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Also do bullseye tick bites get bigger or stay the same?

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Dr. Joseph Bouvier answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

See below: Usually, if you have a tick bite which then becomes a bulls-eye in appearance, this is the hallmark sign for lyme disease and the bulls-eye will usually increase in size and will need to be treated with antibiotics. See your doctor asap.

Answered 6/19/2016

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