Top tips on how stay safe at festivals this summer

People going to Glastonbury and other festivals remember to be aware of the health risks so that they can take advantage of events safely.

Glastonbury is launching the festival season – but continuous risks around measles, sexually transmitted diseases and illegal drugs remain.

“Most risks can be avoided by taking simple measures to help you protect yourself, remembering to stay in the fridge and avoid excess alcohol can help you ensure periods of hot time,” said Alison Bell, acting director of public health at Somerset Council.

The authority worked with the UK Health Security Agency to constitute five tips to stay safe at festivals this year:

The measles currently circulates across the country and has a high number in the South West and London.

Symptoms include high fever, painful red eyes and a red brown rash.

It is particularly easy to catch in close contact with others, as in crowds.

Anyone has been advised with symptoms to stay at home and contact their GP or NHS 111.

Vaccination remains the best way to protect you and protect others around you.

Although time cannot be predicted – everyone hopes the sun when he heads for a festival.

However, UKHSA says it is important to pack for all possibilities.

Do not forget to take rubber boots, waterproof and warm layers in case the time takes a tour or is cold at night.

Likewise – Do not forget to wrap a bottle of rechargeable water, a sun hat and a sunscreen and avoid excessive alcohol consumption in hot weather.

Keep attention to the signs of heat-related damage in yourself, your friends and other people around the festival and ask for help if you have trouble.

Certain sexually transmitted diseases are currently increasing and UKHSA reminds everyone to practice safe sex and to be regularly tested.

The tests are free and confidential, and you need to be tested even if you do not show any symptoms.

“The condoms are the best defense, but if you have not used it one last time that you have had sex with a new or occasional partner, have the potential infections tested early and prevent them from transmitting them to others,” said Dr. Alasdair Wood, health protection consultant at Ukhsa South West.

Regularly check the clothes and skin for ticks and brush them outside if they have not bitten.

If a tick has dug in your skin – it should be deleted as soon as possible using a tick or tweezers tool.

To remove a tick, grab the checkback as close as possible from the skin and pull slowly and firmly.

The use of insectifules such as the Deet can repel ticks and prevent them from climbing on the clothes or fixing itself to the skin.

Ticks can cause diseases such as Lyme disease if they are not properly eliminated.

The message of most festivals is not to provide or use illegal substances on the site.

The laws on the application of drugs are also applicable on the festival site as everywhere else in the country and you risk being arrested and expelled from the site if they are found with them.

Participants are reminded if they ignore these advice and become sick or undergo unusual effects from any substances taken, to request immediate help from medical or social services on site which can provide help and support.

The use of polydrugages – using more than one medication at a time – intensifies the effects of drugs and makes them more dangerous.

Mixing alcohol alongside other drugs is one of the most common forms to use polydrugages and can seriously increase the strength and impact of these substances, increasing the chances of a potentially fatal chemical reaction.