Photo: Health has a program to monitor the bacteria and viruses that are transmitted with the mediation of living organisms such as ticks.
The symptoms are characterized by precise and late rheumatic, neurological and cardiac manifestations
Today the world day of this ailment is celebrated, which in the region is included as a mandatory declaration disease since last year
The Region of Murcia joined last year to the autonomous communities that qualify Lyme’s disease as a mandatory declaration disease (EDO). Today the World Day of this Pathology is commemorated, an extended zoonosis throughout the world, produced by a bacterium transmitted by infected tick sting.
From the Ministry of Health, prevention recommendations are launched every year that are especially intended for people in contact with these insects for their work activity in the natural environment or related to animals. Also for those who practice outdoor sports such as hiking or hunting.
To avoid tick bites, it is recommended to wear long t -shirts, avoid shoes too open as sandals and always wear closed boots with socks.
It is also preferable to wear light color clothes, since in this way it will be easier to check if there is any insect about it. In the field, it is important to walk through the central area of the roads if possible to avoid contact with the surrounding vegetation and avoid, as far as possible, sit on the floor or stand on a long time in the areas with vegetation. The use of authorized repellents is also important, for both people and pets.
Surveillance program
The Ministry of Health, through the General Directorate of Public Health, has a program to monitor the bacteria and viruses that are transmitted with the mediation of living organisms such as ticks, and in which Lyme’s disease is included.
It is estimated that, in a high percentage of people, the infection develops in a asymptomatic and self -limited way, so they do not require treatment by not presenting clinical symptoms. These are characterized by a progressive multisystemic picture that includes procurement and late rheumatic, neurological and cardiac manifestations.
In Spain, the greatest risk of acquiring the disease occurs in spring and in summer, since it is the time of the most active phases of the vector insect by increasing temperatures, although they can be active throughout the year.
The bite is painless and can go unnoticed. The infection is more likely the longer the tick adhered to the skin, so if the risk of infection is significantly reduced.
