26K views · 50 reactions | Found a tick on yourself, your pet or your loved ones? Follow these tips on how to properly remove a tick: - Use clean, fine-point tweezers to grasp the head as close to the skin as possible and slowly pull straight out - Try not to twist or squeeze the tick - Wash the bite area with soap and water or an alcohol-based sanitizer https://ow.ly/858850RguUr | Healthy Canadians | Facebook

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Beware of ticks. A new CDC report reveals that certain ticks are able to pass a type of meat allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, onto humans through their spit. Scientists believe that lone star ticks produce a sugar, known as alpha-gal, in their saliva. When these types of parasites makes contact with a person, the alpha-gal passes through the skin and causes their body to mark the sugar as a foreign invader. As a result, someone bit by a lone star tick can experience moderate to severe allergi