allergic conditions.
How to remove a tick?
- Using counterclockwise movements in a circle, as if unscrewing a self-tapping screw, pull it out of the skin using tweezers. Be careful that the head of the tick does not come off.
- If you had to remove the bloodsucker in nature, and there were no tweezers nearby, an ordinary thread will help. With its help, the proboscis is tied near the very surface of the skin and pulled out with light jerks.
- After removal, you need to make sure that the tick is intact, put it in an airtight container and deliver it to the sanitary and epidemiological station for analysis as soon as possible.
- Lubricate the surface near the bite with any antiseptic.
People often advise treating the affected area with oil, kerosene, gasoline and other liquids so that the tick comes out on its own. This action is wrong - the tick will try to dive even deeper under the skin. But if the insect crawls out after this, its body cannot be examined in the laboratory.
What to do if the tick head remains under the skin?
The tick's head may remain under the skin if it is removed carelessly or too quickly. It looks like a small splinter, so some people are negligent about removing it, saying “the tick is dead, it no longer sucks blood, it will fall off on its own,” or they simply don’t notice. But this is not recommended. Remaining under the skin, the tick's proboscis will provoke inflammation and suppuration of the wound. Therefore, do not leave the head or proboscis of the tick under the skin, waiting for them to fall off on their own.
Take a sharp needle disinfected in alcohol and pick up the remaining proboscis and remove it. After a bite, a small wound will remain on the skin, which will heal quickly if the tick was not infectious. Treat the bite site with peroxide, then brilliant green or iodine. If, use Fenistil gel or a similar itching reliever. Try not to scratch the inflamed area to speed up the healing process.
To prevent the head of the tick from remaining under the skin, catch it as close as possible to the suction site What disease can you get from a tick bite?
After a tick bite, a person develops various ailments - from ordinary irritation to severe or fatal illness:
Modern drugs can completely cure infections that are transmitted by ticks, provided they are detected early and treatment is started immediately.
Signs of infection with tick-borne encephalitis
According to doctors, the symptoms of this encephalitis are detected after 10-14 days from the moment the tick bite was discovered in the victim. What to do? No need to panic, often elevated temperature body and muscle pain may be a manifestation of the body’s protective psychological response after fear and anxiety.
Once the disease begins, it goes through certain stages:
- Unreasonable and short-lived chills, increased body temperature up to 40 degrees. According to the clinical signs of the formation of encephalitis, this period is more similar to influenza infection.
- After some time, the patient may experience symptoms: nausea and vomiting, attacks of severe headache. At this stage, all symptoms indicate a gastrointestinal disorder.
- After a few days, the patient suddenly develops symptoms of arthritis or arthrosis. The pain in the head goes away and is replaced by aches throughout the body. The patient's movements become very difficult, and breathing problems arise. The skin on the face and body becomes red and swollen, and purulent abscesses appear at the site of the bite.
- Further, the symptoms only worsen, because the infection enters the patient’s circulatory system and begins its destructive work. Delay can lead to death!
If an embedded tick is found on the body, it should be pulled out immediately. You can do this procedure yourself or go to the hospital. Health workers can easily remove it and run a series of tests. Only in laboratory conditions can one accurately determine whether this tick is dangerous. If treatment is necessary, you must unconditionally follow the recommendations and instructions of the attending physician so that the effectiveness of the treatment is maximum.
