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Tick bite
50 y/o female
New tick bite with tick attached less than 10 hours. Deer tick pic magnified.
First pic after removal of tick and third pic 24 hours after removal.
Absence of pruritus.
History of chronic Lyme disease.
Any management beyond antibiotics?
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