Spotting a tick on your body can be borderline terrifying. After all, not only can the insect suck your blood, it can also carry a range of potentially serious diseases like Lyme disease and ...

Need to know how remove a tick right now? No problem. I’ve got you. Having spent a lifetime outdoors and the last 25 years at an Upstate New York home whose yard is absolutely crawling with the ...

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Ticks are tiny parasites that feed on the blood of humans and animals. Adult ticks typically measure about 3 to 5 millimeters in length, based on their age, sex and species. Because of their small ...

By Anjali Srivastava: Ticks are more than just a nuisance. Improper removal can increase the risk of infections or disease. While old tricks like burning them off or suffocating them with nail polish ...

Tick-removal advice? A simple trick to get ticks to let go. A squirt of ethyl chloride will cause an embedded tick to let go and will facilitate removal.—GREGORY HOBBS, FNP, Greenville, S.C. (185-5) ...

If you grew up in the Deep South, you probably have heard all types of advice about dealing with ticks. Spending time in wooded areas during a hot Mississippi summer means watching where you step, ...