Throw the tweezers away when you need to remove ticks, while long considered the…

Throw the tweezers away when you need to remove ticks, while long considered the best method of tick removal new evidence has emerged indicating that removing ticks with tweezers is a bad idea. Using tweezers causes the tick’s stomach contents to be released into the blood stream. This increases both the risk of developing a tick allergy and an allergy to red meat (mammalian meat allergy). Follow the link below to Catalyst to find out more and watch a video on the correct way to remove ticks.

Catalyst – 17/02/2015: Tick allergy
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Mammalian meat allergy is on the rise in Australia and the surprising cause – a tick bite Dr Jonica Newby meets Dr Sheryl van Nunen the clinician who discovered the link She found that if the tic