>>1071618>Achtually doctors aroumd here say it you extract it by force it can break that tiny shit which gets stuck in your arm and that will be problem.Sadly, many medical doctors (especially in the US, where I am located) are woefully uninformed when health intersects with arthropods. With changing climates altering habitat ranges for many disease vectoring arthropods, and increased international travel, you would think there would be a growing demand for such knowledge.
True, having the hypostome break off in your skin can easily lead to infection, but that tends to be an issue if you are not using blunt forceps, or if you use a twisting motion while removing the tick. The idea behind the twisting it that it helps disengage the barbs on the hypostome, but it increases the likelihood of damaging the head or mouthparts.
The issue with the tick being aggitated (burned, suffocated, poisoned, pretty much anything other than being pulled straight off with dull forceps) is that it regurgitates its stomach contents back into you. Most of this is your blood, but if the tick IS harboring pathogenic material, the amount that is being introduced to your bloodstream just skyrocketed, as did your chances of contracting something from it.
