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[quote=Anonymous]I have had more experience than I care to say.  I've probably pulled 5 ticks off my kid over the years.

First, don't panic.  You should talk to your pediatrician's office.  If you know how long the tick was on there, and it was less than 36 hours, the chances of transmission are slim.  Contrary to the PP's assertion, my rather holisitc pediatrician will put the child on an antibiotic if you can't confirm how long the tick was there.  Our kid gets stomach issues from the antibiotic, so now, we send the tick for testing and then put her on antibiotics if it comes back positive, which ours did last summer.   Our pediatrician was able to send the tick out for testing for us and insurance paid for it.  The testing took a couple of long weeks, though, and DH and I were not in agreement on whether to treat first or test the tick first.  It appears to have all turned out ok, though.

Go to the website of that Germantown test site, and it will tell you how to preserve it for testing, if that is the route you choose.[/quote]

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