Thread: Campers urged to take precautions against bug bites

UTHAI THANI, 27th November 2017 (NNT) – As camping is a popular activity in winter, health officials are warning campers to beware of insect bites, which can bring about serious illnesses.

As winter has officially begun in Thailand, Dr Manoon Sukonsakul, head of the Uthai Thani Provincial Office of Public Health, has advised anyone planning to go camping to protect themselves from being bitten by dangerous insects, especially anopheles mosquitoes which are known as the carrier of malaria, and chiggers which can cause scrub typhus.

As precautionary measures, the official recommended campers set up their tents in open areas, avoid lounging on grass and wear body covering outfits. Within two weeks after each trip, any camper with insect bites should look out for symptoms such as fever, headaches and shivering and should not hesitate to seek medical attention.

http://nwnt.prd.go.th/CenterWeb/News...C6011270010112

I didn't know there were chiggers in Thailand or the rest of Asia for that matter. Just luck I've never been bitten.




About scrub typhus from wiki.

Scrub typhus is transmitted by some species of trombiculid mites ("chiggers", particularly Leptotrombidium deliense),[5] which are found in areas of heavy scrub vegetation. The bite of this mite leaves a characteristic black eschar that is useful to the doctor for making the diagnosis.


Scrub typhus is endemic to a part of the world known as the tsutsugamushi triangle (after O. tsutsugamushi).[2] This extends from northern Japan and far-eastern Russia in the north, to the territories around the Solomon Sea into northern Australia in the south, and to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the west.[6] It may also be endemic in parts of South America, too.[7]


The precise incidence of the disease is unknown, as diagnostic facilities are not available in much of its large native range which spans vast regions of equatorial jungle to the subtropics. In rural Thailand and Laos, murine and scrub typhus account for around a quarter of all adults presenting to hospital with fever and negative blood cultures.[8][9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrub_typhus

And beware of bears defecating in woods.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

And beware of bears defecating in woods.

particularly if the poo has little bells in