Pulled two ticks of Ds

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Hi all we are in Somerset at the moment and today my daughter (can’t change title to DD) had a tick on her inner thigh. I’ve attached a pic- it wouldn’t let me attach the zoomed in version but it matched with images I looked at on line. It was teeny and I tweezered it out. She also said that she thinks she took one out of her stomach in the shower yesterday. We’ve been on heaps of walks so I can only assume they’ve been picked up from the long grass. I am freaking out about Lyme disease!!! Worse case scenario is it treatable? Please give me your words of wisdom. Thank you!

Just keep an eye out for the bullseye rash. If he develops the rash he may need antibiotics. No rash, no need to worry

You don’t always get a bullseye rash. If you saw it you may want to ask GP for antibiotics or advice. My son had two ticks & GP gave the three week course, GP said waiting for rash arriving was not needed. We were in known lymes area.

You can ask your gp for a blood test.
Normally 2 tests

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/

Or your GP can give antibiotics

I've pulled lots of ticks of DC, or they have removed own.
No antiBs and nobody got sick, either.
You can phone NHS111 for informed advice.

Read the NHS info.

For the rest of the trip, take proper tick precautions, and check each other properly for them each night and get any that find off quick.

We’re in regular tick territory, and generally GPs won’t prescribe antibiotics without some indication of Lymes. (Also, having done the whole bullseye thing recently, the antibiotics suck so they’re definitely not in the ‘might as well’ category).

The NHS will not give routine antibiotics for a tick bite. Thousands of people are
bitten every summer
https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/injuries/skin-injuries/tick-bites/

Thanks so much for your replies. They’ve been reassuring. We are going to monitor it and see how she goes. X

I get ticks on me every year, in my garden, in Surrey, in a known Lyme area. Just be vigilant and remove them. The chance of getting infected is very low, and giving antibiotics as a precaution is nuts. I'd be on them continuously.

Also further down the line look out for symptoms of Lyme disease if your DS becomes lethargic etc or you just can’t figure out what’s wrong with them

we pulled a tick from my sons hand last year. It was tiny, if he hadn’t said he had “a full stop” on his hand I’m not sure we’d have ever noticed it on our own! We removed it and took him to the pharmacist (we were on holiday) who said the fact that it was so small meant there was no blood in it and just to watch and wait for a rash or symptoms as the blood test can be unreliable and GPs don’t usually just hand out antibiotics. He never got the rash and has been totally fine ever since. I definitely panicked but it was all ok x

Please get a proper tick removal tool. Tweezers aren't great - the head part of the tick can be left in the skin, and squeezing the tick can increase the risk of infection.