My DD2 was playing in the long grass by the side of our house about 3 weeks ago and the next day when she came back from playschool she was complaining of a sore spot near her bellybutton.
At first i thought it was an old scab, until it MOVED.
It was a tiny speck of a thing and it was a horrible tick.
Managed to get it off using tweezers near it's head and bathed the area in TCP and forgot about it.
Whilst we were camping, she has started to get a very angry red rash about the site of the bite and there is a white ring around the original bite.
Rang NHS direct when we got back today and they said, just contact your GP and get some anti-biotics and said that if she has no fever or sickness then can carry on as normal.
She has been full of energy and it does not seem to be affecting her that much.
Just a reminder, if any of you go walking in long grass or in woodland, please wear long trousers and tuck them into your socks.
Any strange rashes should be investigated as Lymes disease seems to be much worse for adults.