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I am 26 weeks pregnant. just woke up to find a tick on my wrist. a black tick but removed carefully. will baby be okay will we get tick bite fever?
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See your doctor: The baby will have get any infection unless you had the tick long enough for it to pass an infection. Recommend you see your doctor, who can do testing.
Answered 12/3/2017
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