It is important to inspect the skin after being outdoors in wooded or grassy areas. Ticks often hide in obscured areas, such as around the hairline or elsewhere on the scalp. Ticks range in size from extremely tiny and difficult to see to being approximately the size of a pencil eraser. A tick, when filled with blood, can grow quite a bit in size.
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Tick Bites, First Aid 

Picture of Tick Bites, First Aid: It is important to inspect the skin after being outdoors in wooded or grassy areas. Ticks often hide in obscured areas, such as around the hairline or elsewhere on the scalp. Divider line
It is important to inspect the skin after being outdoors in wooded or grassy areas. Ticks often hide in obscured areas, such as around the hairline or elsewhere on the scalp.
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Treatments Your Provider May Prescribe
If self-care measures were taken as detailed above but not all of the tick was successfully removed, the physician will remove the remaining portion of the tick.

If signs of infection occur after a tick bite, the physician will diagnose and treat the underlying illness. Treatment for most tick-borne illnesses includes antibiotics.


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