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- Tick Hooks
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- Steel plate for tick removal
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- Lasso and tick removal tongs
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- Tick removal folk methods
Danger tick bites big enough. These arthropods are carriers of serious diseases, among which Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, ehrlichiosis. The first action to be taken when a sucking creature is discovered is to pull it out. To do this quickly and without undesirable consequences for humans, you need to use a device to remove ticks.
Tick Removal Tools
Mite - This is a small representative of arthropods, whose purpose in life is to find a victim and stick to it. Clinging to his limbs for an object passing by, he begins to search on the human body for a weak spot with thin skin. Most often it is axillary hollows, inguinal zone, stomach, neck. When the bloodsucker clings to his proboscis, he sticks his head under the skin and begins to suck blood.
If a sucking bloodsucker is found on the body, it must be removed. The best way to solve this problem is to go to the nearest emergency room or seek help from a medical professional. But such an opportunity is not always there. Then you have to pull out the tick with your own hands or using a special device.
Important!
At pulling out a tick You can’t press hard on his abdomen. This can provoke him to inject infected saliva and other secretions into the wound.
Now in pharmacies and pet stores you can find a wide range of devices for extracting ticks. They are an elongated tool with a loop, slot or hook at the end. The most popular among them are:
- Trixie;
- hook Tick Twister;
- handle lasso Trix Tix Lasso;
- Kleshcheder;
- Pro-Tick;
- Anti mite;
- Nippes tweezers;
- tongs Tick Remover; -
- Tick Key Plate;
- tick remover Rolf club and others.
All these tick removal devices have detailed instructions on the packaging. Some products include a set of multi-item fixtures.
Hooks
The easiest to use are hooks for unscrewing ticks. They are made in the form of a stick with a small forked hook on the end. To remove the parasite with a thin tip of the device, a tick is picked up by the isthmus. Then they begin to smoothly twist the device, pulling the bloodsucker out. The cost of hooks ranges from 100 to 400 rubles.
These devices include hooks Uniclean tick twister, Trixie, Rolfclub, Antiklesh, Klescheder. They are very convenient to use. Uniklin Tick Twister allows you to extract parasites without the risk of squeezing them. Such devices are also called tick twists. Rolf Club has a convenient non-slip handle, similar to the handle of a screwdriver. There is a through hole at the end of the handle so that you can hang the device on a bunch of keys or on a belt. The anti-tick is a complete set for removing ticks from two hooks that are suitable for bloodsuckers of any size.
Feedback
Very convenient and easy to use hook teak twister. I saw information about him on the site. I ordered via the Internet. Tidy up with it ticks in a dog. Over the summer season, I shoot a few pieces.
Vladimir, Voronezh
Plates
The next type of tick extractor resembles a plate with a small drop-shaped slot at the end. It is in this hole that the sucking tick should fit. The plate is pressed to the site of the bite as close as possible and a slot is made around the parasite. With smooth swaying movements, the bloodsucker is slowly pulled out of the wound. The average price for tick extractors of this species is 250-400 rubles.
On a note!
Special devices can be used to remove dangerous arthropods in pets - cats and dogs.
The Pro-Tick steel plate is easy to carry in your pocket. The device is additionally equipped with a magnifier, which greatly facilitates the removal of the tick. Tick Key plates are color coated aluminum and look like a key ring. This type of tick removal device includes the Ticked Off device, made in the form of a plastic spatula with an opening on the edge.
Feedback
I gave my father Tick Tick Remover. He often goes to the forest for mushrooms and repeatedly took off these parasites. The tool looks stylish and has an eye for fastening as a keychain. Father already pulled out a parasite, there were no problems.
Sergey, Tyumen
Forceps and tweezers
To remove ticks from the body, Tick Remover, Tick Nipper, Nippes devices are used. Their price varies from 100 to 400 rubles. Nippes tick forceps are made of steel and look like a normal medical tool. Clamping the device with its fingers, its pointed tips encircle the bloodsucker at the base of the head. It is important at this moment not to press hard, which may lead to the abdomen breaking off from the body.
Tick Remover tick remover is made in the form of a plastic handle with tongs at the end. By pressing the button on top of the device, the forceps are compressed, and they can also extend the tick, grabbing it by the isthmus. Tick Nipper is a pliers or pliers made of durable plastic and equipped with a magnifier. The cup-shaped grip reliably fixes the abdomen of the parasite.
Feedback
We live in the countryside and find a tick on ourselves - this is a common thing. Previously, they pulled it with a thread, but this is a rather laborious process. I accidentally heard from neighbors about a special device for removing bloodsuckers. I bought myself such Tick Nipper tongs. Very convenient to use and inexpensive - just 350 rubles.
Maria Vladimirovna, Ryazan region
Tick Lasso
The most interesting and effective devices for the removal of arthropod parasites can be called Syringe-lasso domestic production and Lasso Trix Tix, made in Sweden. Both products cost 300 rubles. The principle of operation and appearance of these devices is similar:
- Press the end of the syringe pen so that a loop appears at the other end.
- Holding the button, bring the device to the bite and throw a loop on the protruding part of the body of the bloodsucker from the wound.
- Slowly release the button, controlling the careful tightening of the lasso loop around the arthropod abdomen.
- Pull the parasite out from under the skin with rotational movements.
Feedback
Recently encountered a tick bite. Picked it up while walking through the woods. I didn’t go to the nearest hospital, I bought a Trix lasso pen at the pet store. The seller told how to use this device. It turned out to remove the parasite completely, without damaging it.
Christina, Vologda
Removing ticks using improvised tools
Most people try not to think that a tick may bite them. Therefore, to be prepared to remove the parasite and have a special device with you does not always work. Then improvised means come to the rescue.
The most common way is to manually remove the parasite. But we must not forget that the tick can burst already being caught by fingers, and infected secretions will get on the skin.Therefore, it is recommended to use a piece of cloth or a regular handkerchief. Grab it around the tick body, you need to gently pull it up with twisting movements.
Another well-known affordable way to pull a bloodsucker is to grab it with a loop of thread. It is better to use a cotton thread, because a thin silk thread can strongly transmit the neck of the tick and break it. A loop of thread is thrown onto the parasite and gently pulled from side to side and up until completely removed.
On a note!
The safest method for drawing a tick is use of a conventional medical syringe. He needs to carefully cut the end so that the edges are even. The resulting hole should be able to grasp the skin around the wound with a tick. Firmly pressing the trimmed end of the device to the skin, you need to pull the piston towards you. The vacuum created inside the container draws the parasite from the wound. Such a tick extractor allows you to quickly and safely cope with an unpleasant task.
Actions after removing the tick
After a successful procedure, you need to carefully examine the bloodsucker, whether all parts of the body are in place and whether they are in the wound under the skin. If so, pull out the remaining parts using an alcohol-treated needle. The skin around the bite treat with lotion, iodine or brilliant green. The arthropod representative must then be taken to the nearest laboratory for analysis. If this is not possible, then it is necessary to destroy it with the help of fire.
