7 main dangers faced by us in May, and how to defend against them

You keep this in mind, going to the park for a picnic or a hike.

1. tongs

These bloodsuckers upon the occurrence of warm days become very active. Note: you can pick up ticks not only in the forest, but also in urban parks and gardens, even in the courtyard of his house.

They are not only unpleasant, but also dangerous: are carriers of Lyme disease, and tick-borne encephalitis. Complications of these diseases may be scary until paralysis.

What to do

1. Use special protivokleschevye means (sprays that protect against mosquitoes, as a rule, are not suitable). They must be treated clothes around the waist, ankles, wrists and neck.
2. Go on a picnic armed with: clothing with long sleeves and trousers. At the head wear a bandana or hat. When you return home, undress in an empty bathtub: you will immediately see if you fall from a tick. Carefully check whether the insects do not have time for you to suck. If this happens, immediately Ride to the emergency room.
3. Remember that ticks do not jump from the trees (as many think). They live in grass, prefer damp places near water bodies, dense forests. Keep this in mind when selecting a place for picnics and walks.
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2. Allergy

It was in May traditionally accounts for the peak of the spring season hay fever (Hay fever). At this time, bloom birch, hazel, ash and other "manufacturers" allergens. Bottom line: instead of a pleasant stay in nature - watery and swollen eyes, runny nose and constant sneezing, dry cough, rash.

What to do

Use antihistamines. Going for a walk, it is best to avoid places where grow sources of allergens.

3. supercooling

In early May, many decide to go on nature with an overnight stay in tents. But spring can be insidious and deceptive: hot days, cold nights. Inexperienced tourists it could face hypothermia and trouble - such as pneumonia.

What to do

correctly prepare to spending the night, be sure to take into account the advice experienced. And even better - wait a multi-day hike before the summer.

4. Hot sun

In May, very easy to get burnt. It seems like in the last month of spring sun is not as "evil" in the summer. Therefore, if the weather permits, you can spend in the sun all day though.

However, this is a mistake. Even if the street is cool, the owners of light (and not only) of the skin can burn in minutes.

What to do

1. Use protective cream with an SPF of 35 in the first sunny days of May.
2. Dosing stay out of the sun. The overabundance of sunlight can lower immunity. And it is fraught with serious diseases: for example, in May and June, many of those who has strep throat.
3. Eliminate exposure to direct sunlight from 13:00 to 16:00 - in the hours when it is most dangerous. Or actively defend at this time your skin.

5. Poisonous snakes

At the May picnic is possible to step on the serpent crawling reptiles bask in the sun after the winter hibernation. They can not see in the thick grass. The first snake usually do not attack people. However, if you step on a snake, in response, she may bite.

What to do

1. Be prepared for an unexpected meeting. Put on a picnic or a walk tall shoes or even shoes with jeans. Look carefully at his feet.
2. If you are bitten by a snake, do not over-tighten the harness damaged limb. The main rule - as short as possible wiggle bitten place. In this case, the poison will spread through the body more slowly.
3. As quickly as possible, take the victim to the doctor. Suck the poison out of the wound, as a rule, pointless and even dangerous.
4. If, in order to get to the hospital, take a long time, the victim may be given an antihistamine (Zyrtec, zodak). Mostly in response to the bite of a snake in human develops an anaphylactic shock.

6. noxious plants

In May, in the forest there are plants that can impair the health of those who are their picks. Nice, but very strong aroma of lily of the valley, many causes headache. DANGER hogweed at the beginning of the month looks like a peaceful bush with carved leaves. If they rip, you can get a strong fotoozhogi (they are formed by the interaction gets on your skin hogweed sap and sunlight).

What to do

Not to disrupt the plant. Like the flower - just take a picture of it. It would be better to you and to nature itself.

7. Stomach upset

May picnics, long holidays - the trouble for the stomach. Fatty foods, fried on the fire and flooded with a good dose of alcohol can cause indigestion.

What to do

Know throughout the measure. Learn to enjoy not quantity but quality: in this case, the holidays do not turn back to you an unpleasant aftertaste.