Ticks head?
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If you don’t get a tick’s head out, can you see it in the skin. I pulled one off and I think I got the entire tick, all that I saw was a small red spot where it had bit me.
If you don’t get a tick’s head out, can you see it in the skin. I pulled one off and I think I got the entire tick, all that I saw was a small red spot where it had bit me.
October 1st, 2011 at 7:36 pm
if the tick was still alive when you pulled it off, then you got the head. if it wasn’t alive, then where it bit you could get infected and you should go to the doctor.
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October 2nd, 2011 at 4:36 am
Steps:
1. Check your naked body from head to toe for ticks ‘ small black, brown, reddish or tan disklike arachnids (having eight legs), from the size of a pinhead to almost the size of a thumbtack. Pay special attention to the backs of your knees, your groin area and your torso.
2. Ask a friend or family member for help if you find a tick in a hard-to-reach spot.
3. Hold (or have the other person hold) a pair of tweezers in one hand and grasp the tick with the tweezers close to the surface of your skin. Also avoid grabbing the body of the tick with your fingers and trying to pull it out. This method may cause you to leave some parts of the tick under your skin and will also expose your hands to any disease the tick is carrying.
4. Gently but firmly pull the tick straight out, working for several seconds if necessary until it loosens and comes free. Occasionally, parts of the tick’s mouth become separated from the rest of the tick; if they do, pull them out separately.
5. Dispose of the tick by throwing it into a fire or by squishing it using a tissue and then flushing it down the toilet. Don’t smash it with your foot or your bare hands.
6. Clean the bite site thoroughly with soap and water or Betadine, and thoroughly wash your hands.
Tips:
You are not likely to get ticks from your pet, even if you are in close proximity. Ticks jump on you as you walk through or sit on grass or low-growing vegetation.
Ignore the old wives’ tales that advocate using gasoline or nail polish to remove a tick, covering the tick with oil or holding burning matches up to the embedded tick. Although you may have some success with these methods, they are not recommended.
Using preventive measures should be your first defense against ticks.
Warnings:
Avoid grabbing the tick’s body with your fingers and trying to pull it out. This method may cause you to leave parts of the tick under your skin, and will also expose your hands to any disease the tick is carrying.
If you have removed a tick and later develop flu-like symptoms, a strange rash, or inexplicable pain in your joints, contact your doctor immediately. You may have Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
If it is just a red spot and you see no color of the tick then you got it out
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October 2nd, 2011 at 11:36 am
Either way you should go to the doctor and get antibiotics because you have the potential of getting lyme disease unless you don’t. Lyme disease doesn’t show symptoms until way later, like over 10 years. I recommend circling the bite site and going to the doctor so they can check and give you antibiotics. You can have irritation whether the head is in there or not.
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October 2nd, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Watch for the area to swell, turn red, or get hot…any or all of these things are signs of infection. If the area even begins to look like it is getting worse rather than better you need to get to a doctor fast…I would go to an urgent care or walk-in clinic to get quick treatment that is less expensive than an emergency room if you can’t get a quick appointment with your regular doc.
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October 3rd, 2011 at 3:37 am
use a jelly like lube. The tick will crawl out on it’s own within a minute or so because it will suffocate. no risk of the head staying in the body. also it dies.
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