tick bites
Arachnid feeding wounds
Tick bites are wounds left by ticks—small blood-feeding arachnids that attach to skin and feed for hours or days.
The concern with tick bites extends beyond the bite itself to the diseases ticks transmit: Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and others.
Check yourself for tick bites after hiking in tall grass.
- Lyme diseaseTick-transmitted bacterial infection
- vectorsDirected magnitude quantities
- tweezersPincerlike gripping instrument
- blood mealDried, powdered animal protein
- rashesIrritated skin patches
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- outdoor hazardsbears, heatstroke, snakes, blisters, sunburn
- disease spreadairborne, bloodborne, contact, droplets, fecal-oral
- parasitestapeworm, roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, fleas
- Travel Healthtravel clinic, travel insurance, travel nurse, vaccinations, immunizations
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