Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MDLearning what a tick bite looks like is essential because you can’t rely on seeing the tick. The tick may fall off quickly or be so small it’s undetectable.

You probably will not start paying attention to a tick bite unless you develop an infection or allergic reaction. Tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), for ...

Getting a tick bite can be understandably scary: They're most often discussed in the context of people developing Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can either be easily treated if caught ...

A woman who was bitten by a tick and told she’d be fine says undiagnosed Lyme Disease left her bedbound. Alayna Bellquist was left with a small, red pattern on her stomach after the parasite nipped ...

"A tiny tick could have taken our sweet boy from us. We are so lucky to be able to share his story," Jonny Simoson's mom Jamie Simoson told PEOPLE on Saturday A 3-year-old boy in Pennsylvania was ...

The antibody tests available in the Netherlands are reliable, according to this doctoral research. However, it is important to test only in case of symptoms specific for Lyme disease and a real chance ...

Alayna developed worrying symptoms in 2018 but didn't think they had anything to do with the tick bite a year earlier. It wasn't until a riding accident in 2020, when her symptoms dramatically ...