Deer tick bite and lyme disease?!
Question: Deer tick bite and lyme disease!?
i went on a field trip to be in the forest and hike!. i went home and after 14 hours later i found a tick on me!. i was scared so i pulled it out and the tick head isnt there i think because there is nothing but a red dot the size of its head!. i threw it away and im scared i might have lyme disease!. i heard that doctors usually treat it late becasue of negatives in tests or that poeple always have the symptoms or something like that forever!. please i dont want to die or even have lyme disese!. and how common is lyme disease out of 10 people!? also answer other questions!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
First of all there are lots of different types of ticks!. If it was big it won't carry lyme disease, if it was about the size of crumb it could have lyme!. Basically if you have lyme you'll show symptoms pretty soon!. Doctors usually play it safe and give you medicine to treat lyme even if it isn't there just to prevent it!. If you have it or if the tick has it nothing will test negative, so i don't know where u heard that!. You shouldn't have thrown the tick out because you can have it sent out to get tested!. I tested positive for Lyme Disease last year, I found the tick by luck (I was scratching an itch on my back and it came out under my nail) and 2 or so days later I had the classic bulls eye rash and a high fever along with nausea!. Don't worry you won't die, just go to your doctor, a simple blood test will rule it out!. And you'll know if you have it soon!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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