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I just removed a tick from my neck. HELP Living in a wooded area I haven’t had many ticks on ME. I am sitting here asking about pee strings, all of a sudden my neck feels a little sore, I touch the area, feel a little bump, go to the bathroom, see a dark spot, get out my magnifying mirror and the dark bump has legs on it. OMG a little frigging tick. So I grab the twizzer and pull the little sucker out, it was right in the vain the little @$^%#^. That @$#$^ was really latched in my neck. I cleaned the area with alcohol then dab it with a prescription antibiotic cream. That was just 20 minutes ago, now it hurts like hell. Is this normal after removing a tick for that area and several inches below it to really hurt. The little @#%$# was about 1/8 of an inch over my collar bone. It was small, I don’t think it was a deer tick, I have read they are the size of a poppy seed, this @$$#@% was a small one, but big enough to be gotten with the tweezers and yes, I got his nasty $%$@% head out. |
Oh no, that is creepy. I don't know what kinds of ticks live in your area, but wonder if you should call your doctor's office and inquire. My worry would be about Lymes disease. Time to check bedding and your dogs thoroughly for ticks. They can hide easily on dogs between toes, around tail and ears, and multiply rapidly. About 8 years ago I had 2 Schnauzers that got ticks, and boy they were hard to get rid of. Sorry, I am not helping, I'm probably stressing you more. So here is a hug..... I hope you never find another one. |
Ouch! Reminds me of my youth. Give it a couple hours, see if the inflammation dissipates. You might just be very sensitive. Benadryl... it won't hurt to take some. I'd advise that since you're having a reaction. I never did. |
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I would call your doctor and inquire what if anything you may have to do. It appears to me that the tick had already been there a while and got enlarged due to absorbing blood. They get larger like a pea size when they eat. It wouldn't hurt to just ask your doctor or even the pharmacist. |
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Joan, wow 200.00 for a tick removal and nothing else? Unreal. Good that you will have the pharmacist take a look. As far as the color grey...that is all I have ever found on my Bentley and he isn't out more than to potty. I switched from Frontline Plus to Advantix II and he hasn't had a flea or tick since. |
I've read that if you don't do it right the sucker gets embedded while the body breaks off. This can cause pain and a bad infection, are you sure you got the whole thing out? |
Oh man I agree that is creepy!!! Did you save the tick? I don't have any advice other than keep the tick...and if it doesn't stop hurting go to the dr :-( I hope that little bugger was a clean one for your sake! |
Please check out for Lyme disease. If it`s a positive test you need antibiotics very quickly. There is an awful outbreak of Lyme in Australia because of tick bites, and because it is not recognised as an illness there people are not getting treated. Better safe than sorry. Hugs, xx |
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I suppose I'm a little late but yes! Save the tick in a freezer bag- nobody has film canisters anymore but when we were kids and got ticks in eastern Washington my grandpa would save them in labeled film canisters in case we showed symptoms of Lyme disease. Also, it is important that you twist when removing to ensure complete removal- some folks will blow out a match and place it on the tick to cause it to back out on its own to make sure no body parts are left behind. Ticks are awful, sorry you got one. They make you real sore too so I wouldn't worry about that unless the pain persists I is accompanied with redness, Swelling or fluid. Well wishes! |
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Thank you both for your concern. |
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The proper technique for tick removal includes the following: Use fine tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin surface as possible.Pull backwards gently but firmly, using an even, steady pressure. Do not jerk or twist. Do not squeeze, crush, or puncture the body of the tick, since its bodily fluids may contain infection-causing organisms. After removing the tick, wash the skin and hands thoroughly with soap and water. If any mouth parts of the tick remain in the skin, these should be left alone; they will be expelled on their own. Attempts to remove these parts may result in significant skin trauma. Thanks about the soreness, and you're never to late to answer a thread. |
So I spoke to the CVS pharmacist, showed him where I removed the tick, told him it was sore, was this normal. He saw the HOLE from the tick, saw the redness, said it was sore because the body was fighting off any infection that may be there. He said the soreness was normal, nothing to be concerned about, said if it really bothers me, I can take Advile or moltrin 6 tabs I forget how many hours apart, moltrin is to stong for me it upsets my stomach, reason why I don't remember how many hours apart, when he said six tabs my brain shut down lol. He said the soreness should go away in a couple of hours. So off to Pet Supplies I went. When in pet supplies I wanted to see in person those little Robo hamsters, instead I saw skinny pigs, yes, skinny pigs and I fell in love with them, thing is they have no fur on their bodies, just a little fluff on their face. The black ones are soooo cute. I had to run out of there before I bought 2 of every rodent they had. The soreness was gone after several hours. Thank you all, for your concern and advise. |
Glad you're ok. Hate those nasty things but I tend to drown them in alcohol and save them for couple days to see if Magnus/Zoey okay. After that, I burn them suckers till nothing but ashes... You should've bought them! Put them in those balls and they could be Cody's play buddies! LOL |
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D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G. This guy sees that pesty lil squirrel and goes berserk, one day he's gonna break the window. |
I'm glad you're okay. About 15 years ago, I visited a farm and came home to find two ticks on me. One was on my neck and the other at the base of my spine. Like you, I removed them with tweezers by the head. I remember the spots where they were itching like crazy for a month. However, the reason the whole incident is so memorable to me is because I still have a hole in the skin where the tick was found at the base of my spine. Don't be alarmed if you scar, slightly, like an acne scar. I'm glad you went to the pharmacist. Beyond ID'ing the tick, I'm not sure what else can be done. Just keep an eye on the bite to make sure it heals ok. |
I can see where the tick was, I had to take off my necklace because it was right where the tick entered, so I'll leave it off for now. That area is tender if I touch it. Don't need an infection cause by my necklace. Gezzz, tick on the spine, that's what makes me nervous, having a tick that you can't see. When I had that tick several years ago I checked my entire body in summer months and continued for a few years, like anything else I dropped my guard. So far no itching, just tender to the touch. I googled deer ticks, yuck, they had close up pics, The one I removed looked like a dog tick, I'll have to go back and print that pic, it's good to have.Thanks for the info and your concern. |
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I've never had a tick on me before so I'm not sure. One time I had this black, hard-shelled little bug on my hand that I could not get off. It was like it was latched onto it. I eventually just had to scrape him off with my fingernails. It was very gross. Was that a tick? Not related to ticks before but related to pesky mosquitoes...there was this one mosquito in the house that kept on biting everybody and we couldn't find the mosquito. Eventually we did--the mosquito was HUGE. It was so fat, it couldn't even fly--that's how much blood it got from us...yuck |
Spring and fall are official tick seasons. I found my first tick of the fall event today. So now it's time to get out the flea comb. I have never had a problem with ticks getting on Gracie but I keep her away from the woods and tall grass where the ticks hang out but I do run a flea comb through her hair after we come in from outside just in case. The cats do, however, tend to pick up ticks because they are out in the woods hunting and they go off into the fields looking for mice. I have to flea comb them before they are allowed inside this time of year. We tired using Frontline flea and tick but the ticks loved the stuff and we just got huge engorged ticks when using the stuff. I really don't know what it is supposed to accomplish. It did kill fleas though. I have found the flea comb to be the best defense against getting ticks inside the home. A good tick puller is good if you have animals that are outside a lot like my cats are. |
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We have a large wooded area around us with fields that are further away. Those are our prime tick areas in the spring and fall. When we do walk in the woods it is always on a trail where nothing is growing and I make sure she stays on the trail. It's the cats we have tick problems with. There is no way to keep them on a trail!:rolleyes: |
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YIKES! Sorry to hear about your episode with a tick. Glad to hear that your are ok though:) Hope that you continue to heal. |
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