By Russia Desk
There are several common misconceptions about ticks, doctor and TV presenter Alexander Myasnikov told On the Most Important.
He urged Russians to wear long pants and high boots when walking in nature and, if possible, not to sit on the ground. According to him, it’s a misconception that ticks are attracted to white clothes – in fact, they don’t discriminate between shades.
Another misconception is that urban ticks are not dangerous – in fact, their bite can lead to encephalitis or Lyme disease infection.
Also, the opinion that if you quickly remove the tick from the body is not true, then it will not have time to infect a person with viruses. Also, it is a mistake to use vegetable oil to extract the tick – on the contrary, it can aggravate the situation.
Earlier, chief researcher of the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, virologist Anatoly Altshtein, said that seasonal tick activity is expected to start in April. He noted that human bites usually begin in May, 3 to 4 weeks after the insects become active. Altshtein warned that ticks bite Russians most actively in Siberia, the Urals and the Far East, and therefore residents of these regions should be vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis. According to him, in the European part of Russia, tick bites are less common.
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