{"id":2443,"date":"2014-11-02T20:39:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T20:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2024-01-17T21:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:18:44","slug":"woodland-walks-ticks-and-recognising-lyme-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/woodland-walks-ticks-and-recognising-lyme-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Symptoms of Lyme Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

We visited the Vyne, a National Trust<\/a> venue near Basingstoke in Hampshire, which was stunning and had so much for the children to do. Tick bites and Lyme disease were the last things on my mind.<\/p>\n

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We had a great time exploring the very extensive woodland (where we found our first geocache<\/a>), the walled garden, house and chapel. Then we had a nice long walk around the ornamental lake.<\/p>\n

Lyme Disease<\/h2>\n

The day after our visit one of my daughters told me they had a spider on their arm. There was a weird black spot on the inside of her elbow. I tried to rub it off but it didn’t budge. I kept picking, but then was concerned that maybe I was actually scratching off a mole. Then the thing came off. We put it on some white paper and discovered it had legs!!<\/p>\n

I immediately took a photo. I wasn’t sure what it was and whether it was something I needed to be concerned about, \u00a0so I consulted the Oracle that is Facebook, and my friends immediately responded. It was unanimous: it was a tick. Everyone said I should get it checked out, as without using a proper removal tool I may have left part of the tick in her skin and this would be bad. This site has some very useful information about proper removal and dos and don’ts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Not the best pic, but you get the idea<\/p><\/div>\n

The doctor took my call very seriously and we went the same day. He couldn’t ascertain whether I had removed the whole thing or not.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of Lyme Disease<\/h2>\n

The doctor said I needed to be very vigilant. I had to look out for\u00a0a ‘target\/bullseye<\/span>\u00a0rash’ which expands radially from the site of the tick bite. This can occur from two\u00a0to 30 days after the initial bite. This is a symptom of Lyme disease. <\/span><\/p>\n

Other early symptoms could include: <\/span><\/p>\n