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Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Sting through Ixodes ricinus, which can lead to the transmission of pathogens. Infestation by pigeon ticks is rarer.

LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.

Mostly neck, flexion, scrotum.

ClinicThis section has been translated automatically.

Little itching at the puncture site, brown-red to black round tick body.

Complication(s)(associated diseasesThis section has been translated automatically.

Tick granuloma, Lyme borreliosis, lymphadenosis cutis benigna, erythema chronicum migrans, acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans, tick-bite fever, early summer meningoencephalitis.

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

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.

Note(s)This section has been translated automatically.

Ticks can survive a full wash of clothing, so a tick bite can occur long after a walk in the forest. See also ticks.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Carroll J (2007) Tough: Ticks survive the full wash cycle. Close to the skin 6: 318

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer