3 Steps to Safely Remove a Tick

Removing a tick is easy, and it requires the same action whether you are removing it from your dog or a human being. It's true that there are many tick remedies on the Internet, and they include lighting a match and placing it near the tick's body. However, this requires that you wait until the tick decides that life has become too uncomfortable and that it would rather dislodge itself from your child's or dog's skin than hold on. Ticks are disease-carrying arachnids that spend a great deal of time sucking the host's blood, so you do not want to wait until they detach themselves.

1. You will only need one tool, and that is a pair of tweezers. Then, you will take the tweezers and seize the tick at the closest point to the skin.
   
2. Once you have a good grip on the tick, pull upward. Do not turn the tweezers to the right or left because this could cause the tick's body to become detached from the head with the head remaining inside the dog's or human's skin. If this occurs, you may be able to remove the remaining parts of the tick's head with the tweezers. If you can't, the best course of action is to stop trying and allow the skin to heal.
   
3. The last step is to clean the wound. You can use regular soap and water, but you can also try rubbing alcohol or an iodine scrub. Wash your hands in the same manner.
   

Your concerns will not be over after you have removed the tick because ticks can transmit several diseases. An excellent plan is to store the tick in a safe place in case your child exhibits symptoms of disease. If this occurs, you will have the tick to take with you when you visit urgent care. For example, ticks cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and it is a very serious illness. It is also hard to diagnose. If you have the tick with you, you can make determining your child's illness much easier for the physicians. You can offer the doctors even more help if you record the date when your child received the tick bite and where he or she was when it occurred. If you found it necessary to leave parts of the tick behind, a healthcare professional will be able to remove these parts and perform a biopsy.


After you have removed the tick, you can watch your child for the typical symptoms of tick-borne diseases. These include the following:

• A sudden onset of fever
  
• Headache
  
• Muscle pain
  
• Fatigue
  
• Rash
  

You must also be aware that ticks can cause tick paralysis. It's important for you to inform the doctors right away that your child received a tick bite because this illness can be confused with other diseases. Sometimes, people with this ailment appear to be in respiratory distress. However, this condition's symptoms typically subside within 24 yours of