How do you remove part of a tick left in human body?

Question

My husband had a small tick in his side, we removed part of it with tweezers and treated it with alcohol. We thought we had all of it. But 2 days later there is a black speck and it has a red ring around it and is swollen. Any information on how to draw this out would be appreciated. Thanks so much.

Answer 1

You might want to go to the doctor at this point.

He will want to lance it (cut open the skin) to reach the tick, then remove all pieces of the little bugger and flush heavily with a mild salt solution to float it all away. After that, a dressing to soothe it will be required and you'll have to monitor the spot to make sure you got it all.

Or you could try it. But I recommend the professionals.

Answer 2

Almost all of our bodies' cells die and are replaced throughout our life time. I only know of two cell types that are never replaced, brain cells (neurons) and some lymphocytes especially some of the T cells in our immune system. That being said, these cells can't themselves be identified as the "you" part since the disease AIDS takes away our T cells but the person's personality remains largely unchanged. If the you part of our bodies exists in any cellular structure it is in the central nervous system (the brain) as some people after experiencing injury to the brain undergo sometimes radical personality changes. Temporary personality changes occur when a person imbibes too much alcohol which among other problems interferes with some of the neurotransmitters in the brain. (although personally I fail to see how people say a drunk person is the real person, a drunk person is a temporarily brain damaged malfunctioning person). When we experience pain we are generally less patient, we are also less patient when we need the toilet etc so when part of our body sends stimulus to say we are hot or cold or when something hurts or aches etc our personality is modified in some way. The same is true when we are tired, hungry or thirsty, this makes it very difficult ot say what makes us who we are since what we are is constantly changing. Furthermore, not all of the brain is responsible for our personality, as some stroke victims lose some motor control or some sense but still maintain their personality whatever that is. To further complicate matters, our personality changes through experiences, not just due to mental injury such as trauma or stroke but every experience we have in life forms new memories, and modifies our personality somewhat. So when some of our brain cells die our personality changes, when external substances interfere with the transmission of signals between cells our personality changes and our personality changes through normal experiences, everything we see, read, hear, say, feel or do changes us in some way. So not all of our body or brain is responsible for our personality and we can't say exactly where our personality resides in our brain but it seems to be the interaction of several parts of the brain in response to any and all external stimuli. If you want to try to simplify the problem a little you could draw the analogy of a computer and ask what is a computer? Is it the CPU? The ALU? The Busses? The memory? The I/O devices? The Clock? The power or power supply unit? The operating system or the applications? No! a computer is all of them but if one part is changed it's still a computer, so a computer is more than the sum of its parts, it's the way all those parts interact with each other, just as a cake is something more than flour eggs, sugar, butter/margarine it's the way those substances interact with each other that makes a cake something different. From a metaphysical perspective the you part is something that grows and changes due to all external stimulus as every new memory and experience changes who we are a little but that same metaphysical "soul" is itself indestructible and survives death, being resurrected imperishable in some kind of paradise or torture or else not being resurrected or else being reincarnated into another life depending on the tenets of whatever religion. edit: Oh I missed the bit about whole brain transplants lol, no, I only ever seen one documented case of a whole brain transplant and that was on Star trek :) It's just not possible. Think about it for a minute if people could transplant a whole brain and allow the neurons to connect with the spinal cord, how come they can't repair a damaged spinal cord restoring movement to a paraplegic? Sadly we just don't have the technology or the skills or for that matter the know how. Now that being said some people have had their corpus colosum (the central connecting nerve bundle that allows the left and right heispheres to communicate) cut, thus preventing their two hemispheres from communicating. In some cases the overall personality remains largely unchanged in that they still feel like themselves and people still recognise their behaviour and mannerisms, however, they have lost control of one part of their body and that part of their body acts independently of their conscious will, so there seems to be a separate will in each hemisphere, one can communicate verbally the other can't. A case I heard of was particularly intriguing when a woman who had undergone "split brain surgery" as it was explained to me, went to a wardrobe to pick out a dress with her right hand and her left hand picked out a different dress simultaneously. I frankly don't understand how this womans legs were able to work, as the left side of the brain controls the right leg and the right side of the brain controls the left and the two sides of the brain couldn't communicate with each other. The most I can conclude from this anecdote (assuming it's a genuine case) is that the brain is an extremely complicated organ.

Answer 3

Ticks should never be removed with tweezers.This puts pressure on the ticks body and causes it to regurgitate any harmful pathogens right into the blood stream.Don't believe the one about nail polish either.Once the tick has access to you blood,it gets oxygen from your blood stream so nail polish won't suffocate it and cause it to back out.There are tools available like tick spoons and others but it's too late.You need a doctor now to see that it's removed properly and he/she doesn't suspect other problems.

Answer 4

Just to be on the safe side, I'd go to the doctor if I were him. A red rash around the bite area might indicate Lyme Disease. Probably the black speck is the tick's head. Ewwwww.....I know. Might be worth the cost of the office visit just to get it taken care of.

Answer 5

It's gonna B painful no matter what U do, but U do need 2 get that last bit out.
A hot compress should do the trick 2 draw it out.
Use lots of ice once it's gone, some TCP & praps a big kiss/cuddle might help.
Not from me, from U!

Answer 6

If it is a part of the tick, it has to be removed.
If it is an infection, has to be treated.
So go to the doctor.

Answer 7

Not to scare you but a red ring is a common symptom of Lyme Disease, do you live in the north east? I'd go to the doctor just to be safe. Good Luck

Answer 8

Keep discenfecting it and go to the emergency room for an antibiotic shot.
If that suckers been in there for two days it may be infected as those things carry diseases (like lyme disease).

Answer 9

vaseline and tweezers are one of the best methods but two days later with no joy of getting it out i'd go to a doctor get some antibiotics thats what my sister had to do with her cat hopefully it will work its way out but if it doesnt then its going to need to be cut out good luck

Answer 10

burn it
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the infection was probably caused by you ameteur doctors
go see a real one.
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