Sting through Ixodes ricinus, which can lead to the transmission of pathogens. Infestation by pigeon ticks is rarer.
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Mostly neck, flexion, scrotum.
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Little itching at the puncture site, brown-red to black round tick body.
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Pull out the tick with splinter tweezers as close as possible to the skin, i.e. grasp the tick's head, no manipulation of the tick's body! If necessary removal by punch biopsy. Control of the borrelia serology (14 days and 6 weeks after tick bite).
In TBE virus endemic areas: treatment of complications if necessary. In case of tick bite inflammation: systemic antibiosis (give generous indication), furthermore external antiseptic therapy with polyvidon iodine ointment(e.g. Betaisodona). S.a. Borreliosis, Lyme disease, tick-bite fever, early summer meningoencephalitis.
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Ticks can survive a full wash of clothing, so a tick bite can occur long after a walk in the forest. See also ticks.
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- Carroll J (2007) Tough: Ticks survive the full wash cycle. Close to the skin 6: 318