To think this is a tick? (Urgent!!)

[britneyisfree]

Please help, I'm not from the country so I know nothing about stuff like this.

My DD went for a walk with nursery and has come home with this on her leg. She says it hurts.

No, don't twist it out.

Hope you are on sporner corner pulling it out op!!

I have both, I find the card works better on smaller ones and a bit easier to use on your own/on the move, I keep mine in my phone case and the hook in the house.
I'd get both and then you have the option.

Please do not put anything on it, it'll just empty its stomach and if it carries Lyme disease it's not a good idea. Get a tick remover and keep your eyes out for a red, round circle around it.

I've had one pop out when touched with the hot end of a match after you blow it out.

That's good! I removed an enormous one from DS with regular tweezers (I panicked) and it all came out but I squeezed it while removing and he got Lyme disease 😳

That's why you need to grip the head not the body and use the correct tool.

Thanks @Iopo

If you have catch up TV. This Morning had a segment on this today with medical advice

To all the totally misinformed on her... DO NOT EVER JUST PULL A TICK OUT OR USE TWEEZERS. ITS MOUTHPARTS CAN BE LEFT BEHIND AND CAUSE AN ABSCESS. Always remove using a specialist tick hook from vets or pharmacists, with a twisting action. The hooks are designed to prevent sucked blood inside the tick being squeezed back into the host. They remove the complete tick safely.

For future, these are the best tick removers. Just have a bit of sellotape ready once it’s out to trap it then put it in the bin. I’ve had make ticks in the city than I ever had in the countryside. www.otom.com/en/

*more ticks.

uggghhh horrid things. My puppy picked his one and only ever tick up on his third walk! He went into some long grass and the little bugger latched onto his ear. He was having a nap on the sofa and I managed to tweeze it out and clean the area thoroughly - vile thing was still wriggling. Now he is older I doubt he would be so compliant - he snoozed throughout. A human would at least keep still, but get a doctor or nurse to do it if you are worried.

We have a lot of them where I live and get 4-5 of those each summer. I use tweezers and pull them out. Don't twist, just place the tweezer as close to the skin as possible and then pull it out slow and steady.

There has been some terrible advice on here. Hopefully OP has been to the pharmacist and is sorted out. Ticks are on the increase in the UK. If you have kids or grandkids who ever play in long grass I would suggest you buy a tick remover device. I carry a tick card with me it is about the size of a credit card.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/

NHS advice is to:

1	Use fine-tipped tweezers or a tick-removal tool. You can buy these from some pharmacies, vets and pet shops.
2	Grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible.
3	Slowly pull upwards, taking care not to squeeze or crush the tick. Dispose of it when you have removed it.
4	Clean the bite with antiseptic or soap and water.

Don't twist it out. Use tweezers and pull straight out.

Pet shops sell tick removers, the tool has to be slid under the abdomen and then you pull and twist to get the tick off (if you just try to pull the tick off without twisting you risk leaving the head behind which could lead to infection. Think I saw one in Pets at Home for £4 recently

Please post an 'after' photo (scurries back to sporners corner)

I agree, the sudden heat makes the tic let go of it's grip and then you can tweeze it out whole, have done it many times.

If you have to buy the remover remember to turn it anti-clockwise and not put it straight out. Tick jaws are like a cork screw, they bite then turn in a circle to burrow their jaws in. Twisted clockwise will burrow in harder and pulling will cause the body to detach from the head. Delightful.

Wouldn't be surprised if it's had it fill of blood, detached and wandered off by the time you've popped to the chemist!

Shudder.

whatever did people do without 'special tick removal tools'

whatever did people do without 'special tick removal tools?

Get infected tick bite wounds perhaps?

Get infected bites, get Lyme disease, die?

When my 1yr old had a tick we were advised by GP to go to A&E as it was on her eyelid. Spent 4 hours in A&E as various staff members tried unsuccessfully to remove it... The consultant who finally got it out admitted that ticks were usually a theoretical issue only seen on exam papers but stuck the tick to her notes 'just in case' 😂🤣😂 note - at no point was I told it was an inappropriate use of A&E!

All pharmacies in our area sell them. We are rural though and ticks are common.