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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...burn-tick-off-5-common-myths-ticks/364929001/
A recent population boom of white-footed mice has led to an increase in ticks in the Northeast, which feed on mice blood and can acquire the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. In areas where ticks are rampant, like in the Northeast, upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, it's important to be on the lookout for ticks and know how to treat a tick bite.
If you've been told ticks jump off of trees and onto your body, and that the best way to remove a tick is burning it off, it's time to read up.
When it comes to ticks, there are many common myths about how to treat tick bites and remove them. We talked to Durland Fish, a Yale school of health professor of epidemiology and Kevin R. Macaluso, professor at the Louisiana State University school of veterinary medicine, about debunking tick myths.
Myth: The only way to remove a tick from the skin by burning it.
While burning a tick off the skin may seem like a satisfying and fool-proof way to get the blood-sucker off, it's also the worst way to remove it, according to Macaluso.
He notes that burning it may actually increase the risk of getting a tick-borne disease.
A recent population boom of white-footed mice has led to an increase in ticks in the Northeast, which feed on mice blood and can acquire the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. In areas where ticks are rampant, like in the Northeast, upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, it's important to be on the lookout for ticks and know how to treat a tick bite.
If you've been told ticks jump off of trees and onto your body, and that the best way to remove a tick is burning it off, it's time to read up.
When it comes to ticks, there are many common myths about how to treat tick bites and remove them. We talked to Durland Fish, a Yale school of health professor of epidemiology and Kevin R. Macaluso, professor at the Louisiana State University school of veterinary medicine, about debunking tick myths.
Myth: The only way to remove a tick from the skin by burning it.
While burning a tick off the skin may seem like a satisfying and fool-proof way to get the blood-sucker off, it's also the worst way to remove it, according to Macaluso.
He notes that burning it may actually increase the risk of getting a tick-borne disease.