How To Remove A Tick: A Tested And Effective Method

The very best way to remove a tick that has attached itself to your body while walking in the woods on Staten Island, or anywhere else. Ticks are all carriers of disease, but deer ticks are among the smallest ticks, and are the primary vectors for Lyme Disease.

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While other less common diseases can be carried by these and other types of ticks, such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Anaplasmosis, and Tularemia, Lyme Disease has become extremely prevalent in recent years, in Staten Island, New Jersey, and other places in the Northeast.

The most important way to prevent Lyme Disease, and other tickborne illnesses, is to remove ticks that have attached themselves to you as soon as possible. The longer they remain attached, the greater the chance that they will spread infection.

This video provides instructions for the most effective method of removing ticks. It uses essential oil to cause the tick to let go, which is very important to removal. Most other methods of tick removal allow the head to remain lodged in the body, further raising the risk that they will transmit whatever diseases they are carrying.

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