What are the Symptoms of Tick Bites on Humans?
Basically, there are two types of ticks that can infect humans, soft ticks with a round body shape and hard ticks, which have a hard scutum on the back. The former sucks blood for several hours, while the later draws its blood meal within one hour time, before they detach from the skin. The young versions called seed ticks have six legs and can infect several host organisms. Infestation of seed ticks on humans is associated with lesser transmission of disease, as compared to adult tick bites. The biting incidence of adult ticks and seed ticks on humans is increased in spring and warm weather conditions, which are the peak time for tick occurrence. During warm season, most children and adults prefer spreading time outdoors, thus increasing the risk for tick bites. Once this nasty parasite gets in contact with human skin, it uses its mouthparts to burrow the skin. Saliva containing neurotoxins (to numb the area), blood thinning agent and other enzymes is injected. Following this, the tic
