What does a deer tic infection look like?

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Please be aware that not all tic bites that transmit disease will cause a rash or inflammation around the area. I know this because I have late stage Lyme and did for about 8 years before diagnosed. I never had a rash. DO watch the area but also be sure you write the date down. If you have any sign of fever or illness tell your doctor about the tick bite.

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It looks like a boil under the skin. usually black. If you want to kill it use a buring hot needle and pierce your skin and kill it. If the boil becomes the size of the tip of your little finger seek medical attention ASAP. However if you kill it. The tic will absorb into your body.

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Bulls eye

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The infection will cause red swollen and sensitive skin at the point of infection, if the tick is still attached used forceps to remove the tick at the head while being careful not to disconnect the head. If you have Lyme disease from the bite there will be a red ring around the point of the bite.

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please don't listen to Joshuajava. He's talking nonsense. As far as a deer tick infection, well, I don't know how many there are, but everyone else here is talking about the big one - Lyme. It does look like a bull's eye. It can last a few hours or a few weeks. It can appear almost immediately or up to 6 months after you've been bitten. Lyme is the most commonly misdiagnosed and the fastest spreading infectious disease in the country. It is not something they test for when donating blood. They won't even ask. I've been chronic for 27 years but could never get a test taken. The drs refused to order the test. When they did, finally 2 years ago, I tested positive for 11 of 16 titres - or strains of antibodies- of Lyme. Once you get it, you will always have the antibodies. Get tested. If it comes back negative and you feel you've got something, get tested again somewhere else. You may not ever get a rash. Only 50% do, but then again, if it lasts 4 hours, you may not notice, either. Only 50% get flu-like symptoms. Untreated, it can lead to hobbling, severe pain and arthritis in the ankles, knees, hips. Vision problems (I have photophobia, an intolerance to bright lights). Depression and other mental deficiencies or imbalances. You name it, this is one bad mamma jamma, and if you become chronic, there is no cure. This is a man made disease. Created in a lab 3 miles from Long Island, New York. Want some horrifying reading? Lab 257 by Michael Christopher Carroll. And when you're done with that, look up the path of Hurricane Bob and ask yourself, when they shut down the lab, what did they do with all the vials of biologicals that were never supposed to be transported on the mainland?

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