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2. 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 ...

3. Dermacentor variabilis - Wikipedia

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   Dermacentor variabilis, also known as the American dog tick or wood tick, is a species of tick that is known to carry bacteria responsible for several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia (Francisella tularensis). It is one of the best-known hard ticks. Diseases are spread when it sucks blood from the host.

4. Tick paralysis - Wikipedia

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   Tick paralysis is believed to be due to toxins found in the tick's saliva that enter the bloodstream while the tick is feeding. The two ticks most commonly associated with North American tick paralysis are the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis); however, 43 tick species have been implicated in human disease around the world. [1]

5. Ehrlichiosis (canine) - Wikipedia

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   The brown dog tick, or Rhipicephalus sanguineous, which passes the organism to the dog, is prevalent throughout most of the United States, but most cases tend to occur in the Southwest and Gulf Coast regions, where there is a high concentration of the tick. Ehrlichia is found in many parts of the world [1] and was first recognized in Algeria in ...

6. Mom shares terrifying photos to warn other parents about ...

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   The CDC warns against twisting or jerking the tick, as this can cause the mouth and head of the insect to break off and remain embedded in the skin. Once the tick has been successfully removed, it ...

7. Ixodes holocyclus - Wikipedia

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   The second is that the method may leave the 'head' (the tick's mouthparts) embedded in the skin. The tick's salivary glands and gut contents are together the main source of the noxious substances, and these are located in the main body of the tick.