ASAP Tick Testing Needed URGENT
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Anonymous
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Just found tick attached to 7 year old daughters ear. We don't know how long it was attached. She has a 1-2mm bruise on her ear now. We did save the tick, it is alive. We put it in a bag in the fridge. Please I need to know ASAP where I can take this tick to get tested for lyme disease and what ever other diseases it can carry.
Does anyone know of reputable lab that does this? |
Anonymous
| The people at urgent care or in ER will know. But you must treat with antibiotics. By the time you get results back from lab- your window of time to treat will be closed. |
Anonymous
| I was told you have to mail to someplace in New England. If you don’t get a good answer here tonight, call doc in the morning. Or Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. I heard they have one of the best Lyme disease research programs. |
Anonymous
| Fairfax county has a tick clinic and I’ve known people that drove ticks to them …. Try googling it |
Anonymous
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I think you can actually take the tick to their Sterling location for testing/identification or mail it to them. We did this about 2 years ago and got a quick response. You can also send them a picture to identify what kind of tick it is. We tried this first and they got back to us right away. I just wasn’t able to get a good enough picture so we sent it in.
https://ticksafety.com/tick-detective/ |
Anonymous
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When mine had a tick on the ear, the pediatrician said we didn't have to do antibiotics or get it tested but if we wanted to (we didn't), this was the place: https://www.tickcheck.com/
Are you sure it's a type that carries Lyme disease? Ours was a dog tick, which doesn't carry Lyme disease. We did have a better guess on length of time it had been attached than you do, though, based on where we had been. |
Anonymous
She is 7 so i am worried about doxy as can discolor her teeth , per uptodate its the only one that can be given. There are many websites claiming they test ticks but I am worried as to how valid the test results are. i just called ER they dont do telehealth nor offer advice, Ill call ped first thing in AM and also fairfax County Health Dept. |
Anonymous
PM Pediatrics does do telehealth until midnight if you want that and have the child with you. https://pmpediatrics.com/pmpanywhere/ |
Anonymous
thank you for this! i actually texted the number and they said it is an adult deer tick female. They seem to only test for Lyme, i see other places test for other illnesses too, I am now confused as to what to do... |
Anonymous
| Definitely get it tested. We did doxy for my seven year old when tick was confirmed positive for Lyme. It’s not something to mess around with. |
Anonymous
I used tickreport.com It’s scary but the good thing is that you have the tick and caught it early so you can treat. |
Anonymous
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Was the tick engorged? Just watch the spot for redness and watch for fever, etc. Lots of deer ticks out there; you can't do antibiotics for every tick bite.
Our pediatrician and the adult doctors we see won't treat without symptoms anyway. |
Anonymous
Tickreport.com $50 as of past year excellent service. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Seeing ped this morning via tele-health, really hope they are willing to RX prophylacticly if tick positive. Still debating between testing in Sterling Elisa-only Lyme or sending to the tickreport in Mass-given its Friday--will not get back in less than 72 hours. |
Anonymous
How many doses? pede was not concerned about teeth discoloration? |