Protection from ticks
In the miniencyclopedia "Around Baikal", the issuie of 2001, is written:
"Actually, sitting on a grass or bush growing along roads and
tracks, ticks clutch to clothes of a passing person. Then they move
to free parts of a body, more often on a spin, neck, hair,inguinal
areas and areas of arm-pits, where skin is more tender. A tick
drills skin with sharp proboscis and drinks blood, then various
diseases such as a fever Q can be transmitted to a person,
tularemia, Laima illness and most dangerous - vernal encephalitis.
Most effective means of preventive maintenance is a vaccination
against vernal encephalitis, which are necessary being made
beforehand, in November - March, not less than 44 days prior to date
of departure. The vaccination do not guarantee full protection
against contamination by an encephalitis, but considerably easy weep
of illness.
Safety precautions:
For obtaining vaccination it is necessary to have: the policy
mandatory of medical insurances, certificate about contraindications,
passport. 1st vaccination is made 44 days before, 2nd 1is made 14
days prior to departing in a place of the locus.
During travel in forest it is necessary to conduct
self-inspections, and even better inspections one another (as it is
possible more often, since active tick can stick through 15 min).
Specially you have to examine attentevely skin on a head, behind
ears, arm-pits, inguinal area, neck .
It's necessary to bivouac far from trees and bush on solar and
cleared from a dry grass and windfallen trees place.
If a tick have stuck, it is necessary to lubricate with an oil,
fat, kerosene or cover with open port of a vial with water on 10-15
minutes, to shut windpipe of the tick, wait while he will choke,
after that extract it by cautious swinging motion from a body.
It is not recommended intensively cauterize it with eau-de-Cologne
or alcohol, it can result in destruction and desiccation of the tick,
that will complicate its deleting.
Having skills, it is possible to eliminate tick with thread,
having made a closed loop and expanding threads in the different
sites. Then swing tick with sluggish motions and drag. A wound is
treated by Iodum or alcohol. Hands are washed with soap.
For scaring away of tongs it is recommended to use anti-tick
pencil and creams, such as "Deta", which are put on a tissue of
trousers below knees and around of a thoracal cage".
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