Scores of the US are reporting a higher rate than usual in tick bites which has prompted medics to warn about the many Lyme disease symptoms.

After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, or hand sanitizer. Ticks can be flushed down the toilet or soaked in alcohol to kill them.

Tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease: red, target-shaped rashes on the skin, fever and muscle and joint pain, all appearing several days after the bite. Response: contact a health professional ...

Tick bites don’t always leave a mark, so if you have to remove a tick from yourself, someone else, or a pet, save it and seek medical attention so it can be tested for Lyme.

A tick bite doesn’t always lead to illness. “If you remove a tick within 24 hours of attachment, it’s fairly unlikely that you will get infected,” said Telford.

After a tick with Lyme disease bites a person, they will usually develop a "target" rash that is red in the center, surrounded by a circle of white and then circle of red — similar to a target.

right now. 448 in the afternoon, we turn to five on your health and tick bites. ... you had that expanding red rash, circular looks like a target. often they have targets.

After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, or hand sanitizer. Ticks can be flushed down the toilet or soaked in alcohol to kill them.

After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, or hand sanitizer. Ticks can be flushed down the toilet or soaked in alcohol to kill them.