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How do you remove a tick head that's already embedded?
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Bob Sacamano;3396751 said:
Ordinarily, what you do is touch a lighted cigarette to the back end of the tick, which causes it to back out on its own... but it sounds like you did the wrong thing, which is to say you tried to pull the tick, and only managed to rip the body from the head of the thing, so that the head alone is still embedded...
If that's the case, I don't know what you do... but for the next time, remember the lighted cigarette trick, it works...
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silverbear;3396770 said:
Yeah, I looked online and all they tell you how to do is take the off tick while it's attached, nothing however on what to do when it's just the head inside. So I've just been taking it out piece by piece with tweezers and swabbing the area with rubbing alcohol.
Thanks for the advice though.
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if you leave the head under your skin, it will remain there and cause any number of infections. Also if you injure the tick, as it dies it will regurgitate your blood, back into your blood stream along with all of the bacteria and germs the tick was carrying.
the only way now is to dig it out with a knife or what ever. also you will now have to go to the doctor to make sure you did not get lyme disease or any thing else. if you still have the body take it with you as it may be cheaper to test the tick instead of you.
the only way now is to dig it out with a knife or what ever. also you will now have to go to the doctor to make sure you did not get lyme disease or any thing else. if you still have the body take it with you as it may be cheaper to test the tick instead of you.
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http://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/T110220.asp
If the tick's head is embedded in the skin:
With your thumb and forefinger pinch up the fold of skin with the embedded tick head.
Using a scalpel or a sterilized single razor blade, carefully scrape the skin containing the head and mouth of the tick, or use a sterilized needle to break the skin and remove the head and mouth. If you are tick squeamish, ask you doctor to perform this tick extraction
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If the tick's head is embedded in the skin:
With your thumb and forefinger pinch up the fold of skin with the embedded tick head.
Using a scalpel or a sterilized single razor blade, carefully scrape the skin containing the head and mouth of the tick, or use a sterilized needle to break the skin and remove the head and mouth. If you are tick squeamish, ask you doctor to perform this tick extraction
this is the best how to i found
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Go to the doctor if they will let you in. Lyme disease is nothing to play with.
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silverbear;3396770 said:
Sorry Bob. There won't be a next time.
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Best thing have a doctor remove it. You made one mistake any of us could have don't make another by trying to remove the head on your own.
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Jon88;3396949 said:
Normally it is wooded areas.
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Jon88;3396963 said:
I have had to remove ticks off myself after a camping trip. In all the years I went camping it only happened once but it does happens. I removed it as most doctors say you should with tweezers
Removing Ticks
There are many opinions, facts and fables to sort through when faced with the problem of tick bites or attached ticks. Your best bet is to keep it simple and steer clear of solutions not suggested or approved by doctors or veterinarians.
An attached tick can easily transmit diseases to from one animal to another as it feeds on its victim. The disease that concerns most people is Lyme Disease.
Most people want to remove attached ticks to reduce the risks of diseases that can be transmitted by the pest as well as chances of an infection from the foreign object imbedded in the skin.
Most health professionals agree that smothering ticks with petroleum jelly, finger nail polish or other such substances do little to reduce chances of infection or contracting disease. A tick that is coated or smothered still has enough oxygen to live long enough to continue its feeding. It is during this feeding that transmission of organisms takes place. More drastic measures such as burning the tick or killing it with a sharp object can actually increase chances of more fluids being released into the tick's host.
Attached ticks can be removed using small tipped tweezers. Grasping the tick as close to the skin as possible will give you a better chance of removing the tick whole. Ticks can excrete substances that help the pest adhere to its host and they also have mouthparts that help them to hang on their host as they feed.
Holding the tick with your tweezers, slowly but firmly pull the tick away from the skin. If you have health concerns of any kind you can release the tick into a container of alcohol. The container should be labeled with any information that could be helpful to medical professionals. This information can include date, location or other related facts including the victim's name, age, etc.
Once you have removed the tick from skin and the tick has been disposed of or placed in a container, wash your hands as well as the tweezers or any other object the tick (or fluids from the tick) may have contacted. Objects used to remove or dispose of ticks as well as the sight of the tick bite should be disinfected.
The purpose of this article is to help remove a tick that has attached itself to the skin of a person or pet. Medical questions should be directed to a medical professional. If a person or pet develops any suspicious symptoms or behavior, contact a medical professional. Pest management professionals are trained in the prevention or control of pests - not matters of health of people or pets.
We often receive queries concerning dogs, cats, children and adults that have been bitten by ticks, fleas, spiders, snakes, chiggers and other creatures. If you have any such question you should contact your doctor, veterinarian or other professional that is trained to handle such health related matters.
If you are interested in products of any kind that are advertised as tools for tick removal, check with your family doctor or veterinarian. Health professionals will know which products have been proven to be safe or effective.
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Living on a cattle ranch in west central Texas, any time I work with the cattle, I have to check every crease and cranny all over carefully for ticks. One day after fixing a fence down by the creek I pulled 22 of them off me. If you get them the first day, the head usually comes out with the tick intact. I just grasp them and with a steady pressure pull straight out and out they come but if you miss any of them they are harder to remove intact the second day onward.
We have had very few ticks the last 10-12 years as the fire ants have moved in and pretty much wiped them out. Back in the 90s if you turned over a rock there would be scorpions, spiders, centipedes, crickets and all kinds of things under every rock but since the fire ants moved in that's all you find under rocks anymore, almost nothing but fire ants. We used to have lots of quail and other ground-nesting birds like Kildeers but no more, the fire ants eat their young and they are now all but extinct, just like the horned toads we used to have.
The fire ants are changing things a lot more than most people know about, you probably don't notice it in town but you can really tell the difference out here.
We have had very few ticks the last 10-12 years as the fire ants have moved in and pretty much wiped them out. Back in the 90s if you turned over a rock there would be scorpions, spiders, centipedes, crickets and all kinds of things under every rock but since the fire ants moved in that's all you find under rocks anymore, almost nothing but fire ants. We used to have lots of quail and other ground-nesting birds like Kildeers but no more, the fire ants eat their young and they are now all but extinct, just like the horned toads we used to have.
The fire ants are changing things a lot more than most people know about, you probably don't notice it in town but you can really tell the difference out here.