Come on, let’s take a closer look at what it looks like -
The Scrub typhus is very small, only 0.2-0.5mm. The colors of
are quite fancy, including red, orange, light yellow, and milky white.
Many people confuse it with ticks, but in fact they look completely different.
This inconspicuous little thing is distributed throughout our country. is the most active time from June to August every year.
It loves to hide in dark and humid places, looking for opportunities to "kiss" you.
For example, The grass in the park, as soon as you sit up, it will give you a bite.
Another example is by the pond in the wild. , you just want to catch a fish, but you didn't expect it to catch you.
in a damp toilet, you may also encounter it by chance.
* My fans have unfortunately been infected by
chiggers and even know the "detour tactics":
first pulls the cat and dog, and then runs to you who is petting the cat and dog!
Scrub typhus will be more active for a period of time after the rain. During this period, you must be careful when doing outdoor activities!
Then here comes the problem -
Scrub typhus is often connected with words such as "high fever coma" and "organ failure" .
In fact, if you are bitten by scrub typhus, it is not a big deal if you find and treat it in time.
Scrub typhus is particularly aggressive, specializes in biting people’s private parts.
is not only hidden in location, but its bite is not painful and you can’t feel it at all!
What's even more frightening is that scrub typhus may secretly put " scrub typhus " into your body, you will be infected with " scrub typhus ".
This disease has an "incubation period", which is usually 10-14 days.
The initial symptoms of the incubation period are very similar to those of a cold:
Headache, high fever of 39℃-40℃, drowsiness...
You thought it would be over after a while, but you didn’t expect that the opportunity for treatment was delayed.
The damage caused by the virus to the human body is systemic.
Starting from the second week after infection, it will become serious, and even blood vessel damage and organ failure will gradually occur.
Mild symptoms became severe, and eventually something happened.
Although the bite of scrub typhus is not painful and the location is hidden, it has a characteristic:
When scrub typhus bites, it injects an enzyme into the skin.
This enzyme will harden skin tissue and leave "criminal traces" on the body.
If you come back from playing outside and suddenly develop an inexplicable fever, quickly check your armpits, groin , lower body and other key parts to see if there is it.
In case of "infection", you can use iodine to disinfect the bite site first, and then go to the hospital!
Remember to describe it clearly to the doctor:
Everyone’s awareness of scrub typhus is still too low.
The body is not taken seriously, and even if eschar is found, one does not know what it is, resulting in many unnecessary cases.
Source: Dr. Curious
