Tick bites can turn serious when bacteria are transmitted to cause the Lyme disease or the Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Increased risk to tick bites is caused by and depends on which part of a country you live, how often do you frequent or live in the woody areas and how well protected you have always been.
First Aid for Tick Bites
First aid and safety tips for tick bites are listed below:
- Use tweezers to remove a tick by the head or mouth and without crushing it
- Preserve the tick in a bottle because in case of symptoms of illness or sickness after a tick bite your doctor may want to have a look at the tick
- After removing the tick, wash your hands and the areas around the tick bite carefully with water and soap
- If you are not able to remove the tick call a doctor for assistance
Look out for symptoms such as rashes, fever, muscle aches, stiff neck, joint inflammations, and flu like symptoms after a tick bite. You would have to visit a doctor and carry the tick too. 911 should be contacted for emergency situations such as difficulties in breathing, chest pain, headache and paralysis.
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