In the season of revelry mites experts warn against the four most common mistakes that people make when trying to settle them.
If the tick managed and still was on your body, do not panic. As not to make wrong steps that actively promote Housewives and all-knowing old woman under each staircase. Some actions are unacceptable and can harm you. When removing a tick it is important to minimize potential harm.
What not to do?
Lubricate the tick with oil
As it turned out, it cannot be lubricated not only by oil, but any fat. Although it did just recently and now out of habit many people use this method and always recommend. The effectiveness of this method of removal of mite explain it this way: the insect, covered with a greasy film, deprived of the oxygen, and then gradually goes itself. This is partly so. But it is important to know that in a panic throws the parasite into the blood of the victim a large amount of saliva, which can be extremely dangerous if it is infected.
Thus covered with fat layer of the insect will not accept for analysis in the laboratory. Also, do not attempt to remove the tick to use varnishes, gels, alcohol and other substances.
To burn the tick
The use of fire, burning objects and other means is not recommended. The explanation is simple – before death happens, the most powerful discharge poison mite will have time to release almost all available dose under the skin of the victim. And the victim of the tick to remove it will be much harder than living.
To remove the tick with your fingers without protection
The safest way is to pull the stricken insect with hand-rail instruments – the tweezers of any size or regular thread. If it so happened that nothing suitable at hand, you can try to remove the tick with your fingers. But be sure to wear disposable gloves or simply wrap a thumb and index finger in a bandage, gauze, handkerchief, any fabric. Remember that your skin always present microfractures, through which the poison may get unnoticed in the blood of the Savior.
Squeeze the body of the insect
Correctly when removing the tick to keep as close as possible to his head or the skin of the victim. If you press down puffed body, then the rest of the venom it will inject into the blood, as if from a syringe.
Remove the insect slowly without making any sudden movements, and try to remove it completely, severing the body from the head.
