This is a new service offered by the TBD Clinic to ensure that you receive recent tick bite treatment as promptly as possible.
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are usually easier to treat, the earlier they are diagnosed.
If you believe that you have recently (withing the last 4 weeks) been bitten by a tick, please contact us on 07398 416 917 or info@tbdclinic.com to book your 30-minute appointment for Recent Tick Bite Consultation
*This will be a scheduled remote consultation, for within 1 working day of contact.*
What is the Recent Tick Bite Consultation?
- An appointment 1 working day from contact
- Appointments will be remote via an online video with a TBD Clinic clinician
- 30-minute appointment in which your recent tick bite and possible treatment options will be discussed.
- If treatment includes an antibiotic protocol, a prescription will be provided.
- Cost: £175
How do I tell if it is a tick bite?
Tick bites can be hard to identify due to varying characteristics, such as bite site being itchy for some bites, but not itchy for all bites.
As ticks can be very small, the bite may not be felt and may bite you in areas not easily noticed, e.g. folds of the skin, hair line, on one’s back. Generally, a small bump may appear on the site where the tick attached to the skin. At any point after a tick bite, a rash, swelling, blistering or bruising may appear.
Ticks can carry many tick-borne diseases, which include Lyme (Borrelia), Babesia and Bartonella, amongst others, even in the UK. These different diseases present with different, as well as overlapping symptoms and rashes. You may be infected with Borrelia, Babesia, Bartonella and other co-infections without developing any visible rash post tick bite.
If a rash does appear, it may possibly present as a bull’s eye patten (also known as the Erythema Migrans or EM rash), with the site being red, a whiter ring around the site, surrounded by a darker red ring. According to the NICE guidelines (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), the bull’s eye rash is a valid diagnosis of Lyme and antibiotic treatment of 21 days is recommended, without testing being required in order to treat. This bull’s eye rash does not always appear on all those infected with Lyme (also known as Borrelia).