The number of tick bites increases dramatically and, in the meantime, save all the insects in the Netherlands, each year about a million and a half times. It is also a Lyme disease on the increase. Disease each year more than 27,000 Dutch citizens have been observed.
Where in the Netherlands
“People need to continue to check out, but forget about that,” explains the biologist Arnold van Vliet from. And that has to change, he says. And so it developed From a Distance, together with the universities of Wageningen, Twente, and a tekenapp. In the Nature, Today the app is to warn the people, and not only that, they have to check, but it also shows you where in the Netherlands you are most at risk of a tick bite.
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So, a tick bite already, register on Tekenradar.nl. That is a huge amount of data that will be in the Nature, Today the app is paired with satellite data and weather information. So, for example, every day, with a current Character, the alert is generated, which is the probability of a tick bite, it is.
Not only is it in the woods
So people, before you take them to the nature, to go in to check that whether the tekenverwachting at a minimum, low, medium, high, or very high. “People have no idea just how much of a sign, somewhere to sit, and now you can do that on a per square kilometre,” says Van Vliet.
However, he warned that the tick is not alone in the woods, as is commonly believed. “You’ll find them in parks and gardens. One-third of the tick bites are sustained on the grounds and in the heart of the city. In the places where it is green, you are able to mark time.
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Lyme disease
A tick bite can cause Lyme disease. Typically, healing from this illness after being treated with antibiotics, but sometimes people have more persistent pain, lack of concentration, and fatigue.
If people have one or more ticks are found, they should be immediately removed and the site of the bite, for three months, to keep an eye on. If there is a ring or a vlekvormige a rash, or a fever occurs, it makes a recommendation to the GOVERNMENT to go to the doctor.
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The most important thing is to ensure that when you arrive home-check in with a tick bite, and because of that, it is easy to forget. “The sooner you get the tick off, the less likely it is that any bacteria or other disease-causing substances in your body to reach,” explains Van Vliet from. “And once you are bitten, it is important to note the place where the tick bites you have to keep an eye on.”
In the Nature, Today the app also allows you to see how many tick bites this week in the Netherlands have been passed down, and how to get a tick off. In addition, you can go into the app, all kinds of birds and animals in the nature, you will come across.
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