How to Remove a Tick

HOW TO RЕMOVE A TIСК STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 Using the tweezers, grab the tick as close to the head as Slowly and carefully pull the tick out. Pull straight up to prevent breakage. Get some needle-nose tweezers. DO NOT use flat or dull-tipped tweezers as this possible. can cause the tick to break in half. Make sure to sanitize the tweezers and bite area. Blunt tweezers can also increase the risk of squeezing germs into the bite. Grab directly on head if possible DO NOT twist tick out! TICK BITE FACTS As long as ticks are removed within 24 hours of attachment, pathogens will generally not be transmitted; however, the victim should also be tested for infections just to be sure. Tickborne Diseases in the U.S. - Tularemia, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), Lyme Disease, Southern Tick Associate Rash Illness (STARI), Ehrilichiosis, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Rickettsia Parkeri Rickettsiosis, 364D Rickettsiosis, Tickborne Relapsing Fever (TBRF). THCKΚ MYTHS MYTH: A hot match, rubbing alcohol, fingernail polish or petroleum jelly will cause a tick to back out of a bite. FACT: The only way to remove a tick completely is to pull it out slowly with tweezers (as seen above). MYTH: Ticks will jump from trees and high areas onto passing victims. FACT: It is rare to see a tick any higher than a couple feet and some ticks are even blind and would not be able to see where they were jumping to. MYTH: The well known disease that people can get from a tick is called "Lime's disease? FACT: The correct name is Lyme disease and it is named after the town Old Lyme, CT. DOMyownPestControl Sources: CDC.gov, TickEncounter, National Library of Medicine, Ohio Department of Natural Resources .Com HOW TO RЕMOVE A TIСК STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 Using the tweezers, grab the tick as close to the head as Slowly and carefully pull the tick out. Pull straight up to prevent breakage. Get some needle-nose tweezers. DO NOT use flat or dull-tipped tweezers as this possible. can cause the tick to break in half. Make sure to sanitize the tweezers and bite area. Blunt tweezers can also increase the risk of squeezing germs into the bite. Grab directly on head if possible DO NOT twist tick out! TICK BITE FACTS As long as ticks are removed within 24 hours of attachment, pathogens will generally not be transmitted; however, the victim should also be tested for infections just to be sure. Tickborne Diseases in the U.S. - Tularemia, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), Lyme Disease, Southern Tick Associate Rash Illness (STARI), Ehrilichiosis, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Rickettsia Parkeri Rickettsiosis, 364D Rickettsiosis, Tickborne Relapsing Fever (TBRF). THCKΚ MYTHS MYTH: A hot match, rubbing alcohol, fingernail polish or petroleum jelly will cause a tick to back out of a bite. FACT: The only way to remove a tick completely is to pull it out slowly with tweezers (as seen above). MYTH: Ticks will jump from trees and high areas onto passing victims. FACT: It is rare to see a tick any higher than a couple feet and some ticks are even blind and would not be able to see where they were jumping to. MYTH: The well known disease that people can get from a tick is called "Lime's disease? FACT: The correct name is Lyme disease and it is named after the town Old Lyme, CT. DOMyownPestControl Sources: CDC.gov, TickEncounter, National Library of Medicine, Ohio Department of Natural Resources .Com