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Quick help: is this a tick bite?

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Silversky70 · 30/07/2019 20:25

Daughter had bleeding at top of thigh. Bow it looks like this. Is it a tick bite? Can you tell? There is some bruising at the top of it. I've tried to draw round it.

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MadisonAvenue · 30/07/2019 20:32

Probably best to get it checked out.
My son had several bites like that on his legs last week, the GP and his colleague (who he brought in for a second opinion) were quite confused as they said that usually there'd only be one bite. He had to have a blood test and has been prescribed a three week course of antibiotics.

sallyscallop · 30/07/2019 20:40

Just looks like a wasp sting or bog standard insect bite to me - get it checked if you're really concerned though

MsJaneAusten · 30/07/2019 20:46

You’d usually be able to see a tick still inside the bite so it’s more likely to be something else. I’d do as you have - mark the size of it and seek help if the swelling doesn’t subside.

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Silversky70 · 30/07/2019 20:51

It's that it has a purple bruise around the top, and in the middle looks black and is raised.

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LoafofSellotape · 30/07/2019 20:52

Doesn't look like it.

Cozytoesandtoast00 · 30/07/2019 20:56

Looks like one to me. Best get it checked.
Google: tick bite bullseye..

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Silversky70 · 30/07/2019 21:06

Waiting for an out of hours appointment but we are extremely remote. Would it bleed if she knocked it off whilst it was feeding?

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LoafofSellotape · 30/07/2019 21:07

It doesn't look a anything like a bullseye rash.

I've had bruising from a spider bite in the past.

Abstractedobstructed · 30/07/2019 21:08

I don't think it is. Maybe horsefly. But they may cover themselves just in case.

My tick bite the tick was deeply embedded and hard to remove but didn't leave a bleeding hole like that.

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Silversky70 · 30/07/2019 21:12

Ok thanks. We've been told to go to a&e. We won't rest til it's been looked at. In a high tick area and been in forests etc.

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MsJaneAusten · 31/07/2019 01:14

What did they say?

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Silversky70 · 31/07/2019 06:48

Not a tick bite. Also they don't remove them anymore due to increasing the risk.

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MsJaneAusten · 31/07/2019 08:24

I don’t understand - A&E don’t remove them? Or advice is not to remove them? I’m pretty sure that advice is still to remove ticks ASAP: www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/

Silvercatowner · 31/07/2019 08:27

they don't remove them anymore due to increasing the risk

They leave the tick feeding??? Surely not...

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Silversky70 · 31/07/2019 09:06

Dh said they said they would leave a tick HEAD in, as to remove it would increase the risk of infection? Antibiotics would be given.

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MagicErmintrude · 31/07/2019 09:14

When you remove a tick, you use a tool with a twisting motion to specifically ensure that the head IS removed as breaking the tick and leaving the head behind can cause infection. Is your DH getting a bit mixed up, or are they talking about if someone removed a tick incorrectly and accidentally leaves the head behind I wonder? Anyway, it's not a tick so that's good.

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Silversky70 · 31/07/2019 09:38

Yes, it's if the head is accidentally left in.

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