It can attack you in transport if the tick was on the clothes of other people returning from the forest. The tick can crawl on the human body even in the apartment as you can bring it with a bouquet of flowers or it was on the wool of a pet that came from the walk. Most victims do not feel when they are being bitten as the tick releases anesthetic fluid. You can also find a tick near a country house. But, according to statistics, most of the post-bite hits are recorded among the urban residents who return from the local parks after the daily walks through the streets of trees. Most people mistakenly think that ticks can be met only in dense forests with shrubs. Ticks live in ordinary parks, forests, and in the green areas near lakes. The typical carrier of borreliosis is the so-called deer tick (Ixodes scapularis).
Initially, the infected person feels weakness, irritability, slight headache.Īnd in just a few days the body temperature rises to 40 degrees, followed by migraines, vomiting, and dizziness. The most detrimental thing that can occur after the bite is tick-borne encephalitis, an acute viral disease that affects the central nervous system. These are Lyme disease, West Nile fever, tularemia. The fact is that ticks are often the carriers of infections that can lead to death. The bite of a tick can cause serious consequences. Ticks are often the carriers of infectious diseases dangerous for humans, domestic, and wild animals.īeware, there are also many bugs that look like tics but aren’t. Ticks cause great harm to humans and animals.
The study of ticks is related to such a section of zoology as acarology.Īccording to scientists, there are over 54,000 species of these tiny arachnids in the world.īut every year, the number of species is increasing, thanks to new discoveries and research. Ticks are mistakenly considered to be insects, but actually, they refer to arachnids.
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