3yo DD bitten by tick in Austria, found after 4 days

[Skylark1990]

I found a tick behind my DD's ear this morning - completely full of blood, it basically fell off when I brushed my hand against it - pretty sure nothing was left behind. She must have got it while we were on holiday in Austria and had a day in the countryside, which was Sunday - so it was found after 3.5 days attached. I've obviously googled it and I'm now worrying she will have picked up a horrible disease.

Does anyone know if the procedure is to give prophylactic antibiotics now for Lyme disease if e.g. the tick was attached for a long time or do we wait and see if she has symptoms? She's not had any symptoms yet.

And of course there are are potential things she could have caught! Feeling worried.

Yes go to gp. A friend of mine had this for her daughter and they did find lymes disease and treated. (German tick)

As you saw the tick, most likely treatment is 3 weeks of antibiotics- not sure if you were in a lymes region - not medical but personally would ask for the course as per guidance.

My son had two ticks removed within an hour, no bulls eye rash but Gp gave three weeks of antibiotics, he caught a lot of viral infections over winter & always mentioned could it be lymes etc -

Definitely get antibiotics from your GP. Many GPs lack knowledge about Lyme Disease. We are going through hell as my 17 year old has it - not all cases have the distinctive rash.
For more info try https://lymediseaseuk.com/

Yes, go to GP
As well as antibiotics they need to make absolutely sure no part of the tick has been left behind

What everyone else said. And if the GP says no need for antibiotics, point out that in Austria that's the standard protocol because of the chances of a tick from there causing infection.