{"id":32089,"date":"2020-08-13T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32089"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:47:37","slug":"summer-care-insects","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/summer-care-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuidados no ver\u00e3o: Insectos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Para muitos, o ver\u00e3o significa viagens \u00e0 praia, f\u00e9rias e divers\u00e3o em fam\u00edlia, mas a esta\u00e7\u00e3o tamb\u00e9m pode trazer insectos, erup\u00e7\u00f5es cut\u00e2neas, ataques de asma, queimaduras solares e muito mais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Embora n\u00e3o estejamos aqui para estragar a divers\u00e3o de ningu\u00e9m, *estamos* aqui para o manter seguro e saud\u00e1vel. Por isso, apresentamos um resumo de alguns perigos do ver\u00e3o e a melhor forma de os tratar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southcoast Health recorda-lhe que deve manter-se vigilante e n\u00e3o ignorar os seus sintomas. Somos o seu recurso para cuidados de classe mundial perto de casa, incluindo tratamento para doen\u00e7as sazonais, ferimentos ligeiros e muito mais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insectos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova Inglaterra est\u00e1 em casa&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insectidentification.org\/insects-by-state.asp?thisState=Massachusetts\"><strong>a v\u00e1rios insectos e aracn\u00eddeos<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>esp\u00e9cies que surgem durante os meses de ver\u00e3o. V\u00e1rios destes insectos podem picar ou morder. Outros podem ser portadores de doen\u00e7as.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As carra\u00e7as s\u00e3o uma amea\u00e7a significativa durante os meses de ver\u00e3o.<\/strong>&nbsp;Existem cerca de tr\u00eas esp\u00e9cies diferentes de carra\u00e7as em Massachusetts e Rhode Island, sendo as mais comuns a carra\u00e7a estrela solit\u00e1ria, a carra\u00e7a do c\u00e3o e a carra\u00e7a de patas pretas (carra\u00e7a do veado). As carra\u00e7as podem ser portadoras de numerosas doen\u00e7as, incluindo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/lyme-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doen\u00e7a de Lyme<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/anaplasmosis-hga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anaplasmose (HGA)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/babesiosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Babesiose<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/borrelia-miyamotoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Borrelia miyamotoi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/powassan-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V\u00edrus Powassan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/rocky-mountain-spotted-fever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Febre maculosa das Montanhas Rochosas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/tularemia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tularemia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Os sinais mais comuns destas infec\u00e7\u00f5es s\u00e3o febre, dores no corpo ou uma erup\u00e7\u00e3o cut\u00e2nea ap\u00f3s uma picada de carra\u00e7a, pelo que deve procurar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/urgent-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assist\u00eancia m\u00e9dica imediata<\/a>&nbsp;se as tiver. Saiba mais sobre a preven\u00e7\u00e3o de doen\u00e7as transmitidas por carra\u00e7as - e lembre-se de verificar diariamente se existem carra\u00e7as no seu corpo!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O ver\u00e3o tamb\u00e9m traz consigo as irritantes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/mosquito-borne-disease-prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mosquitos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mas, atualmente, a irrita\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 a menor das nossas preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es. Os mosquitos tamb\u00e9m podem transportar bact\u00e9rias e v\u00edrus que causam doen\u00e7as como a Encefalite Equina Oriental (EEE, ou \"Triple E\") e o V\u00edrus do Nilo Ocidental (WNV). As suas \"picadas\" podem causar doen\u00e7as que v\u00e3o desde uma febre ligeira at\u00e9 doen\u00e7as mais graves como a encefalite ou a meningite.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proteja-se das picadas de mosquito e de potenciais doen\u00e7as fazendo coisas simples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Utilize repelentes de insectos sempre que estiver ao ar livre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usar roupa de manga comprida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Programe as actividades ao ar livre para evitar as horas entre o anoitecer e o amanhecer durante a \u00e9poca alta dos mosquitos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reparar as telas das janelas e portas danificadas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remova a \u00e1gua parada das \u00e1reas em redor da sua casa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Al\u00e9m disso, outros insectos e aracn\u00eddeos s\u00e3o mais activos - e suscept\u00edveis de morder ou picar - durante o ver\u00e3o. Formigas, abelhas, percevejos, vespas, jaquetas amarelas e v\u00e1rias aranhas podem ser inc\u00f3modos de ver\u00e3o que mordem e picam. Lembre-se de procurar cuidados m\u00e9dicos adequados se come\u00e7ar a sentir alergias ou infec\u00e7\u00f5es relacionadas com picadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mesmo que n\u00e3o tenha uma alergia relacionada com a mordedura, \u00e9 ben\u00e9fico procurar assist\u00eancia m\u00e9dica para qualquer mordedura de aspeto suspeito ou per\u00edodos prolongados de irrita\u00e7\u00e3o relacionada com a mordedura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Se necessitar de cuidados m\u00e9dicos r\u00e1pidos em que voc\u00ea e a sua fam\u00edlia possam confiar, encontre o centro de sa\u00fade mais pr\u00f3ximo de si.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/locations\/urgent-care\/\">localiza\u00e7\u00e3o de cuidados urgentes<\/a>&nbsp;ou um&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/\">m\u00e9dico de urg\u00eancia<\/a>&nbsp;hoje. Aceitamos de bom grado visitas, pelo que n\u00e3o \u00e9 necess\u00e1rio marcar hora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>O Southcoast Health Urgent Care est\u00e1 aberto ao p\u00fablico e n\u00e3o \u00e9 necess\u00e1rio ter um&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/southcoast-physicians-group\/\"><strong>Grupo de m\u00e9dicos de Southcoast<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;m\u00e9dico para visitar a nossa cl\u00ednica de cuidados urgentes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Se o seu estado de sa\u00fade for uma emerg\u00eancia, ligue para o 112 ou dirija-se ao servi\u00e7o de urg\u00eancia mais pr\u00f3ximo.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":32090,"template":"","categories":[1229],"class_list":["post-32089","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expert-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Summer Care: Insects - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/summer-care-insects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summer Care: Insects - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For many, the summer means beach trips, vacations, and family fun, but the season can also bring insects, rashes, asthma attacks, sunburns, and more. 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