u/zealousfreak27

I had a first aid lesson years ago when I worked at a summer camp where I learned to remove a tick by spinning it around with Vaseline and a qtip. When I found a tick on me today, that’s what I did. But I’ve done research since and found out that’s not the right method.

The tick appeared to be intact when I removed it, moving and all that. But now I’m terrified I made it regurgitate. I’m in a high risk area. It was a black-legged deer tick as well.

Am I in trouble? What should I do?