Facial tick: symptoms and treatment

Most ticks They have a very recognizable appearance: a flat creature with a round body and 4 pairs of paws. Arthropod Dimensions can be very different: from easily distinguishable by the eye to microscopic. But the subclass of ticks also includes creatures in which arachnids can hardly be recognized. This is a facial tick that causes skin disease in people.

General information

The facial tick is better known as acne gland (Demodex folliculorum). This creature completely destroys all the usual notions of ticks. In the photo, the facial tick looks more like a beetle larva. He has a very long body with 4 pairs of short legs. Due to almost complete transparency demodex poorly distinguishable even under a microscope.

Interesting!

Acne is absent only in infants. The older the person, the higher the likelihood that he is infected with a tick. In older people over 70 years of age, one hundred percent infection with Demodex. In small quantities, iron ore is not dangerous for people, symptoms appear only with a severe mite lesion.

In humans, two types of very similar facial ticks parasitize. Demodex folliculorum settles in hair follicles. The second with the Latin name Demodex brevis prefers sebaceous glands located forever.

Lifestyle

Zheleznitsa prefers to settle:

• on the face;
• in the centuries;
• on the eyelashes;
• in nasolabial folds;
• on the chin;
• in the superciliary arches;
• in the head;
• in the external auditory canal.

It is also found on the tongue, knees, chest and foreskin. Very rarely on the back. Settles on top of the sebaceous glands, which supply him with food. The tick feeds on sebum. Up to 3 individuals of acne can live in one follicle.

For the convenience of nutrition and reproduction, the tick is located in the follicles so that its head is above the sebaceous gland, and the posterior end of the adult peeps out of the follicle. This position of the body allows ticks to freely spread eggs in the environment.

In adults, the digestive system is very effective, allowing you to fully absorb the feed. Only gases left after digesting fat from the sebaceous gland enter the environment.

Interesting!

An adult tick does not have an anus, and the intestines grow until death.

Life cycle

The facial subcutaneous tick has 5 stages of development:

• egg;
• larva;
• protonymph;
• nymph;
• adult individual.

The general development cycle is 2-3 weeks. Tick ​​eggs are swept in shape. Larva, nymph and protonymph are outwardly similar to adults.

Interesting!

The subcutaneous tick dies after the host for several days. Data on the death of parasites vary: from 8 to 14 days after the host. This is due to the feed base of the tick. Since this organism eats sebum, it lives while there is a supply of food.

Infection pathways

The presence of a tick in almost every adult indicates that the parasite easily passes from one host to another. Adult individuals change owners only in extreme cases. Tick ​​Transfer occurs by scattering eggs in the environment and through close contacts between people.Because of this, a tick is found in people of all races and all skin colors. But for people, hugs are the norm. At this point, the eggs from the infected host fall onto a healthy person:

• from parent to child;
• while hugging friends;
• when one person tries to console another;
• with a joint sleep in the same bed.

In fact, with any close contact with another person, you can become infected with demodex. This explains the total infection of the elderly. In the process of life, it is impossible to avoid certain contacts with other people.

Human Demodecosis

The existence of demodicosis as an independent disease today is questioned, since it develops in the event of a malfunction of the immune system. A similar situation is observed with diseases of fungal diseases or herpes. While immunity is high, pathogens are not able to cause harm. The weakening of immunity immediately leads to external manifestations of the disease. Demodecosis Treatment carried out, raising immunity and controlling the population of ticks that live on the face. Pre do analysis.

Demodecosis of the skin of the face

With a large number of parasites, an allergic reaction occurs on the skin:

• rosacea;
• seborrhea;
• specific diseases of the eyelids.

The disease worsens in the fall and spring. A complication may be rhinophyma - inflammation of the skin of the nose, in which all its elements increase and the organ itself is disfigured. Most often, demodicosis is observed in the elderly and people with reduced immunity and metabolic disorders.

Demodecosis of the eyes

The main causative agent of this type of disease is Demodex brevis, which is 2 times smaller than its "brother." Demodex folliculorum in ciliary follicles occurs only in 39% of cases. Symptoms of eye demodicosis:

• chronic barley;
• eyelash loss;
• characteristic plaque around the edge of the eyelids;
• sticky eyelashes;
• blepharitis;
• crusts around the eyelashes.

On a note!

The diagnosis is made by taking several eyelashes for analysis. Under the microscope, ticks or their eggs are detected.

Demodecosis Treatment

Elimination of a similar problem in veterinary medicine today is carried out with the help of injections of ivermectin - a fairly toxic substance that is very harmful to the liver. Treatment in a person with demodicosis with such drugs is not recommended, so use permethrin ointments. Treatment is difficult because the mites are sheathed. Acaricidal substances used in treatment, poorly penetrate this shell. Acaricides do not act on parasite eggs at all. Therefore, treatment should not be interrupted until all ticks are removed.

Ivermectin is used for medical treatment of strongyloidosis in humans and is prescribed only orally. The drug is not recommended for people with reduced immunity.

Aversectin is an effective acaricidal drug used only externally. But it is recommended only for the treatment of subcutaneous ticks in veterinary medicine.

Due to the toxicity of acaricidal drugs, which are undesirable to apply to the skin, it is necessary to treat a facial tick systematically. Such treatment takes from 1.5 to 3 months.

It is necessary to reduce the feed base of the tick. To do this, at the time of treatment should abandon products that cause increased work of the sebaceous glands of the skin:

• sharp;
• oily;
• alcohol;
• sweet;
• very hot food.

Drug treatment

If you can still try experimenting with your own skin yourself using veterinary drugs, then with eyes this is absolutely contraindicated. Medicines for the treatment of facial mites of demodexes of both types should be prescribed by a doctor.

With inflammation of the skin of the face, treatment is carried out aimed at eliminating other diseases and raising immunity:

• immunostimulants to restore protection;
• cosmetic acaricidal creams;
• broad-spectrum antiparasitic drugs;
• ointments with a disinfectant and anti-inflammatory effect.

On a note!

Symptoms of the disease at the initial stage are often not given importance.Due to itching, the patient combs the skin of the face and introduces a secondary infection. As a result, festering wounds appear. In this case, the appointment of antibiotics is necessary.

From cosmetics for treatment, you can apply:

• Manting cream from 1500 rub. per tube of 50 g;
• cream Demalan from 50 rubles. for 10 g;
• Stop Demodex gel from 200 rub. for 30 ml;
• cream gel Dexodem Fito from 305 rubles. per 10 ml;
• Blefarogel gel 2 from 220 rub. for 15 ml.

All products are cosmetic, that is, they have not undergone studies on the effectiveness and safety.

The instructions for use indicate that before applying creams and gels to the skin, the affected areas must first be treated with alcohol tinctures of eucalyptus, calendula or aralia. The latter drugs themselves have anti-inflammatory and acaricidal effects. Therefore, it is not clear what exactly affects the tick: alcohol tinctures or cosmetic creams.

Feedback

I don’t know if I had ticks, but some pink sore spots appeared on my face. A friend said that demodicosis, and advised Demalan. I did not notice the benefits of it. We went to the doctor, he prescribed benzyl benzoate - an ointment against scabies. That worked. As I understand it, this ointment just acts on any ticks.

Olesya the Righteous, Saratov

Benzyl benzoate - A medicine with acaricidal and insecticidal effects. Ointment is prescribed for scabies, demodicosis and head lice. The cost of packaging is 25 g from 35 rubles. In the treatment of demodicosis, the ointment is rubbed into the skin 3-5 times a day.

Important!

The ointment should not get into the eyes.

Additional measures:

• frequent change of clothes;
• dieting;
• regular change of bed linen;
• replacement of down and feather pillows and blankets with padding polyester.

These measures help get rid of tick eggs. Demodex can wait a while for a host in a pillow, but in synthetics they survive worse than in feathers.

In parallel, they treat diseases, because of which there was a drop in immunity and the reproduction of demodex:

• gastritis;
• liver disease
• chronic irritation of the intestinal mucosa;
• an ulcer;
• metabolic disease.

Important!

All these diseases require specific treatment. Trying to eliminate them folk remedies will worsen the condition. Alternative methods in the treatment of the disease are used only as auxiliary.

Folk remedies

For the face, cleansing and disinfectants are used that prevent the secretion from the sebaceous glands and stop secondary infections. At home, these are usually folk remedies:

• a decoction of oak bark, chamomile, calendula or a string will dry the skin on the face;
• a clay mask will cool the skin and relieve itching;
• tar soap and ointment Yam dries the skin and kills ticks;
• the household has a strong drying effect;
• daily rubbing the face with ethyl alcohol will dry the skin, but it can be damaged if there are open wounds.

Camphor alcohol dries the skin very effectively, but it must be used carefully on the inflamed face. This product even bakes healthy skin. If camphor alcohol gets on a place damaged by combing, the pain will be very severe. The remaining decoctions are significantly less effective, but harmless even when washing. If you need to dry the skin on the eyelids, it is better to use herbal decoctions.

• Garlic. Fresh garlic puree can be applied only to the skin. From it you can not make lotions for ever. Fresh garlic juice can burn the cornea of ​​the eye. Even irritated skin on the face will experience a strong burning sensation, although mites will definitely not like garlic. When using garlic only for treatment of demodicosis on the face you can apply a compress with the following composition: 6 cloves of garlic are mashed in mashed potatoes and ½ teaspoon of vegetable oil is added. The resulting mixture is applied to a bandage and applied to the affected skin. Cellophane is placed on top of the bandage and the bandage is fixed. After 30 minutes, the mask is removed and the skin washed with water and tar soap.
• Sour juices.Facial masks made of acidic fruits dissolve fat and deprive the tick of its food supply. The juice of any sour fruit or berry is mixed with the egg and applied to the face.
• Oak bark. A decoction of oak bark will dry the face and skin of the eyelids without damaging the eyes: 1 cup ground bark in 0.5 l of water, boil over low heat for 30 minutes. Leave to cool. After cooling, strain through cheesecloth. Use instead of water when washing.
• A series of. The broth is prepared in the same way as with oak bark. But we must remember that the series is a poisonous plant and you can apply the decoction only externally. It must not be drunk. The second option: make a decoction, following the instructions on the package.

Recipes for preparing decoctions from other drying and disinfecting herbs differ from each other only in the name of the plant.

Feedback

A mask of garlic on irritated skin is something from the category of torture. The treatment is really effective, but garlic juice bakes very much. AND eye tick have to be treated in another way.

Oksana Demenchuk, Astrakhan

A tick with inflammation causes the death of particles of skin. These particles must be removed from the face in a timely manner to deprive the parasite of additional protection in the form of dead skin. To cleanse the face, any cosmetics are suitable:

• scrubs;
• cleaning masks;
• gommazhi;
• peeling.

The main objective of these cosmetic procedures in the treatment of the disease is to remove all unnecessary from the face.