Tick bite ?

[katiemorag2]

Does this look like a tick bite on my sons leg ? I am panicking and not sure what to do !

Not especially - lots of bites look pretty similar. Why are you thinking tick rather than anything else? I generally identify a tick bite from the b^&ta$d tick stuck in me. Even if it is a tick then the vast majority don’t carry Lyme disease, but here’s the official info on that https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/03/21/what-is-lyme-disease-and-why-do-we-need-to-be-tick-aware/

Given it’s two bites next to each other I’d suspect something else first - mosquito or cat flea (personal experience) but I’m no expert.

Thanks for replying. I tend to immediately go to worst case scenario. He also showed me and asked which is unusual .

It seems to have got redder as the day has gone on . Does anyone have any ideas ?

Tick bites generally have a target appearance so I would say probably not.

Put some antihistamine cream on it and if it goes down, its likely a spider or mosquito bite

has he been running around in woody or grassy areas recently?