How to pull out a tick head if it comes off

What to do if the tick head remains in the human body, there are several behaviors - extract yourself, seek help from specialists, treat with medicine, wait until it comes out by itself. At home, you can carefully carry out the operation, but if the wound has time to fester, it is better to go to the clinic.

What happens if the head of the tick remains in the human body

There are several opinions on this subject. One part of the people is sure that there is nothing to worry about. After a few days, it will be rejected by the body on its own. Another part of the victims insists that if the tick head remains inside the wound, it must be removed. In the future, this situation is dangerous for the development of a purulent process, infection.

On a note!

Viruses are concentrated in the salivary glands borreliosisthat are transmitted to humans when bite. If it was not possible to completely remove the tick, the head remained in the skin, the infection process continues. The main difficulty of the situation is that a piece of the pest is no longer possible submit to laboratory for analysisTo find out if there is a virus in the body, you need to wait 2 weeks for blood donation for borreliosis.

How to pull out a proboscis

After unsuccessful extraction of the parasite, a head or proboscis may remain under the skin. If a black dot remains at the site of the bite, we are talking about the proboscis. To get rid of it, you can do the same as with an ordinary splinter.

• Treat the skin around with medical alcohol, any alcohol tincture. Disinfect a sharp needle, gently pick up, pull out a tick sting.
• Lubricate the location of the particles of the body, head with iodine. In a couple of days, the proboscis of the tick will come out on its own.

Important!

If the proboscis of the tick remains in the wound, there are signs of suppuration, swelling, skin incisions to extract particles, and it is forbidden to take out the parasite. Such an operation should be done by a specialist in sterile conditions.

How to pull out a tick head if it comes off

To remove the sucked parasite, it is recommended to lubricate the skin around with medical alcohol. After a few minutes, pick up at the base with tweezers, twist counterclockwise or clockwise. After a few turns, the parasite will be outside. However, there is often a situation where part of the tick remains in the body.

To determine the presence of a tick head at the site of a bite, you can either immediately, carefully examining the parasite, or understand a few days later when a swelling, redness appears. In the center of the hollow, a black dot. Further there is a photo of a similar situation.

There are several ways to get a tick head.

• Wipe the bite with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to clearly see the location of the head. Disinfect a sharp needle or bake over a burning candle. Pick up a piece of the parasite, pull out like a splinter. Treat the skin with iodine, brilliant green.
• If the head and a particle of the body remain under the skin, it is removed with forceps and tweezers. Clamp at the base, gently twist in any direction. The basic rule of a successful operation is not to change the direction of the scrolls, not to make sudden movements, not to rush.
• Fold gauze in several layers, apply Vishnevsky ointment copiously, apply to a sore spot, fix, leave overnight. The next day, a piece of the body of the parasite will come out with the accumulated pus.

If independent actions do not give the proper result, you need to seek help from specialists. In sterile conditions, the doctor makes an incision, removes a foreign body.

Is it possible to pass my head to analysis

Ticks are carriers of dangerous diseases Borreliosis tick-borne encephalitis. The first virus enters the human body with saliva during a bite, the second infection enters with the blood of an infected parasite. This happens when the wrong pest recoverytearing off the head when the body can burst.

On a note!

Panic ahead of time is not worth it. You can call the sanitary-epidemiological service, get information about the epidemiological situation in the area, village. There is a likelihood of infection, but if no cases are reported, it remains at a minimum level.

For complete confidence in the absence of infection, the body of the extracted tick should be placed in a jar, where a moist cotton wool is put on the bottom, taken to the laboratory. In a few days, experts will issue a verdict - an infectious tick or not. Otherwise, you can find out about the presence of the disease within 14-30 days. That is how long the incubation period lasts. There is no point in taking tests until this time, they will not correspond to reality. For prevention after a bite, experts recommend making vaccination either enter immunoglobulin.

Bring to the laboratory should live or dead tick. The basic requirement is that it must be whole. The parasite must be placed in a humid environment, pre-moistened with cotton wool. There is no sense in carrying a body or an extracted head for analysis.