A lump after a tick bite remains for several reasons - allergy, inflammation, infection with a dangerous disease. In order not to be guessed, you need after detection of a parasite go to the clinic to be removed by specialists. Tick sent for analysis to the laboratory, the bite site is being processed. In the presence of an allergic reaction, special drugs are prescribed.
Sealing at the site of a bite: causes
Does a lump remain after removal of the parasite - not always. Depends on the correctness arachnids, the reaction of the immune system to damage to the skin, the ingress of a foreign substance.
- Wrong actions. After removing the tick a head or proboscis may remain under the skin. After a few hours, a person has a red seal, inflammation begins. The decay of a pest particle leads to the formation of an abscess, an abscess. The inflammatory process also begins with improper wound treatment after removing the pest, the penetration of pathogens.
- Allergic reaction. Immunity reacts to saliva entering the blood during a bite, damage to the epidermis, the presence of an extraneous creature under the skin in different ways. If a lump appears at the site of a tick bite, there is extensive redness, itching, swelling, it is an allergy. After the pimple appeared, a general deterioration in well-being can be observed.
- Infection. Another reason why a lump appears is a dangerous disease. Ticks spread encephalitis, borreliosissome other diseases. Typical symptoms develop within 7-60 days, but compaction after a tick bite appears almost immediately. The primary manifestations of the disease resemble flu. If you feel worse, you should contact a specialist, be sure to tell about the case with tick bite.
What to do if a lump remains, depends on the cause of its appearance. In the absence of infection, severe allergies, the condition normalizes within a week without special treatment.
Acne Elimination
If a lump has formed on the head, periodically wipe it with alcohol tincture. If there are particles of the body under the skin, they turn to the clinic, the specialist removes foreign materials with tools. In the presence of allergies, any antihistamine, anti-allergic agent is used - Psilo-Balm, Fenistil, Advantan, Elokom. When decaying a bump from a bite, an antibiotic is required - Levomekol, Tetracycline ointment, as well as Vishnevsky ointment, aloe leaves.
