Author: Ella J Harrison-Hansley / Editor: Ryan C Hobbs / Reviewer: Kathryn Blackmore / Codes: SLO1, SLO5, TP10 / Published: 09/09/2021
A 46-year-old female, seen with her daughter, presents to the Emergency Department with a tick embedded in right upper chest wall.
She had been walking her dogs in the local lanes. Once she had returned home she had felt an irritation on her chest wall and had found a tick embedded in her skin. DH antidepressant. AH nil. PMH nil.
16 responses
good case
Very educational case with clear concise management
not seen commonly but very well presented
Clear and concise. had one recently
All you need to know about treating lymes disease in ED.
Excellent resource. I don’t see many of the actual ticks, but come across a number of suspected lesions(Erythema Migrans) that prove to lyme’s disease.
Just enough to know in this case.
very useful information on relatively common presentation
Get a few presentations like these in Dorset
Thanks
Excellent concise overview
Excellent Summary of Lyme disease and its complications.
rare in our side but interesting case for learning
Great summary of Lyme disease and approach to ticks
good review
excellent
Good learning and concise management plan.