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Val Grande. Ixodes ricinus, adult female. sent on April 04, 2022 (11:01) by Beno. 6 comments, 141 views.

at 200mm, 1/2000 f/6.7, ISO 200, hand held.

Un animaletto poco simpatico, famelico in primavera: la zecca dei boschi (Ixodes ricinus), diffusissima in val Grande, come sulle Grigne o in generale nelle montagne specialmente tra felci, ontani, noccioli ed erba alta. Si raccomanda perciò di usare i pantaloni lunghi e di fare una accurata ispezione del proprio corpo appena si rientra a casa. Eventuali parassiti attaccati vanno asportati con una pinzetta e movimento rotatorio per scongiurare la malattia di Lyme, la più frequente tra quelle trasmesse in Italia dalle zecche. La patologia è causata dal batterio Borrelia burgdorferi che la zecca Ixodes ricinus contrae a sua volta da un micromammifero o da un uccello permanentemente infetto. La zecca lo trasmette, rigurgitando gli scarti del pasto, dopo che è rimasta attaccata almeno 24 ore all'ospite. Il primo sintomo, in genere, compare dopo qualche giorno, ed è un'irritazione cutanea di forma circolare delle dimensioni di una moneta e che forma un anello rosso... (tratto da una mia nota apparsa sulla rivista Le Montagne Divertenti n.60 - Primavera 2022).



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avatarsenior
sent on April 04, 2022 (11:19) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful shot and document, great for prevention for those who practice places where the animal lives, thank you and have a good week.

avatarjunior
sent on April 04, 2022 (11:32) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I forgot to add that
: if you are infected (the certainty you have with a simple blood test), being that our immune system has an ineffective response to the infection, you must resort to a massive antibiotic treatment to ward off the subsequent and more serious symptoms, which can range from joint pain and swelling, to neurological problems (even memory loss, drowsiness and difficulty in coordination) difficult to eradicate.
The most terrible disease brought by ticks in Italy, viral encephalitis, which causes in a small percentage of cases a progressive paralysis with a fatal outcome, is widespread only in the north-east of the country and not in Lombardy.

avatarsenior
sent on April 04, 2022 (11:38) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Well to know, I had never felt this infection, thanks again.

avatarsupporter
sent on April 04, 2022 (15:06) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Bravo, Beno, you do well to inform about the dangers of ticks, we must live with it and have the correct precautions suggested by you, but without depriving ourselves of the outings in the mountains ! Until a few years ago above 1500 meters above sea level ticks were absent, now, with global warming, they begin to occur even at higher altitudes.
Tick-borne encephalitis has affected several people in my area, so much so that the Veneto region has promoted free vaccination with 3 doses to immunize. I got vaccinated because I always catch them and sometimes I get purple bubons, so I have to resort to antibiotics and do the Borrelia test after 20 days from the bite. I think that there are individuals who are more predisposed than others both in attracting them and in having consequences of various kinds.

avatarsenior
sent on April 04, 2022 (15:35) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)


avatarsenior
sent on April 04, 2022 (19:34) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful image.
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