Plum@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoAlpha-gal syndrome (tick borne meat allergy)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down11 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarevalentinesmith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoI 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.
minus-squareedible_funk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI’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.
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.
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.