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Surgeon Debunks Main Myths About Tick Bites and Removal

Dr. Kharitonchyk, for example, recommends not complicating one's life with threads and other folk remedies, but buying one specific item at a pharmacy.

Vasily Kharitonchyk, a doctor at the admissions department of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Pediatric Surgery, debunked common myths about the consequences of careless parasite removal, Minsk-News reports.

Nothing spoils a warm summer day quite like finding a tick on your body. Moreover, panic is often caused not so much by the bite itself, but by the fear of possible infection.

— Nothing terrible will happen if you don't remove the tick perfectly correctly. This does not affect the risk of infection spreading at all, — explained the specialist.

— Will a person necessarily get sick if the tick was infected?

— Not at all, — reassured the doctor. — Even with an infected tick bite, pathogens do not always enter the body. But even if they do, infection is not guaranteed.

Submitting the removed tick for analysis is also not always advisable: studies often yield misleadingly positive results, and the process itself takes time. A preventive dose of antibiotic is much more effective (a single dose of doxycycline 200 mg for children eight years and older). There is no need to panic or rush: there are up to three days for emergency prophylaxis.

— What is the most effective way to remove a tick?

Dr. Kharitonchyk recommends not complicating one's life with threads and other folk remedies, but rather purchasing a tick removal tool at a pharmacy or on marketplaces.

— It looks like a miniature two-pronged fork with a slot. The tick is hooked from the side, right at the base of the skin, and carefully twisted out without compressing its abdomen. It costs pennies, and the result is always effective: it's simply impossible to do it incorrectly, — he added.

Comments4

  • Вадзім
    20.08.2026
    Гэта калі той клешч не занадта маленькі
  • GGG-1234
    20.08.2026
    Рэд., Издательство «Беларуская Энцыклапедыя» имени Петруся Бровки, 2002.

    обнаружить
    1) (сделать видимым) паказаць
    2) (выказать) выказаць , павыказваць, выявіць, паказаць
    обнаружить свою радость — выказаць (паказаць) сваю радасць

    3) (отыскать) знайсці , пазнаходзіць, адшукаць

    4) (установить) выявіць
    обнаружить пропажу документов — выявіць прапажу дакументаў
    ----------------------------
    я дзясяткі гадоў чытаю беларускія кнігі і СМІ і не памятаю каб "выявіць" недзе было на кожнай старонцы,
    як і "іншы" і "цалкам"
  • Жвір
    20.08.2026
    GGG-1234, адшукаць, знайсьці, гэта калі шукаць і ў выніку адшукаць, знайсьці. А калі нешта не шукаць, але раптам убачыць на сабе, для сябе, нечакана, дык слова выявіць вельмі нават дарэчы.

    Таксама і з пашпартам, з вашага прыкладу. Калі вы яго шукаеце, бегаючы па хаце, забыўшы дзе паклалі, дык знаходзіце, а калі вы палезьлі па яго ў кішэню, каб прад'явіць, бо ўпэўнены, што ён там, а яго ў кішэні няма, дык адпаведна выявіце прапажу пашпарта, а не знойдзеце ягоную адсутнасьць... Уцямна ?
    Таксама, шпацыруючы на работу, раптам выявіце (напрыклад) гняздо вароны на дрэве ў парку, а вы ж яго там не шукалі, каб знайсьці ?

    Кнігі вы чыталі, цудоўна, а жывой, натуральнай гутаркі, падобна, ня чулі, таму й праблемы з арыентацыяй у мове.

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