Ticks, which generally live in grass, trees and bushes, are known for biting people and thus causing a disease called Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. So why is it so difficult to remove and kill these creatures from where they entered?
Ticks have the ability to carry some deadly diseases such as Lyme and rickettsia, in addition to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. So these creatures It worries us more when the summer months come.
Alright What makes ticks so dangerous?
Almost all types of ticks suck blood, carry a variety of diseases, and are incredibly difficult to kill.
For example, Asian longhorned ticks are not just an invasive species. Them, Ability to clone themselves over and over again has. These creatures do not even have the ability to jump.
Small sticky pads on your upper arms has. Thanks to these pads, they stick to our clothes or other animals in the wild.
After a tick crawls up on you, it sneaks into a secret crevice, such as your armpit.
They then use their hook-like forearms to tear apart your flesh, so to speak, and suck your blood. These arms are so strong and They hold on so firmly to the place they enter.For this reason, it is very difficult to remove them.
At the same time, another part of ticks that makes them so strong, apart from their arms, is their mouth. Or rather, their spit. The saliva they secrete, It is their ultimate weapon to avoid detection.
These spits, It has properties that numb pain. and so even if they sting us, we don’t realize it. Additionally, since they suppress our immune system, itching or redness of the wound is unlikely.
For all these reasons, even if ticks grow to several times their normal size, They can remain inside us unnoticed for days.
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