Due to the high risk of acquiring one or more tick borne diseases...
When A Tick Bites You, For Pete's Sake Don't Hesitate!
GET IT RIGHT, TREAT THE BITE!
www.TreatTheBite.com
Keep a copy of the tick bite treatment protocols from the site above with you
To take to your local doctor if you are bitten.
Many doctors don't know the official recommendations.
Some do and will risk it anyway because it isn't their hide in danger.
A special note to hunters- Check yourselves, your clothing and your dogs before going home. If you are lucky enough to bag a deer or other wildlife wrap the animal in a permethrin treated sheet as soon as possible, and/or properly hang the deer over an old sheet that has been liberally treated with Permanone before arriving home.
As the deer cools ticks will drop off. As ticks land on the treated material and try to escape they will die instead of taking up residence in your yard. This will help to prevent exposure to your family, your pets and others in your neighborhood.
Deer meat should be cooked thoroughly before eating. When butchering or handling raw meat, disposable gloves should be worn. Ok, at least wash your hands really well with soap and HOT water.
Procedure to Properly Remove a Tick
Instructions- With a pair of fine point tweezers, grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible and pull outward with a slow, even force, pulling in the opposite direction to how the tick entered the skin.
DO NOT JERK OR TWIST THE TICK. This might tear the head and mouth parts from the tick's body and will encourage the ticks fluid to enter your blood stream or skin.
DO NOT USE THE FINGERS TO REMOVE THE TICK. Squeezing the tick could cause it to disgorge the contents of its body into the wound. You can contract Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever simply by handling ticks and having their excretions absorb through your skin.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE TICK WITH CHEMICALS (such as nail polish remover, kerosene, oils, etc) OR BY HEATING THE TICKS WITH A MATCH. This can kill the tick before it disengages its mouthparts. It can also cause the tick to regurgitate gunk into the wound, increasing the likelihood of transmitting diseases.
WASH THE ATTACHMENT SITE with warm soapy water and rubbing alcohol.
