Cure Ticks Bites or Chiggers bites at home| Symptoms of Ticks or Chiggers

What are Ticks or Chiggers

Ticks or Chiggers are biting parasitic creatures, Chigger mites can cause allergic reactions and Ticks can cause other diseases. Ticks can transmit Lyme disease, Rocky mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever and tularemia.

What are the symptoms of Ticks or Chiggers bites?

Tick Bite –
1. Visible presence of a tick in the skin relatively painless, slight stinging.
2. Rashes, muscle aches and pain, onset of fever, chills and joint stiffness.
Chigger Bite – They maybe visible in the center of the unscratched bumps; intense itching with red rash, swelling, blisters and hives may also occur.

What are the causes of Ticks or Chiggers?

Ticks and chiggers present in tall grass, woodsy underbrush and free-ranging pets get attached to human skin when they brush across them.

How can Ticks or Chiggers bites be treated naturally?

For Ticks – infectious organisms are not transferred, if the ticks are removed immediately with a pair of fine tipped tweezers.
Use soap and water to wash the bite area.
Pain and itching can be relieved, by applying ice packs and calamine lotion.
For Chiggers – Don’t scratch a chigger bite, remove it with a needle or small knife and relieve the persistent itch through starch bath or calamine lotion.

How can I prevent Ticks or Chiggers?

Ward off chiggers and ticks with insect repellent containing Deet.
If you are hiking through mites and ticks infected areas wear light colored, tightly woven fabrics. Wear long sleeved shirt secured at the throat, wrist and waist and tuck your pants into boots or socks.
Whenever you are in underbrush or forests inspect your clothing and skin for ticks. Later check your entire body thoroughly.
Walk in cleared areas, in overgrown countryside.
After the outing, shower and shampoo to remove ticks and chiggers. Check your clothes and get them washed immediately.
If your pets have been outdoors, check them after they are back.
During summer (when children spend a lot of time outdoors) children should be checked over daily for ticks.