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It's the same with Ticks! People will say to burn them off but if you do that they will throw up and increase the likelihood of disease transmission. You want t

It's the same with Ticks! People will say to burn them off but if you do that they will throw up and increase the likelihood of disease transmission. You want to pull them off in one clean pull.

jagged-chisel 1y ago
Slowly, attempting to not pop off the head before it is removed from your body.
loloquwowndueo 1y ago
Really hard to get the suckers (literally) off using regular tweezers without squeezing them into regurgitation and death. They sell special tick removal tools that look like a tiny two-prong fork which grabs them from the … face I guess… and allows removing them cleanly.
- easygenes 1y ago
  I’ve used those and they are a bit fiddly. The best tool I’ve found are the needle pointed angled precision tweezers (like they mostly sell for electronics work).
- thinkingtoilet 1y ago
  If you live in an area with ticks, getting tick tweezers is a must. The ones we have have the fork you mention on one end, but what is much better is it has tweezers on the other end that have a hockey stick like curve at the bottom and come to a very small point. Very easy to grab a small tick and pull it off.
  - alexjplant 1y ago
    You're also supposed to save the tick to make diagnosis of tick-borne illness easier. Years ago I had what felt like a four-day hangover after getting bit so I went to the doctor; he gave me Doxy and sent my blood off to the lab which later confirmed that I had Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Supposedly it's easier/more conclusive to test the tick itself for pathogens than your blood.
  - cogman10 1y ago
    Pantyhose is another thing to consider. It's pretty much the perfect anti-tick measure. It's not too hot and the ticks can't make their way through it. I know a few farmers who use it when going out into the bushes, they never get ticks.
amelius 1y ago
There's also a tiny lasso tool that you can loop around it and tighten, making throwing up impossible.
femto 1y ago
In Australia the current medical advice for ticks is [1]: "For ticks that can be seen (adult ticks), freeze the tick to kill it where it is" "For ticks that can hardly be seen – use permethrin cream to kill the tick where it is" You can buy tick freezing spray, which is used in a similar way to wart freezing spray. [1] https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/management-of-tick-bites-in-australia_0.pdf https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/manage... Edit: Here is the research on which the medical advice is based. Dated 2019 by Australian researchers, so the updated practise might not be widely deployed outside Australia. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6494660/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6494660/ Edit: A comprehensive resource on tick treatment, including justification for the freezing advice. https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/prevention-and-management-of-tick-bites-in-australia.pdf https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/preven... Edit: and finally, the ABC Catalyst video segment demonstrating the technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j77nrTVM_j8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j77nrTVM_j8
- spangry 1y ago
  This is good advice. You can buy “wart-off” freezing spray over the counter at a pharmacy to do this.
- aaron695 1y ago
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- tomcam 1y ago
  Gotta be honest… the phrase “ticks that can barely be seen” did nothing to improve my outlook on life

It's the same with Ticks! People will say to burn them off but if you do that they will throw up and increase the likelihood of disease transmission. You want to pull them off in one clean pull.

jagged-chisel 1y ago

Slowly, attempting to not pop off the head before it is removed from your body.

loloquwowndueo 1y ago

Really hard to get the suckers (literally) off using regular tweezers without squeezing them into regurgitation and death. They sell special tick removal tools that look like a tiny two-prong fork which grabs them from the … face I guess… and allows removing them cleanly.

easygenes 1y ago
I’ve used those and they are a bit fiddly. The best tool I’ve found are the needle pointed angled precision tweezers (like they mostly sell for electronics work).
thinkingtoilet 1y ago
If you live in an area with ticks, getting tick tweezers is a must. The ones we have have the fork you mention on one end, but what is much better is it has tweezers on the other end that have a hockey stick like curve at the bottom and come to a very small point. Very easy to grab a small tick and pull it off.
- alexjplant 1y ago
  You're also supposed to save the tick to make diagnosis of tick-borne illness easier. Years ago I had what felt like a four-day hangover after getting bit so I went to the doctor; he gave me Doxy and sent my blood off to the lab which later confirmed that I had Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Supposedly it's easier/more conclusive to test the tick itself for pathogens than your blood.
- cogman10 1y ago
  Pantyhose is another thing to consider. It's pretty much the perfect anti-tick measure. It's not too hot and the ticks can't make their way through it. I know a few farmers who use it when going out into the bushes, they never get ticks.

amelius 1y ago

There's also a tiny lasso tool that you can loop around it and tighten, making throwing up impossible.

femto 1y ago

In Australia the current medical advice for ticks is [1]: "For ticks that can be seen (adult ticks), freeze the tick to kill it where it is" "For ticks that can hardly be seen – use permethrin cream to kill the tick where it is" You can buy tick freezing spray, which is used in a similar way to wart freezing spray. [1] https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/management-of-tick-bites-in-australia_0.pdf https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/manage... Edit: Here is the research on which the medical advice is based. Dated 2019 by Australian researchers, so the updated practise might not be widely deployed outside Australia. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6494660/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6494660/ Edit: A comprehensive resource on tick treatment, including justification for the freezing advice. https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/prevention-and-management-of-tick-bites-in-australia.pdf https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/preven... Edit: and finally, the ABC Catalyst video segment demonstrating the technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j77nrTVM_j8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j77nrTVM_j8

spangry 1y ago
This is good advice. You can buy “wart-off” freezing spray over the counter at a pharmacy to do this.
aaron695 1y ago
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tomcam 1y ago
Gotta be honest… the phrase “ticks that can barely be seen” did nothing to improve my outlook on life