Wherever you live, it is very important to check yourself for ticks every night before going to bed. Stand in front of a mirror and look around your neck and ears, lift up your arms and check your armpits, check every part of your body for a small dot that wasn't there yesterday. A regular check like this makes you familiar with the spots, freckles and moles on your body, so when there is a new one, it will be more noticeable to you. Deer ticks in the springtime can be as small as the head of a pin, so they're hard to find sometimes.
Here's the best tip ever: If you do find a tick on yourself, pull it off with tweezers, grabbing it firmly as close to the head of the tick as possible. Now -- put it on a piece of clear tape and fold the tape over it so it can never get away, and you can bring it to your doctor where they can test it to see if it is disease borne.
Be safe!
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