they said it would be fun…it will be a blast they said, haha…it was but I got a tick on my back and my shins were all scratched up from wearing shorts in the woods. no more…
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Careful. Get that tick out from under your skin. You could develop lyme disease.
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Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, Borrelia mayonii . It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans.
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we put dawn dish soap on them and they pull out.
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Seriously tho, ask @Ninjastar about treatment for ticks. I think there are battle stories to be had.
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You know, there is a spray for that. Just don’t spray it on your skin… I think. Repel, permethrin.
Just stop them from crawling on your clothes.
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I’ve tested positive on Borrelia.
My GP send me to a neurologist. They had my cerebrospinal fluid checked.
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Does that mean you may not have sz? It could be symptoms of lyme disease? That really sucks 
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Sz runs in my family so I think I probably have sz, but they were investigating but ultimately ditched the theory of Lyme’s.
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@jukebox the most recent tick guidance says not to put anything on them. I was also surprised when I found out.
Just prepare a small cup of rubbing alcohol, get a pair of sterilized tweezers, grasp firmly at the head, and pull straight out. Drop the tick into the alcohol, then disinfect your arm.
Putting anything on the tick to get it to naturally release increases the chances of it regurgitating diseases into your blood as it falls off.
If it was on you more than 36 hours, or it is engorged, save the tick and call your doc. They can prescribe a post-exposure-prophylactic dose of antibiotics for you.
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well thank you !! I will try that next time…it probably won’t happen anymore because I am not going in the woods anymore…haha
You don’t have to go in the woods to get them. They’re in grass, on any tree, etc.
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What is borrelia? Ah just read the definition above
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I haven’t had a tick in almost twenty years…I sometimes go in the grass but it’s rare I get a tick…definitely going in the woods is where I got the tick…
Wow, I have never heard of this trick. But there are no ticks where I live, so maybe that’s why. But next time I go to Montana or Washington or some other mountainous area, I’ll use this trick if I get a tick out!
BTW, I’m glad you got it out. 
I thought this because a vet told us there are no ticks here. She apparently was wrong… I just Googled it. There are definitely ticks here.
I be like DAMN SHE IN ANTARCTICA???
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When I tried to run away last month I ended up with a tick on me, but I was able to pull it out with my finger nails. The guy was still alive but I flushed him. They’re everywhere out here in Virginia. When I rescued my sister’s cat, we had to pull like ten of them off of the poor thing. Lyme disease is serious and life altering. It’s no joke and nothing to mess with.
Please dont use dish soap. See my above post or look up proper tick removal
Edit: here, have this link
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yes I will never do it with dawn dish soap again…sorry @Blossom I saw it on facebook…go figure.
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