My daughter was bitten by a tick on the back of her head, I managed to remove the body and 20 minutes later, I believe the head. Advice?

Good evening sir,

Super!

Do you know how long the tick has been hanging around?

Another good news!

In such a case, there is no need to take antibiotic prophylaxis (an antibiotic to prevent complications from the tick bite). In fact, this risk is extremely low when the tick is hooked for less than 24 hours.

All that will be done is to monitor the child's skin at the site of the bite. Over the next 2 to 3 days, it might get a little red...that's normal.

But if after that 3 days the skin starts to get red and that redness seems to be getting bigger, you'll need to see a doctor.

Good day,

Alexandre Chagnon, pharmacist