O'tom Tick Twister

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The easiest thing to do is to wrap it in a piece of adhesive tape, and throw it away in the rubbish bin. After a year of testing prototypes, Denis HEITZ established the definitive characteristics of the product and took out a patent. Compressing the tick’s body or causing injury or irritation to the tick may cause fluids (its saliva and gut contents) to be regurgitated back into the bloodstream of its host (the person or animal it’s attached to). Given the extent of the expansion, Denis Heitz had to make a choice: he sold his veterinary practise and, with his wife, decided to devote himself entirely to the development of H3D.

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Public Health England runs a Tick Surveillance Scheme and you can send your tick here whether it’s dead or alive so that information can be added to their database.These tiny little parasitic arachnids are 3 to 5mm in length depending on age, species, sex and how full they are ( Figure 1).

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Because the removed with TICK TWISTER ® tick is alive, you must dispose of it safely; to avoid contamination, you should not touch it. So whilst it is important to remove the tick as soon as possible, it is equally as important that the tick is removed correctly.Despite ticks being a year-round threat, we are now entering what is commonly known as “tick season”. It has been reported that a nymph will begin to transfer bacteria in under 24 hours from the first latch (Institute Pasteur, 2018). There is the large for afull-grown adult tick, the small for a regular sized adult tick and the brand-new micro which can be used to remove larva and nymph. Do not handle the tick with bare hands, because certain disease-causing organisms may enter through breaks in the skin, or through mucous membranes (if you touch eyes, nostrils or mouth).

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This will result in the tick regurgitating its stomach contents into its hosts bloodstream, significantly increasing the risk of infection.Heitz, veterinary surgeon, our company is located in France, in the Jura section of “Plastics Valley”. The saliva can be infected, therefore it’s better to twist the tick properly than to use the old methods of removal.

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Tick–borne diseases are not caused by the ticks themselves, but by bacteria or parasites that may be found in their saliva.

No, rotation direction is not important: generally, right-handed people find it easier to turn clockwise, left-handed people prefer an anti-clockwise movement. Now, contrary to a popular myth that is doing the rounds, there is no right or wrong way to remove a tick. There are various brands of tick removal tool available that are designed to cradle the body of the tick and don’t exert pressure on either its mouth parts or its abdomen. Also, once the animal is washed, applying medicated, preventative treatments can also act as a further aid. Should your patient become unwell after the tick’s removal, you can then take the frozen specimen to the Practice for testing, enhancing the chance of a positive diagnosis.