I went to the Appalachian mountains. I left 2 days ago. Just now, I found a tic in a crevice of my ear. It was alive, but wasn’t full of blood. It was still thin. I also don’t feel any bite marks.

I don’t know much about tics or Lyme’s disease. Is there anything I should do or watch out for?

  • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, just watch for any signs of change in the region where it could have fed. Looking for things like redness and inflammation, discoloration, pain, tenderness, itching, etc etc. If you notice no outward symptoms you are probably fine. Most tick bites do not cause infection anyway.