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I work in an emergency room.... took 2 ticks off people tonight. first thing is don't freak out.....second is to take some alcohol pads (Purell, dish soap, whatever) and startswirling around on the bite-site gently but persistently.....COUNTERCLOCKWISE! this may take as long as 2-3 minutes of continuous rubbing/swirling around to get the little effers off. It works in 3 out or 4 cases (average) as long as you dont try to dig them out and break them into peices first...... then call your doctor and see if he wants to start any ABX- some do, some don't. In my town, they were taking all the ticks in at the public health office for lyme testing/statisitical analysis, and my doc didnt start ABX till the testing came back positive (mine have never been positive so far-(0 for 3)
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