What to do if you develop dizziness and headache after a tick bite

The symptoms of dizziness and headache after tick bite may be due to infection or infectious disease, etc. It can be treated by disinfecting the wound of the tick bite, and if there is an inflammatory reaction, it can be treated by medication. If the condition is more serious, you need to go to the hospital immediately. First you should find the location of the tick and apply some iodophor as appropriate, or burn the tick with a cigarette to stun it. Then use tweezers, clamp the head of the tick and gently pull it out. Then use alcohol or povidone-iodine to disinfect the wound. Local rinsing and cold compresses are sufficient for mild poisoning, while glucocorticosteroid treatment, such as intravenous dexamethasone, can be applied for severe poisoning. If not pulled out, may be secondary to bacterial infection, there is an inflammatory reaction can be treated with antibiotics such as amoxicillin. Usually pay attention to the tick bite will spread infectious diseases, found ticks should not shoot or hard tugging, because it may lead to the tick’s mouthparts remain in the skin, then trigger infection, fever and other adverse consequences, if after a period of time dizziness and headache symptoms are still not relieved or even aggravated phenomenon, you should promptly seek medical attention.