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Ticks
- Tick bites are common and usually harmless, but occasionally may result in Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Lyme disease.
- It usually takes about 24 hours of tick attachment to a "host" for disease to be transmitted.
- The symptoms can begin as early as a few days after a bite or take as long as two weeks before appearing.
- Symptoms include headache, chills, fever and rash - much like the flu.
- If bitten, carefully remove the tick using blunt tweezers. Grasp the tick close to the skin and pull upward with a steady pressure. Check to see that the entire tick has been removed.
- Clean with warm, soapy water, then apply an antiseptic.
- Mark the date of the bite and if symptoms develop, contact your doctor immediately.
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