A member asked:

Tick bite- turned black and itchy (5 days old). i pulled the tick out all the way, and there are no other symptoms or discoloration. cause 4 concern?

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Dr. Carrie Cannon answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Tick bite: Yes, with all the tick-borne diseases possible. Best to have it looked at and consider prophylactic antibiotics, especially if acquired in a high prevalence Lyme's disease area or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever area. Please have a doctor look at it. MRSA is also a possibility.

Answered 12/25/2015

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