Bites, stings, and diseases caused by summer pests can bring big trouble

Deer flies and horse flies can deliver painful, itchy bites as glowing as transmit tularemia, a bacterial disease, the Washington State Department of Health said in a statement. Horse and deer flies be active during the day. They’re ordinary around ponds, streams, and marshes. Consumers should wrap exposed skin and make use of a repellent, the department advises.

Honeybees and bumblebees will sting to guard a hive or nest, but they’re important pollinators of flowering plants. Bees looking for nectar or pollen gone from the hive or nest will rarely sting, except when stepped resting on or deliberately provoked the bacterial disease.

If a bee stings you, remove the stinger by scrape the back of a straight-edged object similar to a credit card across the stinger, the department recommends. Don’t use tweezers to eliminate stingers – these may squeeze the venom sac and increase the quantity of venom released. If you’re bitten or stung, immediately remove nearby rings and contracting items because the affected area may swell.

Move to curb marriages of public with genetic diseases

Marriage official and cleric has announced his plan to stop public with genetic diseases, or carrier of one, to marry. Shaikh Majeed Al Tublani has told Al Ayam that his move comes out of his belief that it is the social duty of those with genetic diseases to not tie the knot to protect the future generation. “I know that it is not a sin for ill couples to find married but it is a social mistake that should be corrected and I start with myself as the beginning.”

Although the tests are fixed for all before marriage, still who fail to undergo the tests are at liberty to marry should they decide to do so. They are, however, advised to think again their decision and warned that there is a high possibility that their children inherit the genetic disease. Health authorities face a tough task during the pre-marital screening to induce young Bahraini couples, who are genetic carriers to call off their wedding.

According to health statistics, over 59 per cent of couples went ahead and tied the knot despite affliction from genetic disorders and blood diseases. “During pre-nuptial blood tests, the largest challenge we face is to convince couples that they may face health complications if they marry,” Dr. Fahima Al Mutawa, head of the Maternal and Child Services at the health ministry, told Khaleej Times on Monday.

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