Tick Bite

Home Care Advice - Call Your Doctor If
Treating Tick Bites
  • Reassurance
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  • Tick Removal
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  • Tick's Head
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  • Antibiotic Ointment
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  • Expected Course
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  • Call Your Doctor If
    •  Preventing Tick Bites
  • Prevention
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  • Tick Repellent for Skin - DEET
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  • Tick Repellent for Clothing - Permethrin
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    Call Your Doctor If

    • You can't remove the tick or the tick's head
    • Fever or rash in the next 2 weeks
    • Bite begins to look infected
    • Your child becomes worse

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