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Article: Tick bites associated with rash and illness. (What Parents Want to Know About ... )(Column)
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- October 1, 1995
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Ticks are nasty, blood-sucking critters that can transmit a variety of illnesses when the attach themselves to us and bite. They start sucking our blood over several days. During this time their body engorges with their feast until they get so large that they detach themselves or fall off. Their bite is painless and often goes unnoticed until a lump is felt. That shiny, black lump is a tick engorged with blood. Disturbing this mass causes several pairs of legs to start wiggling. This is quite a gross sight.
In addition to being part of a most unappetizing spectacle, this bug is a notorious transmitter of disease. Many of the diseases ticks transmit are serious. ...