Question 1

how do you cure a tick bite?

Accepted Answer

Check with your dr: If you have the tick bring to your physician. Depending on where you live, treatment recommendations may or may not include antibiotics prophylactically. If you do not live in an area where lyme's disease is a common the recommendation may be to observe by your physician.

Question 2

how can i avoid a tick bite?

Accepted Answer

Avoid contact: Try to avoid places where the likelyhood of encountering ticks is high ( wooden areas) if this is not feasible, wear long sleeves, avoid shorts when going to the woods or use  a tick repellent.

Question 3

how do you treat a tick bite?

Accepted Answer

Tick bite: Before seeking medical attention, you should note the appearance and characteristics of the tick and remove it with fine tweezers, being careful not to rupture the abdomen (if engorged). If bitten by a deer tick, your doctor will either observe and treat if symptoms/signs of disease develop or treat immediately with preventive antibiotics.

Question 4

what can you put on a tick bite?

Accepted Answer

Tick bite: Ice and Hydrocortisone cream work well.  If you are certain it's a tick, you should visit your doctor because you can get a disease from ticks called lyme's disease which is very easy to treat right after a tick bite but nearly impossible to get rid of in later stages.

Question 5

what does a tick bite look like?

Accepted Answer

"bull's eye": Typically round, red, with central paleness (like a bull's eye).

Question 6

can someone die from a tick bite?

Accepted Answer

No: The bite of a tick is not fatal. Ticks can transmit diseases which can be serous or fatal  but the bite itself is not fatal.

Question 7

will a tick bite affect eyesight?

Accepted Answer

Very rarely: There are many infections which can result from a tick bite. In the USA, lyme disease is by far the most common tick associated infection. There have been a variety of different eye complaints that lyme disease patients have reported. The medical science behind eye disease and lyme disease is very poorly understood. Several physicians would be needed to confirm a case of lyme related eye disease.

Question 8

what can be done for a tick bite?

Accepted Answer

Observation mostly: Watch the site for any rashes that may develop around the site or any symptoms that include: other generalized rashes, headaches, high fevers, joint pain, neck pain or stiffness, body aches, eye pain, swollen lymph nodes, disorientation, tremors or muscle jerking, sudden weakness or partial paralysis, loss of coordination, or coma.  If any of these symptoms appear, seek immediate medical care.

Question 9

what to do for tick bite that hurts?

Accepted Answer

Get seen: If the bite hurts (not just itch), that could be a sign of an infection.  See your doctor for an evaluation.

Question 10

what should one do after a tick bite?

Accepted Answer

Remove tick: Get tweezers, clean tweezer with antiseptic, grab tic as close to skin as possible and pull gently so as not to remove the head parts.Wash area with antiseptic soap.Keep tick to show dr.Most ticks do not carry dangerous diseases and you dr can log on to "up to date" and compare your tick to bad ones.

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