Health News Share Email Print Evict a tick Tick bites can sometimes spread diseases. It's a good idea to check yourself and your kids for ticks after you've been outdoors in tick-infested areas. If you find a tick attached to your skin, remove it right away. Follow these tips: 3 STEPS TO REMOVE A TICK 1. Use tweezers to grasp the tick close to your skin. 2. Pull the tick upward with steady pressure. Don't twist or tug at it. 3. Clean your hands and the tick bite with rubbing alcohol or soap and water. If you develop a rash or fever in the weeks after removing a tick, see your healthcare provider. reviewed 4/26/2024 Sources American Academy of Pediatrics. “How to Remove a Tick.” https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/from-insects-animals/Pages/How-To-Remove-A-Tick.aspx. American Academy of Pediatrics. "Tick Bite." https://www.healthychildren.org/English/tips-tools/symptom-checker/Pages/symptomviewer.aspx?symptom=Tick+Bite. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Tick Bite: What to Do." https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/pdfs/FS_TickBite-508.pdf. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Tick Removal and Testing."https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/removal/index.html. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Providers Family Medicine Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.