The capital’s recreation areas are flooded with infected insects and snakes.
With the advent of heat Kiev increasingly become the victims of dangerous insects and reptiles. From the beginning of may in the capital recorded two cases of people bitten by poisonous reptiles. And against ticks for four months of this year affected 70 citizens.
The first case of snake bite occurred at woodland cemetery 4 may — injured man. “He was taken to hospital where he stayed under medical supervision for several days, and after he was discharged,” — said “Today” in the Department of health KSCA. The second case occurred on 8 may in the territory of one of the capital’s grassland areas.
According to the ecologist Alexander Sokolenko, the victims could become victims of vipers, who lives in the capital very much. “Near the Forest cemetery, there are Diamond lake, and vipers live near the water,” explains Sokolenko. The Department of health of KCSA assure that the probability of death from a snake bite is very low: “Over the past few years in the capital was not recorded deaths from their bites. The victim can be pain, swelling, General intoxication, that is treated specreports without the use of a serum”.
The nature of the Kiev risk of becoming victims of not only snakes, but ticks. According to the head of Rospotrebsoyuz of Kiev Oleg Ruban, since the beginning of the year received 70 complaints of citizens who have become victims of ticks. “For tests on Trukhanov island and Hydropark were selected 80 ticks. Of these, 9% are infected with Lyme disease (affects the nervous system, musculoskeletal apparatus, heart). In the last year of the 100 selected ticks were infected to 40-60%,” explains Ruban. He adds that in February and March of the relevant services checked the chemical destruction of insects, and in summer, places will cut the grass and install warning signs.
Look at his feet and do not go on the grass
To protect themselves from the bites of dangerous inhabitants of the forest areas, the people of Kiev have to be careful on the walk.
“A lot of snakes live in the Park goloseyevsky, Svyatoshinsky forest-Park, the lakes along the Victory Avenue, in the district of Vodogon, Concha Zaspa, near the banks of the Dnieper and Desenka. Walking in these places, you need to look under the feet and around the tall grass near the water. As for ticks, the period of their activity is necessary in late winter — early spring and in the second half of the summer and early fall. They can be found in any major Metropolitan parks. Ticks sit on grass, at a height of about 20 centimeters, and can catch on the clothing of a passing man. Therefore, a walk in the Park, do not walk on the grass, but only on trails. Coming home, you need to carefully inspect themselves for the presence of dangerous insects and check your clothes,” advises Alexander Sokolenko.
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