Everyone should be vigilant for ticks in summer.

Ticks usually dormant on grass or plants in shallow hills, or lodge among the fur of livestock and other animals. Ticks are vector organisms that often cause disease by biting and sucking blood to spread pathogens (viruses, bacteria, or parasites), transmitting a variety of diseases. Ticks are known to carry 83 viruses, 31 bacteria, and 32 protozoa, most of which are important natural pathogenic diseases, or zoonotic diseases, such as forest encephalitis, tick-borne hemorrhagic fever, tick-borne typhus, hare fever, Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Bartonella infection, etc., which bring great harm to human health and husbandry.

In summer, insects have strong ability of reproductive. They are in a state of flapping at any time. Citizens should report to the relevant departments in time once they find similar situations. If you are accidentally bitten by a tick, you should not remove the tick directly with your hands or crush the tick with your fingers. It is necessary to apply alcohol, kerosene, turpentine to the head of the tick, or light a mosquito coil next to the tick to "anesthetize" it and let it stop biting on its own. You could also apply a thick layer of liquid paraffin or glycerin to the head of the tick to suffocate it.

Here are some tips from Beijing 120. It is recommended to spray mosquito repellent on exposed skin or wear tight-cuff, light-colored, smooth clothes with long sleeves, to try to minimize skin exposure. It is not suggested to wear sandals. Residents having pets at home should pay attention to the fact that pets are more likely to carry ticks. It is necessary to carefully check and take care of their fur.