Our most dangerous wildlife is back in numbers: ticks.
Just found one on my leg. Probably picked up on yesterday's walk in the woods. It's a tiny nymph and while I spotted two others these are easy to miss.
The risk is the disease they're carrying. In our region (northern Europe, Denmark) primarily Lyme disease, transferred via the bite.
Anyway. #PSA: check for ticks and take them off properly. And the week after check for the telltale Lyme rash, an expanding red circle ANYWHERE on your body.
And attached a photo (own work, unfortunately) of what a #Lyme / #Borrelia infection looks like. Days to weeks after an infection (#tick bite) this circle can appear anywhere on the body (thus not only where the tickhole was). It will fade out in a day or two but that means the infection is in your body: go to your doctor and get antibiotics!
Someone mentioned #TBE as well. This is now endemic in many european regions. And there's a vaccin! Worth looking into.
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Über 4% der Kinder in Deutschland hatten messbaren Immunkontakt mit #Borrelia burgdorferi. Ältere Kinder häufiger als jüngere.
Weitere bevölkerungsrepräsentative Studien sind wichtig, um zeitliche Trends (evtl. auch durch Klimafaktoren) erkennen zu können.