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[quote=Anonymous]When I had Lyme, I never noticed the tick -- it was probably in my hair line on back of my head because I do remember feeling what I thought was a tiny pimple there around the right time - -never would've been able to see it.

DS has had tick bites 3 times, treated for Lyme twice, once just in case (for reasons particular to his situation at the time) and tested positive once -- obvious rash and positive titers. The third time we saved the tick and had the tick checked. It was Lyme free, so no treatment. I found the tick all three times -- when engorged it looked like a new, raised, black mole or skin tag, but very tiny -- it had probably been there for at least a day before it was visible. Even then, I've always had to take a close up photo and then enlarge it to see that it really is a tick. His were always in pretty obvious spots though -- like a black dot in the middle of his round white belly or right below his ear. The tick's we've gotten in DC have not had Lyme.  FWIW, both our cases of Lyme were contracted in Pennsylvania while visiting there and hiking in the woods. We don't go in those particular woods anymore, but we do go outside.[/quote]

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