Can a tick kill you?!
Question: Can a tick kill you!?
is it true that when a tick jumps on you it crawls through your skin up to your brain and you can die!. please can some one explain it to meWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Although ticks can carry diseases, they do not burrow through your skin to your brain or anything like that!. When a tick lands on you, it digs in pretty close to where it lands!. You can't feel it - just check yourself for ticks at the end of each day and if you find one, remove it carefully!. Vaseline (petroleum jelly) works well to get a tick off - smear it on the tick, and it will back out of your skin so you can grab it with tweezers and not worry about the head breaking off!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
while the physical bite and latching wont!. Some ticks carry stuff like Lyme Disease two different types of fevers or tularemia which can!.
EDIT i wouldent worry most tick will likely not have any of these!. you need to check areas like arms inner thighs belly and just anywhere else really!. A tick will be a small black dot you cant really mistake it for anything else!. If you do get one you need to remove it promptly but make sure you do it carefull and make sure you get it all if it breaks and you cant get it all out you need to go to a doctor ASAP!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
EDIT i wouldent worry most tick will likely not have any of these!. you need to check areas like arms inner thighs belly and just anywhere else really!. A tick will be a small black dot you cant really mistake it for anything else!. If you do get one you need to remove it promptly but make sure you do it carefull and make sure you get it all if it breaks and you cant get it all out you need to go to a doctor ASAP!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
you can get sick from one but only if you don't get it off you they push teir head into the skin , i lived in tenn!. and had ticks on me !. flip the tick over and take a match light it then blow it out while it's hot touch the belly of the tick with the hot match then take twissers and pull it out kcWww@Answer-Health@Com