Method of tick removal.

When a mite is found, the victims, most often, try to remove it immediately. At the same time the abdomen often detaches, and the oral apparatus remains in the skin. In this case, there is often a violation of the integrity of chitinous integuments of the arthropod and the contents of the intestinal tube can get into the wound.

To properly remove the tick, the surface of the skin with the sucked arthropod is treated with a disinfectant solution (alcohol or cologne) and, taking the tick with tweezers, as close as possible to the mouthpiece, with careful rocking movements (effortlessly) is removed from the skin. In the case of abdominal tearing, the remains of the mouthpiece are removed with a sterile needle, and the wound is treated with iodine. The removed tick is placed in a flacon or wrapped in paper for testing for infection with Borrelia and viruses.