Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

Here’s how to remove a tick that’s attached to your skin, according to the CDC guidelines: Use fine, pointed tweezers to grab the tick close to the skin. Lift steadily without twisting the ...

Your best bet is to find the tick while it’s still on your skin. “Ticks are designed to linger when they attach and bite,” says Mather. The mouth of a tick contains a bunch of backward ...

Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

Sudden fatigue could also be an early Lyme disease sign. “Fatigue is an early sign that is frequently dismissed and assumed to occur from not enough sleep or regular everyday activities like working ...

A tick bite occurs when a tick pierces the skin and attaches itself to a warm-blooded host. Once attached, a tick may feed on ...

What do tick bites look like and what other symptoms may develop? Tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), for example, cause a distinct circular rash and flu ...

Santos is also curious to know how the tick detaches from the cement cone and the skin. “Barnacles and mussels also produce cement, and they live attached to the cement their whole life. But the tick ...

but the less time a tick is attached, the smaller the risk of transmission of an infection," Dr. Beth Oller tells USA TODAY. "So it's important to check your skin and the skin of your children ...