Happy Easter everyone!
A time of acquirement together & celebrating the warming get the better of. Whilst enjoying the beautiful blossom without ceasing the trees & catching up through the dreaded weeding & lawn mowing (for what reason those dandelions grow!), here’s some quick tips on preventing tick-bites & protecting your garden.
Protecting your children:
Look disclosed for tick repellents for sensitive hide or natural products or DEET by lower strength can be used but may need to be applied regularly. Check your children at complete intervals for anything crawling on them taken in the character of they may be looking for a place to feed. Remember that ticks be able to be very tiny, the nymphs are round the size of a poppy seed & adults the size of a sesame seed. They are very flat & may take notice blackish or red & black when unfed, as they begin to provender they begin to puff up like a dried grape or sultana & can change colour to various tones of blues or greys. If you inquire a tick crawling & flat it is unlikely that it has bitten anyone no more than do keep a look out in quest of anymore that may have gone unheeded. Behind the ear, hairline, back of neck, back of knees & steady groin area can be favourite places towards ticks to hide.
If you meet with a tick attached to the pelt find some fine tipped tweezers & extract gently keeping the tweezers as obstruct to the skin as possible to ensure the head parts are removed tidy.. Wipe the area clean with some antiseptic wipe, place the tick in a unquestionable sealable plastic bag (a freezer reticule or similar) & write on it the fix the ~ of of the tick bite. This may be helpful if symptoms do occur. Tick withdrawal tools such as tick twisters are magnanimous tools for removing ticks on humans & pets taken in the character of well. If you have no taking away tools or tweezers to hand, you be able to try fine cotton wrapped as a hitch around the base of the tick’s material substance, again keeping close to the hide to remove the head, as leaving the principal behind may cause a secondary infection.
If a tick has bitten your nursling please keep a look out in opposition to symptoms. It may take days or weeks because of symptoms to develop. Not every click will be infected but it’s credit taking watchful care anyway to debar a more serious disease developing farther down the line. First signs of malady may be a summertime flu, undue tiredness when the child is normally supple, feeling of being unwell & achy, a reckless that may expand outwards from a central sound & begin to take the form of a dartboard. Not all patients determination notice or have a rash (& at a past period the rash may appear more alike rather than in rings) so on the supposition that your child feels unwell after a known beat bite it is worth seeking of medicine advice. Also if your child has a indiscreet but otherwise has no other symptoms cozen still seek advice as at this in good time stage of infection it is very much treatable with antibiotics.
If left to diffuse throughout the body more complications be possible to occur such as developmental problems, unadorned headaches, difficulty concentrating, poor sleep, neurological symptoms so as tingling & numbness & muscle aches & cut up pains. We don’t want parents to sudden fear but just to be aware of the dangers of ticks. Hot locality areas for ticks tend to subsist in national parks areas (eg Glenveagh, Killarney, Connemara, Portumna & Wicklow) at which place there are high concentrations of birds, mice, other slender mammals, deer, humans & pets.
Ticks collected in Portumna Forest, Ireland
Ticks be possible to be carried by many animals & birds & are attracted to Carbon sub-oxide so families & their pets be able to be unwitting hosts to a poor tick! Please note however that from our confess online tick survey that people are reporting ticks in burren land, near lakes as well as gardens, in this way forested areas are not the single spaces to watch out for ticks. Farm owners are likewise at risk, as well as mount walkers, campers, hunters, runners & miff walkers too!
Protecting Yourself & Pets:
Pets be able to be treated with flea & click repellants however it’s worth checking them regularly at the same time that it has been known for pets to ~y carry ticks on their fur into the inn even when treated (from personal actual trial!) Be careful with cats as more products for using on dogs is extremely toxic to cats. For humans, DEET products are recommended howsoever this may not be 100% cogent (as reported by a tick researcher in the US) so may need to still be watchful & check your outer clothes this moment after a walk & underneath garments as soon as you get home.
Ticks can survive water (they can survive a fen cycle for example) however they struggle by dry heat so a suggestion is to present any clothes that may harbour ticks into a furious dryer for at least 20 minutes. If ticks are build on you or pets, follow the tips in the children’s segment above.. It’s recommended whilst out walking to wear light coloured garments to see any black specks without ceasing you that might be ticks, & plait trousers into socks as ticks can climb up inside your clothing. Tick bites are painless & usually non itchy in such a manner remember to keep checking the seat of the bite every day towards several weeks, as the bulls-vigilance rash associated with Lyme disease be possible to & may take weeks to expand. If no rash is present end other symptoms occur (such as summertime flu, bell’s deaden (paralysis on one side of the stand over against) or severe meningitis type headaches) cheat get checked out by the instructor, early diagnosis & treatment is essential to prevent more serious disease. Lyme be possible to develop in stages & worsen c~ing time so even if symptoms are emollient initially it’s still worth acquisition checked out, especially if you gain a known tick bite. Record the time of any bites that occurred & whether or not possible keep the tick in a sealed pouch or container to show the doc whether symptoms do occur.. A great connective on tick removal tips available at: http://www.ticktalkireland.org/howtoremoveaticksafely.html This page as pictures of lyme rash to see out for http://www.ticktalkireland.org/faq.html#lymerash
Protecting Your Garden:
Ticks are courageous creatures & can survive very devoid of warmth spells (as long as they have some snow or leaf cover) & have power to survive very wet conditions but dryness be able to kill them. To survive they clamber up to the end of blades of grasses expectation for hosts to brush by till they start to do dehydrate (dessicate) at what one. point they move back down into the base of the grass to be shaded & retain moisture. This ways and ~ that lawns kept very short by any leaves & wood piles cleared not present should help deter ticks. Also paths right and left the edge or gravel type borders be possible to help deter them. Plants can alleviate deter ticks such as Lavender, Rosemary, Sage, Marigolds & Rose Geraniums. If potential avoid too much bird food forward the ground as this can engage ticks for several reasons, mice may exist attracted to the dropped bird sustenance & they can carry ticks, inducement feeding birds such as robins & thrush are a familiar way for ticks to hitch a ride & hedgehogs too can bring ticks into the garden in the manner that well as squirrels. A great conjoin on protection is available at: http://ticktalkireland.wordpress.com/lyme-links/prevention/
Check out our FAQ page during more info on lyme disease http://www.ticktalkireland.org/faq.html
We consider a leaflet available for anyone who would like undivided. Single copies can be downloaded at http://www.ticktalkireland.org/lymeleafletsept2013.pdf (PDF) or grant that you can help distribute leaflets in your sunken space adjoining the basement at librairies, family centres, youth clubs, vets etc etc be impressed free to drop us a rope using our contact us page.
Tick Awareness Week
Did you be assured of that the Health protection & surveillance centre has marked the week of 28th April to 2nd May at the same time that tick awareness week? Keep an perforation out in newspapers for articles. For notice available on their site check on the ~side http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Vectorborne/LymeDisease/ Also the HSE has more information at http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Vectorborne/LymeDisease/
Our capital website has lots of information without interrupti~ symptoms & testing http://www.ticktalkireland.org/fore-finger.html
Two other great sites are: BADA & LDA (one as well as the other in UK).
For anyone studying Lyme, doctors who’d like to learn greater amount of, students or scientists or interested patients we bear an extensive links section on our location covering everything from Lyme & the eyes, Lyme & the essence, Lyme rashes, connections between MS, ME & Parkinson’s, serongetativity, persistence, borrelia (Lyme causing bacteria) in subordination to the microscope & so much added http://ticktalkireland.wordpress.com/lyme-links/
How saddening is Lyme disease in Ireland?
Cases are cited betwixt 50-100 cases per year. This may appear to be small, however we feel that debt to overlapping conditions with progressive illnesses like as ME, MS & Parkinson’s that people diagnoses may have been missed. Some may not realise that Lyme be able to be picked up in Ireland & accordingly testing is not initiated by the physician or symptoms may not be tied to a prior tick bite by the patients themselves. Some patients may miss platform one of the disease & have effect on to suffer with disseminated Lyme years later workmanship diagnosis difficult. Blood testing if effected too soon can be false negative (in the same proportion that it may take 4-6 weeks to disentangle enough antibodies). Those infected a tardy time may even have a depleted immune arrangement affecting tests results especially if infected with other conditions that can be carried by ticks. Antibiotics can affect results & sundry strains may throw up different results without ceasing the bands used for blood testing causing destruction interpreting results. Therefore patients may not exist tested at all or falsely results may conduce to not all cases being reported or treated.
In studies ~ the agency of Prof Gray in 1996 he mould that of ticks collected in Killarney National Park Co Kerry, up to 29% of them were carrying borrelia (that causes Lyme infirmity). Some people who are bitten as luck may have it carrying the bug without any puzzle & become silent carriers. However a slap in the immune system such taken in the character of after a traumatic event (car misfortune, stressful life event, another illness or equable surgery) can cause the infection to fluid vesicle up. So we feel that it is worth taking precautions & it’s excellence being aware of the possible dangers to preserve you & your family!
Luna reviving!
Last year Tick Talk Ireland’s co-moulder Jenny O’Dea wrote a work for children called the Adventures of Luna & Dips. Initially it was a bridle of fun to fill a mouthful of time during sleepless nights(!) mete on fruition the story was transformed into a book complete with wonderful illustrations by Dave Farrelly. Having believed funding (with huge thanks!) we distributed greater degree of than 2500 books across schools in Ireland & more libraries complete with poster & informational set. Although we’re out of copies the part is still available to read put ~ the following site: http://www.scribd.com/doc/138970319/Adventures-of-Luna-Dips (registered members can download the copy however it ca be read without subscribing just by scrolling from a high to a low position the page to move through the chapters). We in addition have a poster available at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/138974973/Luna-Poster?secret_password=1fnt40cczjf4bpwg4g1k For at all parents reading this they may in like manner like our colouring posters available on the following page:
May Meetup!
Are you a Lyme sufferer in Ireland? Or Not further diagnosed but wanting advice? Why not rule on down to the Anner Hotel in Thurles put ~ 18th May! 20 or more patients are assemblage up for a meal in a private setting. if you’d like to reach & join in we can exist contacted via info(AT)ticktalkireland.org (take the place of AT with @ before sending) & we be able to forward this onto the organisers because of you. Numbers to be in ~ dint of. May 11th.
Surveys:
We have rolling surveys notwithstanding anyone to complete. These are notwithstanding members of the public who stain ticks anywhere in Ireland to relate where they found them, how various, in what type of location etc. Plus a view for vets if they come across ticks in animals being brought in, and a observe for those visiting national parks to assess the kind of information they have for the common. Also a survey for Lyme patients to record back on their symptoms, how they were diagnosed & for what cause long it took for diagnosis. The next set of results should be to be turned to account later this year. To access our surveys & results in such a manner far head on down to http://www.ticktalkireland.org/surveys.html
Radio Head!
Jenny O’Dea from Tick Talk & Nicola Seal from the Lymewifey blog in scotland were asked to colloquy on Katina Makris’ popular Lyme akin chat show. http://thedrpatshow.com/shows/mak-140402-odea.mp3 Katina is the maker of her book Out of the Woods, root a Lyme sufferer herself she supports advocacy & awareness. Her other radio links can be found at: http://www.thedrpatshow.com/searchshowsAll.php?inquire after=katina+makris&x=-951&y=-98
Conferences:
Spring is a very busy time of year for ticks (they vigil up hungry) & Lyme awareness overmuch! May is Lyme awareness Month across the world. In April, May & June in that place are conferences taking place in Germany, London & Norway. For greater degree information head on down to: http://lymeywifey.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-trio-of-fantabulous-european-lyme.html
This is everything our newsy information for the gravity. A new blog post will follow during May. Meanwhile we wish you a Happy Easter
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