How to protect yourself from ticks

Going on a hike or a walk in the woods, remember that you should not unless absolutely necessary to get into impassable bushes. Raspberry bushes, hazel, alder thickets are places that tick loves. Avoid places where grow deciduous trees. Most often, a tick gets on a human body, when he clings to a branch or blade of grass.

Moving along the forest road, don't break branches from the trees, as this will allow you to shake out a lot of parasites lurking along the road, waiting for easy prey.

Take care of appropriate clothing. It is best to wear rubber boots. The legs should be fully closed; in no case do not go out into the woods in shorts. Sweatpants or tights, tuck in socks. It is desirable that the upper garment had a hood, sleeves tight cuffs at the wrists. In any case, the head should be close headdress, for example a cap. Put long hair under a scarf.

After returning from a hike or a walk in the woods, immediately shake your clothes, including underwear. Inspect the body for signs of ticks, if necessary, ask relatives to help with the inspection. Hair carefully comb small comb. Carefully inspect the head, armpits, inner thighs and groin.

Being in a multi-day hike, spend mutual preventive examination regularly every two hours. The tick usually clings to the body immediately, but some time crawling around, picking the right place. To determine the crawling parasite quite easily feel on the skin.

Upon detection of crawling ticks, carefully remove them with clothes or body. Even crushed the parasite can be dangerous, so it is recommended to burn discovered the tick on fire, or the flame of a match.