At the Easter walk in the woods, an unseen danger lurks. Rising temperatures and density provide increased Ticks. The center for travel medicine (CRM) points.
Because Sport and movement in the environment, in contrast to trips or excursions is allowed everywhere, it is likely that people with spring-like temperatures to be amplified Outdoors.
Doctor Tomas Jelinek advises to bear in Green long pants and closed-toe shoes. Tick-protection for Rubbing or Spraying are also useful.
After the excursion should, throats in addition, the ticks ‘ preferred regions of the body such as the knees, armpits, pubic area, navel, belly folds and the area to be searched behind the ears thoroughly.
For the quick removal of a tick lowering the risk of disease.
Picture gallery: Local stinging insects in the Overview
Ticks can transmit a summer tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Lyme disease.
Against TBE is vaccination, the Permanent vaccination Commission STIKO for all tick-recommends-Exposed in high-risk areas. Among the länder with the highest TBE risk of Transmission of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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