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2. Use These Repellents to Avoid Tick Bites - AOL

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   Don’t let tick-borne diseases put a dent in your adventuring. Protect yourself with these human tick repellents from Off!, Repel, and other trusted brands. Use These Repellents to Avoid Tick Bites

3. How do you remove a tick? Here's your answer - AOL

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   Instead, the CDC says to get a pair of pointy tweezers, grab onto the tick and pull straight up and steady. And then flush it right down the toilet. And then flush it right down the toilet.

4. Tick season has arrived. Protect yourself with these tips - AOL

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   how to keep ticks off of you Experts say the best thing to do is take steps to avoid a tick bite in the first place. If you go outdoors, make noted of wooded areas and where grassy properties ...

5. Tick - Wikipedia

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   Ticks are external parasites, living by feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. The timing of the origin of ticks is uncertain, though the oldest known tick fossils are from the Cretaceous period, around 100 million years old. Ticks are widely distributed around the world, especially in warm, humid climates.

6. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...

7. Icaridin - Wikipedia

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   Icaridin, also known as picaridin, is an insect repellent which can be used directly on skin or clothing. [1] It has broad efficacy against various arthropods such as mosquitos, ticks, gnats, flies and fleas, and is almost colorless and odorless.

8. How to Remove a Tick Head From Your Skin—the Right Way - AOL

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   Spread your dog’s fur, and grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible using fine-point tweezers or tick-removal hook. Very gently, pull straight upward, in a slow, steady motion. Dispose of ...

9. Tick infestation - Wikipedia

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   Clothes that cover exposed skin can help limit tick attachment but should not be a substitute for thorough skin and hair checks following a hike in known tick-infested regions. [ citation needed ] If someone comes in contact with a tick, they should remove it from their skin , wash the area ( soap , water , and an antiseptic ), and preserve the ...