If you have a suspicious rash or your symptoms persist, please seek medical care immediately. Lyme disease is most successfully treated in this first stage.
When present, it is wise to take a picture of the rash with the date for your medical record, since a rash compatible with erythema migrans rash should prompt urgent evaluation and treatment. Please refer to our poster of varied Lyme disease rash manifestations as a helpful identification tool. It is important to understand that a rash is not always present or easily recognizable in early Lyme disease, and this can lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment. What to do in the weeks following the tick bite Consider talking to your healthcare provider if you live in an area where Lyme disease is common to discuss prophylaxic doxycycline and other options. However, in certain circumstances, a single dose of doxycycline after a tick bite may lower your risk of Lyme disease. In general, the CDC does not recomment taking antibiotics prophylactically after tick bites to prevent tickborne diseases. What to do after removing an attached tick that has bitten you. You might have been bitten unknowingly by a different infected tick. Even if a tick contains a pathogen, it does not mean that you have been infected by that pathogen. (see below)Ĭonsider the utility of sending the tick for identification and analysis of the potential infectious agents of Lyme disease and other tickborne pathogens.ĬDC strongly discourages using results from these tick tests when deciding whether to use antibiotics after a tick bite. Consult with your PCP about sending your tick to a lab, such as TickCheck or TickEncounter, to be tested for pathogens.Observe the bite site over the next two weeks for any signs of an expanding red rash or flu-like symptoms.If you have found a tick on you, it’s a sign there may be others.Once you have removed the tick, wash the wound site and your hands with soap and water, and apply rubbing alcohol or antiseptic to the site.They may agitate the tick and force more infected fluid into the skin. DO NOT apply substances such as petroleum jelly, nail polish, or a lighted match to the tick while it is attached.DO NOT squeeze or crush the body of the tick this may force infected body fluids from the tick into the skin.If this happens, don’t panic! Embedded mouthparts do not transmit Lyme disease.DO NOT pull back sharply this may tear the mouthparts from the body of the tick and leave them embedded in the skin.Pull steadily without twisting until you can ease the tick head straight out of the skin.Be patient the long mouthpart is covered with barbs, so removing it can be difficult and time consuming.Grasp the tick’s mouthparts against the skin, using pointed tweezers.If you or a loved one is bitten, remove the tick promptly. Removing ticks as soon as possible reduces the risk of infection. If the tick is attached it will be hard to pull off. Ticks must bite you to spread their germs. You can’t get sick from a tick that is crawling on you but has not yet attached.
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