Lyme Link

tick

Originally uploaded by John Carleton

You come back from a nature walk and you find a tick embedded in your skin. Ick. As you run for the vaseline, you hesitate. Didn’t you hear that wasn’t really the way to remove ticks? Maybe you should get a lighter instead and burn the little biter. No, wait…how do you remove ticks anyway?

Well, there really is only one way to remove a tick properly and it involves tweezers and pulling. Sorry, folks, I know it is gross, but if you don’t take it off properly, you risk infections and ticks hanging around on you for a few more days. Grasp the tick with the tweezers as close to the head as possible and pull it out. It is important to get the whole tick.

You may want to save the dead tick to show your doctor if you suspect Lyme disease. Make sure it is in a container it can’t get out of!

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