if a tick is removed form the skin, does it automatically die or is it still alive somewhere? also what are good treatments for a tick bite?
2006-12-28 06:54:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
if you just pull the tick out, most of the time the head will remain embedded inside you, so the tick would die. if you can somehow extract the tick intact without pulling it's head off, it would survive just fine, with a good meal inside it's belly to boot.
treatment for tick bite involves just cleaning the area with antiseptic like betadine or hydrogen peroxide. putting antibacterial cream like bacitracin or neosporin on it will help it heal as well. if you do in fact have a retained tick head in there, make sure it's removed, just like you would remove a splinter.
a secondary issue with tick bites is that they may transmit diseases such a s lyme's disease or rocky mountain spotted fever. if you live in an area where these diseases are indigenous, you should get appropriate diagnostic blood tests and treatment if necessary.
2006-12-28 07:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by belfus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did the pinnacle and fang issues come out with it? if so, peroxide and anti biotic salve and watch it. If no longer, you could ought to dig around to get the pinnacle and fang issues out then peroxide and antibiotic salve. nonetheless watch it. We in simple terms had a guy die approximately half-hour from right here these days from rocky mountain observed fever from a tick chew. He had countless on him nonetheless whilst he went to the Dr nonetheless.
2016-10-06 03:17:19 · answer #2 · answered by vanderbilt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to make sure the head is completley removed first of all. Kill the bug with a piece of something if you removed all of it. I'm not sure about treatments.
2006-12-28 06:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by Tiger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you see a bulls eye shaped rash, you have Lyme disease.
Make sure to have it cleaned out by a doctor and get started on antibiotics.
Good luck to you.
2006-12-28 07:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by Cammie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on if the head breaks off at the neck - no head, dead. If it is removed just at the mandibiles it will continue to live unless squished.
2006-12-28 07:24:03 · answer #5 · answered by Eric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't die and you should get like a cream for the bite like neosporine.
2006-12-28 06:57:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋