Wife pulled a tick off her head three days ago after we went scouting. Now the area is swelling but is not red. She's going to Dr. in the morning but I was wondering. Have any of y'all ever had anything like this? And what could be? She said its extremely tender and fairly painful.

Sure she got the head or stinger thingy out? I didn't on one tick bite and the next day sucked when I had to take s needle to dig it out. ...

Just go get her a round of doxycycline and a shot pencillin in the butt cheek. Dont wait, just go get it done.

Probably an infection of some kind. Good thing she's going to the doctor. Any tick bite can be dangerous. Got a couple buddies with Lyme and it ain't no fun.... Neither of them had any kind of problems at the bite area though. One didn't even find a tick on him... They don't have to be attached to give you the disease. Just a bite will do it.. Hoping for good news!

Peroxide the site real well.

Probable cellulitis. Will need antibiotics

Get to the doctor. Had lyme disease and it aint fun.

Negative. A tick has to attach for at least 24 hours, and most times longer, to transmit the microbes hat cause Lyme disease and most other tick borne illnesses. Been there, got the T shirt.

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Yea, it all came out. Thanks for response guys.

Here's some good info to read over Shootnmiss.

I dealt with a tick borne illness a few years ago and learned a lot through my own resarch and Dr's visits. Lyme disease is transmitted through blacklegged ticks, and the bacteria they carry that causes Lyme is not very common in the Southeast. The primary most prominent disease causing tick in the Southeast is the Lone Star tick, which do not carry Lyme. They do cause many other bacterial illnesses that have similar symptoms, but the are not a carrier of Lyme. My bite had a red rash looking area around it and itched like hell. A few days later I started running a fever and aching all over. After about six weeks of antibiotics, I finally started to feel normal again. I hate ticks.


This is straight from the CDC website;


I've been bitten by a tick. Do I have Lyme disease?
If you have not done so already, remove the tick with fine-tipped tweezers.

The chances that you might get Lyme disease from a single tick bite depend on the type of tick, where you acquired it, and how long it was attached to you. Many types of ticks bite people in the U.S., but only blacklegged ticks transmit the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Furthermore, only blacklegged ticks in the highly endemic areas of the northeastern and north central U.S. are commonly infected. Finally, blacklegged ticks need to be attached for at least 24 hours before they can transmit Lyme disease. This is why it's so important to remove them promptly and to check your body daily for ticks if you live in an endemic area.

If you develop illness within a few weeks of a tick bite, see your health care provider right away. Common symptoms of Lyme disease include a rash, fever, body aches, facial paralysis, and arthritis. Ticks can also transmit other diseases, so it's important to be alert for any illness that follows a tick bite.


Is it true that you can get Lyme disease anywhere in the U.S.?
No. Lyme disease is spread through the bite of a blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis or Ixodes pacificus) that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. In the United States, most infections occur in the following endemic areas:

Northeast and mid-Atlantic, from northeastern Virginia to Maine
North central states, mostly in Wisconsin and Minnesota
West Coast, particularly northern California
Maps showing the distribution of human cases are based on where people live, which because of travel, is not necessarily where they became infected. Cases are sometimes diagnosed and reported from an area where Lyme disease is not expected, but they are almost always travel-related.

A lot of good info here.

http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/faq/index.html

Been bit so much myself personally i wouldnt worry bout it. Ive had up to 21 bites at one time and they all faded away in no time, good luck probly isnt nothing.

Treating her for lime although results ain't back. Swelling is getting worse and neck is getting stiff. I've pulled 31 off myself at one time and ain't never seen nothing like this, so yea, I'm getting worried.

Prayers Sent. Good she's getting treated. I have seen Lyme and Rockey Mountain Spotted Fever up close and personal and neither is anything you want to mess around with.
I pull an average of 30 ticks a year off myself and never had a problem but I have known several folks who have had just one and had problems.

Old school stuff here-daddy would burn them with a cigarette and a tick would drop right off. Daddy took the tobacco and spit to make a poultice and put tape over it. Come morning no signs of a bite whatsoever and we never got sick from ticks.

One put me in the hospital a week last year, be careful....

A couple years ago my some 19 at the time got a tick under his arm and it got infected. He stayed in the hospital for a couple weeks with very high fever, kidneys were starting to fail and for a while there we thought we would loose him. Doctors did not know what to do as all the known tick fevers test came back negative. Ticks are some bad insects with some illnesses not known. The old people just called it tick fever. I've had a lot of ticks on me but it only takes one of them to really give you a problem. Do not play with this, if it is red go to the doctor. My son did however recover but will not go in the woods without repellent.

Prayers for your wife....