How to remove a tick from your own person?

People affected by the bites of these parasites, are often asked about how to remove the tick from the man, and whether you can do it yourself?In order not to weary long wait, just answer this question: of course you can.Let's try to understand this situation together.

There are several ways how to pull the tick out of the body.In principle, all methods are identical to each other.The only difference in the applicable instrument.But before I tell you about them, I would like to recall that, as it is impossible to remove ticks with a man!

As it is impossible to remove the parasite

  1. In no case do not use oil or glue.This "old wives' methods by which today is not only not good, but even there is some risk.Oil parasite clog airways and just kill him and make his vomit tick saliva back into the wound, and this - the risk of infection.
  2. Do not touch the parasite with tweezers, as there is a risk of "break" mite abdomen.Ideally - take him naked and soft fingers, although the doctors often remove parasites just the same tweezers.Well, since doctors work with tweezers, and then you and I can be!
  3. Also, do not treat the wound with various chemical liquids (gasoline, ammonia, etc.), without a cigarette to cauterize the parasite, not a dirty needle poking around the wound, do not pull the tick (otherwise it will break), do not push it with your fingers or apply compresses.

right way, how to remove a tick and person

  1. use special hooks to remove parasites.They are sold in any drugstore.Outwardly, this two-pronged hook resembles a bent fork.The device is worn on the tick so that it appears between the teeth.Then everything is simple - the parasite gets out of the skin.
  2. There is a time-tested method of how to get a man tick.This is done using a thread.This requires a coarse thread.Make a loop of it and grab the parasite as close to your skin.Pull the tick out of the body, gently rocking from side to side.
  3. Of course, not all of us useful knowledge about how to remove the tick from the person with the help of a surgical clip or curved forceps, since these tools are usually at home does not happen, but I still talk about this method.Grab the parasite with tweezers as close as possible to its proboscis sip and gently rotate it around its own axis in a comfortable (!) To your side!Note, it does not matter - clockwise or counterclockwise.How convenient for you personally!After three turns, you are ready to extract the tick out of the skin.However, he recovered completely - no broken off proboscis should not remain under the skin!

But what if the removal was unsuccessful, and the parasite exploded, leaving his front part of your body?How to remove the tick from the person in this case?Now we discuss this nuance.

What if the wound remained head with a proboscis?

In principle, nothing fatally wrong with that.In fact, the proboscis stuck in your wound, not terrible splinters!We consider two cases.

  1. If the parasite proboscis sticking out of your skin, take tweezers, hold them to the proboscis and safely unscrew.You can go to the clinic and ask your surgeon to remove the remains of the tick.
  2. If the proboscis remained inside the wound there on a small abscess.Due to the work of white blood cells, leading the fight against foreign bodies, the remains of the tick will come out some time alone.