1.wash the area with plenty of soap and water for 10-15 minutes.
2.take antirabies vaccination for 1 month.(5-6 injections)
3.take antibiotics and pain killers for 7 days.
4.tetanus toxoid injection.
Remove tick with tweezers
DO NOT remove or handle the tick as they may carry dieseases
Be careful of squeezing the tick as it may inject its stomach into wound
Mark the date of bite on calendar
Look for any remaining tick parts in or around the area of the bite
Any flu symptoms that occur within three days to two months of the tick bite consult a physician as lyme diesease may not be exposed until almost two months after the bite
Source: oklahomapoison.org
Remove the entire tick, including the head. clean and disinfect the area, cover with sterile dressing.
About 30% of people who sustain the tick bites actually acquire the Lyme disease.
Yes, if it is a deer tick it can carry several different diseases.
A speckle (dot).
well if the tick or where the tick was looks like a target that means you can get limes diseas =0
Bite it back
deer tick
There is a type of tick called the paralysis tick that if it bites an animal and clings on for too long, it will paralys the animal
A tick bite is a bug bite. Tick bites hurt a lot. Other bites tend to itch. I found my tick & bite because it itched a lot. It is a tick bite if there is a tick on it although baby ticks can be as small as a piece of pepper. ICK!
About.com and any official medical sites like cdc.gov will give you accurate information on tick bites. Photos, videos, diagrams, etc. should be on those sites as well.
yes
It is very possible you received a tick bite. Tick bites stand out from other insect bites because it looks like a bull's eye meaning you will have a red bump with a rash forming around the bite itself, if you think you may have been bitten by a tick I recommend seeing a Doctor very soon.
There is no such thing as a "Lyme Tick". Are you asking what tick carries Lyme Disease? Lyme is a bacteria that a tick might be carrying. It causes Lyme Disease when it the tick bites you. It was previously thought that only Deer Ticks carry Lyme Bacteria. More and more they are finding that any tick may carry it.