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Alpha-gal syndrome (tick borne meat allergy) (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We used to douse them in white spirit or alcohol and twist them off against the clock. No idea if the latter made any difference.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I think the recommendation is just to try to cleanly pull them off. With specialized equipment preferably.

    Drowning them can lead to them vomiting into your blood circuit which can increase the chance the chance of contracting diseases as far as I know.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I've heard to use a credit card to scrape them off, you're mostly just not supposed to squeeze the body. The pinchy tick remover tweezer style things you can get in the camping section at stores works great though.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    That is bad, you don't want to douse them with anything, as it can cause them to regurgitate into your skin and spread disease they may carry. They take days of being connected to pass disease so if you catch them in time you can not catch anything.

    You want to grab by the head and pull it off, slowly even, to make sure the head doesn't break off.

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