Tick bites are usually harmless ... lethargy, fever, swollen or painful joints, and loss of appetite,” says Sarah Page-Jones, a lead veterinary expert for Pet Drugs Online.” ...

A WOMAN lost great chunks of her hair after being bitten by a tick. The 28-year-old initially noticed strands falling out ...

She went to see her doctor who suspected it was a tick bite and prescribed a course of antibiotics. About the same time, at the end of 2022, she began to suffer from flu-like symptoms.

With no tick bite detected, doctors assume the illness could have been contracted via the cat. "No reports on animal-to-human transmission cases have been made so far," a Japanese health ministry ...

The paralysis tick lodged itself into his neck, with pictures showing the unnerving aftermath. "[It was] very red and inflamed, plus itchy... normally the bites take about two weeks to properly ...