After the tick was removed, the patient improved, indicating a diagnosis of tick paralysis (TP). The tick should be grasped with blunt, angled forceps as close as possible to the skin and to the ...

Dr Angela Nehring from Bondi Vet knows the pain of losing a pet to a paralysis tick all too well. “I had a cat die in my arms due to a paralysis tick when I was a teenager,” she says.

A domestic British case of a potentially deadly virus spread by blood-sucking ticks, has been confirmed for the first time, experts say. Called tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) it mainly ...

The antibody tests available in the Netherlands are reliable, according to this doctoral research. However, it is important to test only in case of symptoms specific for Lyme disease and a real chance ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MDLearning what a tick bite looks like is essential because you can’t rely on seeing the ...

Tick paralysis (TP), a response to the neurotoxic effects of the salivary secretions produced by attached hard ticks (Ixodidae), is a syndrome that mimics a large number of better known ...