Tip 1: How to scare off mites with folk remedies
Tip 1: How to scare off mites with folk remedies
The onset of spring threatens the appearance of ticks. And they live not only in the forest, but also in parks where children and adults walk. In order not to get a bite, it is necessary to use effective means that scare off mites.
Than the tick is dangerous?
The tick is dangerous to humans. Some species are carriers of serious diseases: Lyme disease, encephalitis, monocytic erlichiosis and others. If after a walk on the body you have found a tick, you should immediately seek medical help to extract the parasite from under the skin and treat it with damage to the body. To prevent biting and infection, you can use special medications in the form of ointments, aerosols, creams or folk remedies of natural origin, which allow you to save from tick bites.Effective means against ticks
The most commonly used medicinalplants that have a specific odor. It is the smell that scares off the tick. Common herbs and spices that help protect against tick bites: - rosemary - sage - catnip and mint swamp - marigolds - pink geranium - garlic - essential oils.Essential oils must be diluted with water in equal proportions, and then applied to the open areas of the body.An excellent remedy for ticks is a mixture of 2st.l. almond oil and 15 drops of geranium oil. The prepared composition can be stored in a cool place for up to six months. Before going out to the street or going to the forest, it is recommended to put a couple of drops of funds on the skin and clothing. Do not apply the mixture to the area around the eyes, as it causes irritation. Instead of oil of geranium, you can use palmarose oil, which has similar properties, but its cost is an order of magnitude lower. For more convenient use, prepare a solution for spraying clothes: mix 2 tsp. oil of palmarosa or geranium, a glass of water, a small amount of alcohol. Pour the mixture into a bottle with a nebulizer and use if necessary. To scare off mites and other harmful insects, before shipment to the forest, you can lubricate clothing with birch tar. It is quite effective, but it has a sharp odor. With such an "aroma" is unlikely to get a walk in the park and not scare the people around. But for a campaign in the forest for mushrooms or berries, this method helps protect oneself from bites.
Tar is well absorbed in clothes, and from the smell it is difficult to get rid of even after a lot of washing.The listed methods reduce the risk of hittingmites on the skin, but does not give a 100% result. During the emergence of ticks it is recommended to get an inoculation, which even in case of a bite protects the body against infection with dangerous diseases.
Tip 2: How to protect yourself from ticks
Mites are carriers of deadlydiseases, in particular, encephalitis and borreliosis. Therefore, every summer, before you go to nature, you need to take care of your safety. Prevention and effective protection will help avoid biting dangerous insects.
You will need
- - special clothing
- - insecticide-repellent preparations
Instructions
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First of all, you should avoid places wheremites are usually located. And they hide in the grass and shrubbery and never climb higher than one meter. They can often be found in wet, and even more so in boggy places. In this case, the favorite weather of ticks is clear, warm, sunny.
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Going to the nature, take care of suitableequipment, protect the neck, head, hands. It is advisable to select light colors in order to easily notice a creeping mite. Fill trousers in socks, a jacket (it should be with cuffs) in trousers, put on a tightly fitting headdress. Most often ticks cling to shoes and trousers, but crawl up. They like to hide behind their ears or in their hair.
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Be sure to use protective equipment. Treat them with clothing and open areas of the body. Three types of drugs are saved from ticks: repellent, acaricidal and insecticidally-repellent. The most effective are the latter, since they are capable of both repelling and killing insects. With their help you can protect your pets.
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Please note that before plunging intoskin, ticks can crawl around a person for a long time, up to two hours. Returning from nature, carefully examine yourself. If you picked up a tick, but he did not have time to suck, you have a chance to get rid of it easily.
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In case of a bite, buy iodine antipyrine. Adopted no later than three hours after the bite, it can save you from having to inoculate. However, to the doctor, nevertheless, it is necessary to apply!
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Do not lubricate the sucking mite with oil, as specialists will not be able to check it. It will only be possible to analyze your blood.
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Remember that the surest way to protect yourself frommites - inoculation. Do them, usually in the winter. But on this account it is better to consult with a specialist: the opinions of doctors on the prevention of encephalitis differ.
Tip 3: Remedies for ticks for children
Protection of the child against ticks is considered the mosta common problem for parents who like to often travel with their children to nature, cottages or just to rest. Digging into the skin, this insect not only delivers discomfort to the baby, but also creates the danger of infection with serious diseases, for example, encephalitis.
