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Sorry, but the advice I just got from my father (veterinarian) is that suffocating the tick is not recommended. As it dies it "vomits" and thereby gives the victim another big dose of whatever germs it may carry. Use tweezers to twist and turn it out carefully, without squeezing its body and without tearing off its head. Otherwise, seek medical assistance.
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25 Feb 2009
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Originally Posted by beddhist
Sorry, but the advice I just got from my father (veterinarian) is that suffocating the tick is not recommended. As it dies it "vomits" and thereby gives the victim another big dose of whatever germs it may carry. Use tweezers to twist and turn it out carefully, without squeezing its body and without tearing off its head. Otherwise, seek medical assistance.
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We get lots of ticks in Denmark and this is how we remove them, especially off pets wo get lots of them.
You get ticks in ANY grass and not just long grass so be careful when camping.
If you get an itch, check it before scratching because it may not be a mozzie bite it could be a tick.
Steve
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Amazing coincidence.
I got back from my Doctors surgery an hour ago with a leaflet about Tick-borne Encephalitis and saw this thread.
"1 in 100 patients will die from it"
"It is transmitted to humans via bites from an infected ixodes tick. Less commonly from drinking unpasturised milk from infected animals."
"Tick-borne Enceophalitis occurs in the far eastern part of the former USSR (my immediate concern) extending into China. It can also be found in European Russia, Austria, Hungary, the Balkans, Czech Republic, Slovakia ans Scandinavia where it is mainly a disease of the forest."
It seems it has to be a certain type of tick. It has to be infected. It has to be in an endemic area - and mainly a forest within it.
Vaccination is a course of 2 or 3 injections a month apart. In UK not NHS. Only from specialised travel medical centres. Cost £64
Tick-borne Encephalitis
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I do a lot of mountain biking,and in the uk over the last few years mountain bikers have been getting bitten by ticks more often.I try and cover myself up to stop getting bitten,so far this approach has worked but if I do get bitten I've invested in the tick removers just like the ones in the earlier post.
They only cost a few pounds and arrived in a few days, have a look here www.tick-twister.com
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