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A member asked:

Healing of tick bite extremely slow. still painful. using bactraban. was bitten 4 weeks ago. have been on antibiotics for 15 days after bite.

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Vague: Are you sure it was a tick? Did you remove it yourself? How? Where? "Healing slow" is not a description of anything. Exactly what is the appearance, size, pain, pus, blood, etc.? Exactly which "antibiotics"? Any other symptoms? See a Dr.

Dr Chuu agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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