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Old 06-01-2014, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by echoes long ago View Post
today i felt an ache on the back of my ear, put my hand there and felt something lumpy. turned out to be a deer tick with the little white spot on the back. apparantly it had just started to bite at that time because it wasnt embedded, there was no blood upon removal and the tick is flat not blood engorged at all. so far i washed the area three times with soap and water, washed it three more times with alcohol, and used two other antiseptics on the area. anyone have any other suggestions on what i should do?
Run to the GP, tell them what happened and get your preventative antibiotic Doxycline!!!! Or whatever it that they give - This coming from someone whose right knee blew up double size, two times due to lyme disease. It's not fun. I never even saw a tick nor did I ever see a bulleye.. showed up in the blood test though...
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