How to remove deer ticks female and nymphal ticks

  If you are camping or hiking you need to know what to do if you have a tick bite. Make sure to check your pets especially dogs for ticks if they have been out running in brushy areas. Check your clothing and skin to make sure a tick has not got on your person. If you see a tick and you remove it within twenty four hours.

  This will greatly reduces the likelihood of Lyme disease getting transmitted to you. If you are out in the woods or camping and the temperature is above freezing. Deer ticks are active and you should take precautions. You should be careful May to June and October and November.

  If you have a tick bite you can remove it. First remove ticks with tweezers only bent,"needle-nose" tweezers are the best to use. You should apply steady backward force until the tick is removed. You should not use alcohol, nail polish, hot matches, petroleum jelly or other methods to remove ticks. This only allows the deer ticks to throw up into your blood and could contain the Lyme disease.

  If you think you have been bitten by a tick it is important that you consult your doctor or emergency room for proper diagnosis. Look for a rash that should appear in three to thirty days. The rash will expand over several days. Look for a bull's eye appearance as it expands.

  You might feel fatigued, chills, muscle and joint aches and have a fever. These all can be signs of Lyme disease or these may be the only symptoms of an infection. You will need to start antibiotics right away. If you have contracted Lyme disease bacterium it can infect several parts of the body, producing different symptoms at different times.

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