[macintux]

Some spots on your body are very difficult to check carefully and/or reach for a clean, safe extraction.

I went to the ER once to have a tick removed. I felt absurd doing so, but I simply couldn't reach it properly, and I had no one else around to take care of it.

[pmoriarty]

Some baby ticks are smaller than the period at the end of a sentence. They're very easy to miss, even if you are looking.

Baby ticks can still carry Lyme, and can infect you with their bite.

[jjeaff]

Were you taken seriously? I'd have to think that by what I have heard about insurance companies recently, they would refuse to pay for a hospital visit like that and you would be stuck with a big hospital bill.