How can I remove the tick?

You came home from a refreshing walk in the woods or high mountains. When you got rid of your clothes, you noticed that you chose an unwanted traveler, tick. When you walked in any grass or natural environment, you should always carefully inspect yourself and your pets, because ticks can carry serious illnesses. Among them are fever with rock mountain spots and Lyme disease, which can have significant consequences if it is not treated.

But what do you do as soon as you find it to attach tick to you? Absolutely you must remove the tick that is connected, because you should probably have a tick tick tick (or doctor's office) to be sure that this is not a foreign disease pest. There are plenty of misinformation to remove the tick, which can only make the problem worse. For example, do not try to burn a tick with an illuminated match and simply do not pull the tick out with your fingers. Also, do not remove the tick in the clockwise or against the shiftRu clockwise because you can risk disconnecting your head from your body.

If the tick is very firmly embedded in the skin, you may want to visit your doctor or sister and ask him to remove it. However, you can also remove ticks at home, especially if you have noticed that one attached during the first or two of the one that was connected.

The best way to remove the tick is as follows:

  • First collect some materials: blunt tweezers, friction of alcohol, closed plastic bag and some cotton balls.
  • Try to find out where the head of the tick is. This may not always be possible.
  • If you can determine where the head is, grasp the tick as close as possible to the head, in a gentle grip of the tweezers and as close as possible to the skin.
  • gently and firmly pull out and hold the tick in place for about four to five seconds. Basically pull out the unim of a centimeter from the skin andLet the tick do work.
  • Do not cross or pull the tick immediately out of the skin, because if so, you can leave the tick.
  • you usually gently hold the tick and not it (which may end in release of bacteria into the bloodstream, causes the tick to release from the skin.
  • Place the tick on the cotton ball and stick it in a sealed plastic bag.
  • Wash the bite area with warm soapy water. Then apply the friction of alcohol or hydrogen peroxide and wash your hands thoroughly.
  • Contact your doctor's office or the public health department of your city and find out where to send a tick for testing.

    If your tick does not go, you may want to have your doctor removed the tick and send it for testing. It is checked in the skin and can be annoying to remove. You do not want to leave any of the ticks behind, especially his head, and if you feel that you have not removed the whole tick, visit your doctor. Remember that the tick removal, and especiallyIf you live in high -risk areas, you should always be tested for the disease firmly and fine access and if necessary you should always have tick for the disease, so you can get treatment.

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