How to cure tick bites in children

Ticks are like small spiders that need to feed on blood to survive, which is why they are called hematophagous. I say small spiders because ticks are mites, a subclass of arachnids. Ticks can cling to a child's skin. Would you know how to get rid of her correctly? How ticks bite children Typically,

Ticks are like small spiders that need to feed on blood to survive, which is why they are called hematophagous. I say small spiders because ticks are mites, a subclass of arachnids.

Ticks can cling to a child's skin. Would you know how to get rid of her correctly?

How ticks bite children

Typically, ticks prefer skin regions protected by hair from domestic animals to humans, so having companion animals at home can be a protective factor, as well as a fantastic one and recommended experience for our children. These bugs are fixed to the host's skin by means of a drilling tube, and there they can remain,

increasing significantly in size momento (at which point they often become visible), until they get tired of eating and let go. If the tick is released, it leaves a small grain that can sting a little , and disappears spontaneously in 48 hours. Sometimes, it can evolve in a torpid way due to superinfections by scratching, or with development towards a foreign body granuloma, secondary to an inadequate extraction of the tick, leaving part of the buccal apparatus inside the skin. How to remove a tick from a child's skinTick bites are relatively frequent and their approach is greatly influenced by wisdom, science and popular tradition.

A very important aspect is that of its extraction.

To do this, it is recommended to use sterile forceps, with a narrow tip and, if possible, curved. Attentive to these tips: 1. With tweezers, the tick must be held by its drilling tube or buccal area,

that is, as close as possible to the skin. 2. We must perform continua a continuous, slow, progressive traction, without excessive force en, perpendicular to the skin until it is extracted. This maneuver, well done, could take almost a minute. It's like keeping a pulse with the tick, until you give up and decide to let go. 3. If the maneuver is done abruptly, it is when part of the tick can remain inside the skin.

In no case is the application of ether, varnish, nail polish or oils , or other substances recommended, since all this causes the tick to stress and regurgitate juices into the bloodstream, which could be infected.4.

It is also not recommended to burn the tick after its extraction , nor to crush it with your fingers, but to include it in alcohol or in a sealed bag or container and go to a health center to assess its shipment to specialized centers, such as the Biomedical Research Center of La Rioja, in Spain (CIBIR), where the species and the risk of disease transmission can be investigated.