Don’t try this with your fingers. You won’t be able to get a good, tight grip on the tick. Make sure you’re gripping the tick’s head. Get the tweezers as close to the mouth of the tick as possible. Do not grasp the tick’s body. This will cause it to inject saliva or blood into your skin and increase the chances of transmitting a disease. [2] X Trustworthy Source PubMed Central Journal archive from the U. S. National Institutes of Health Go to source
If the mouth parts remain attached, attempt to remove them with the tweezers. If they’re buried in the skin, you can simply let the skin heal, checking it from time to time to make sure it doesn’t become infected. [3] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source
A fever and/or chills. This is a common symptom of tick-borne illnesses. Headaches and muscle aches. The tell-tale bulls-eye rash. This is a symptom of Lyme disease as well as Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI). Red patches create a bulls-eye pattern around the site of the tick bite, so watch out for this. Any other type of rash. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), also carried by ticks, can cause a rash that does not look like a bulls-eye to appear.
