After the tick is extracted, anti-inflammatory, anti-itch and pain relief treatments should be carried out promptly. If tick extraction leads to tick paralysis or tick-bite fever, rescue treatment should be carried out promptly.
1. After ticks invade the human body, their beaks penetrate into the skin and suck blood, which may cause different degrees of local inflammatory reactions, resulting in various skin lesions such as erythema, papules, blisters, nodules or ulcers, etc., and in some cases, it may also result in tick paralysis (epiphora paralysis) or tick-bite fever (e.g., fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting, etc.).
2. When dermatitis occurs after tick bite, anti-inflammatory, anti-itch and pain relief treatments should be carried out in time, such as washing the bitten part with running water and soap, disinfecting with alcohol or iodophor after the water dries, and applying topical mupirocin ointment and halomethasone ointment, etc.; if the tick’s mouthparts break off in the skin, it needs to be taken out surgically; and the area around the wound should be closed with lidocaine hydrochloride locally to accelerate the healing of the wound.
3. For those who have systemic symptoms of poisoning, it is recommended to use antihistamines such as loratadine or glucocorticosteroids such as prednisone for treatment; those who have tick paralysis or tick-bite fever should be treated promptly.
If you are bitten by a tick, you should not remove the tick forcibly, and it is recommended that you go to a hospital specialist for symptomatic treatment immediately. The medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.