Tick bites can be deadly, doctor warns

[webfact]

Tick bites can be deadly, doctor warns

By THE NATION

 

 

Bites from the tiny insects known as ticks can cause paralysis and death in human beings, an expert warned today.

 

Responding to the case of a girl who was found with ticks in her ears, Dr Mingkwan Wichaidit, director of the Institute of Dermatology, said the problem can be tackled by using tweezers to remove the insects and then applying a topical medicine to treat the inflamed bites.

 

However, in some cases, people can be paralysed after suffering tick bites, she said.

 

Paralysis can occur four to six days after being bitten, but the victim usually recovers after the ticks are removed from their skin, Dr Mingkwan explained.

In severe cases, however, the condition can lead to respiratory failure and death.

 

The illness is caused by a neurotoxin in the tick's saliva.

 

Because the toxin lies in the tick's salivary glands, care must be taken to remove the whole tick – including the head – or symptoms may persist.

 

Thai ticks also carry Lyme disease, another condition that can be fatal to humans.

 

In the case of the girl, her school contacted doctors to have the ticks safely removed from her ears and head, said Dr Somsak Akksilp, Department of Medical Services’ director general.

 

He added that most people who are bitten by ticks will feel no pain, since the insect’s saliva also contains a substance that numbs the skin.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30393928

 

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[PatOngo]

Interesting! Most parasites in the country have two legs and wear uniforms!

[2 is 1]

Did not know here have tick also! In Finland many has get Lyme disease from tick bite. Terrable disease and this a holes increase every year!

[spiekerjozef]

Now ticks spread wuhan viruses?

Edited September 3, 2020 by spiekerjozef

[tonray]

3 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Did not know here have tick also! In Finland many has get Lyme disease from tick bite. Terrable disease and this a holes increase every year!

Yes...same in East Coast of USA....a few of my friends have had it....terrible long lasting effects too

[Bender Rodriguez]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Because the toxin lies in the tick's salivary glands, care must be taken to remove the whole tick – including the head – or symptoms may persist.

oh my god, such IGNORANCE

 

the tick is carrier of parasites, injected into your bloodstream as they feed blood from you

 

Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, Borrelia mayonii. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks.

[Bender Rodriguez]

6 hours ago, tonray said:

Yes...same in East Coast of USA....a few of my friends have had it....terrible long lasting effects too

not many people know that those ticks infected all USA, because they caught DEER in the east, transported them all over the country, the ticks fell of during tranport to the west and this is why LYME is now everywhere in USA

 

playing in "the woods" is a dangerous thing, specially with DEER around = carrier of the thicks

[dluek]

My mom was just diagnosed with Lyme disease back in Massachusetts. The things are everywhere back there since the climate warmed. Now they're around all year; even in February my friend got a bite. Worse than leeches. 

[Catoni]

Lyme disease from ticks in the U.S. and Canada also. Lyme disease is named after the town of Old Lyme in Connecticut, U.S.  

   It’s one of many diseases named after places.
      But some people didn’t like the latest virus being named after the place it came from. Don’t want to hurt the feelings of a certain country’s Communist Party dictator. We must submit and obey and be quiet, or we will be punished. 

Edited September 3, 2020 by Catoni
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[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Interesting! Most parasites in the country have two legs and wear uniforms!

More dangerously they have evolved to wear suits!

[Tarteso]

Are you worry about deadly Ticks?

 

[SePl]

Monthly in the news...

 

 

[DrTuner]

Quote

Thai ticks also carry Lyme disease, another condition that can be fatal to humans.

[Pilotman]

no <deleted> Sherlock 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Tick bites can be deadly, doctor warns

 

Don't wear Nike branded clothing and footwear.

 

 

[sammieuk1]

Almost as deadly as a tick tock man also very difficult to remove due to the spirit world ????

[9653]

12 hours ago, tonray said:

Yes...same in East Coast of USA....a few of my friends have had it....terrible long lasting effects too

..you are sure, they didn’t have uniforms on?

[9653]

I know, in Australia ticks can kill dogs, I’ve never heard that people are effected

[DrTuner]

4 minutes ago, 9653 said:

I know, in Australia ticks can kill dogs, I’ve never heard that people are effected

In Oz everything is trying to kill you.

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2020 by DrTuner

[jollyhangmon]

 

This one's another tick-related nasty ... but not in the tropics apparently.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-borne_encephalitis

 

[Flying Saucage]

17 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Did not know here have tick also! In Finland many has get Lyme disease from tick bite. Terrable disease and this a holes increase every year!

Don't tell that anyone in Thailand!!! They will panic again and keep the borders closed for another decade!

[Autonuaq]

Tick-Borne Encephalitis

Tick-borne encephalitis is a viral infection (flavivirus) of the brain and as the name indicates is spread by ticks.

For this they have a vaccine.

 

 

For lyme they had a vaccine unfortunately the two us based companies not made enough revenue so stopped the production I the story.

Now european labs are developing a new vaccine which would be available soon

 

Lyme not always shows marker on infected people so it is wise to have the anti biotics cure of one time orally taken  medicine just to be sure.

 

[fredwiggy]

On 9/3/2020 at 1:40 PM, Bender Rodriguez said:

not many people know that those ticks infected all USA, because they caught DEER in the east, transported them all over the country, the ticks fell of during tranport to the west and this is why LYME is now everywhere in USA

 

playing in "the woods" is a dangerous thing, specially with DEER around = carrier of the thicks

Undue panic. I hunted for 45 years in many states, and shot around 100 deer, and never had but a few ticks get on me from handling the deer. You check yourself when you take a shower, and remove them, as a tick takes quite awhile to start biting. If you see a bullseye spot on your skin, you have Lyme disease, and it can be treated by antibiotics. Likewise, while hunting, I laid on the ground and sat in trees all day long, and rarely had ticks on me except when I hunted in Texas, where deer season is usually warm. I have never seen more ticks in my life than I have here, and i have owned pets all of my life also.

Edited September 4, 2020 by fredwiggy

[herfiehandbag]

On 9/3/2020 at 7:27 AM, PatOngo said:

Interesting! Most parasites in the country have two legs and wear uniforms!

Colours about right though...

[herfiehandbag]

Nothing for it - we must have an immediate alcohol ban, and extend the state of emergency indefinitely.