tick bite site itches after 1 year.

Hello everyone,

I have not posted lately because I went back to work. I am feeling much better with just minor flare ups,
but nothing like before my homeopathic and herbal treatments. Just wondering if anyone else experienced their tick bite site flaring up every once in a while.
Mine swells up out of nowhere and seems like I've just been bitten again. It swells up to the size of a dime and itches.
I know its the same exact place I was bitten over 1 year ago.
Not sure what this means or if it is significant in any way.
Just wondering if anyone else experienced this.

Peace,
Kodak

i never found where i was bit....but the top my my head is always very sore and itchy? I wonder if thats were i was bit. i also expirence headaches from this ;(

I've noticed that some people have itching in the area where they had a tick attach for some time later. I don't know if they ever discovered the reason that it would start itching again, or if it was a passing thing though.

Have you used the search function to look for older posts about this? That's what I would suggest.

Hi Joann!
Welcome to our community!! I'm glad you found us!!

Even though you don't believe you have Lyme, I would encourage you to take a look in our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread that sits at the top of the forum. In that thread you can find the "Master Symptom List" for Lyme disease. Take a look at that list of symptoms and see if you "see yourself" in them. You don't have to have even a majority of the symptoms to have Lyme disease!

When you said 'recurring tick bites', did you mean that you keep getting tick bites or that the tick bite that you have keeps getting inflamed and maybe itchy?

From what I understand, there are some that have this issue but no other symptoms of an active infection. Hopefully you are one of those and don't need any treatment, but if you discover that you have been having symptoms, I would greatly encourage you to seek out treatment.

We can help answer questions, help you find articles and be a wonderful support as you go through this time. Please let us know how we can help!

I was diagnosed with Lyme over a year ago. I never had the "ring" but I did have an embedded tick. I had Bell's Palsy shortly after the tick bite but now have no serious lingering symptoms of Lyme. Its unnerving that the site of the tick bite does occasionally flare up. It swells to about the size of a pea and itches. Its awful what one tiny little bug can do!

I was in the middle of my 21 day course of doxycycline when I had the Bell's Palsy. Unlike others, I was very lucky that it didn't last long.

Fronton - What does your LLMD say about this? Any concerns?

Hi,

I am in Australia and got bitten by a tick that left me feeling sick for weeks. I had a massive itchy sore lump at the bite spot for around 2-3 months afterwards. I don't remember any symptoms of rashes or fevers etc. at the time - but I didn't feel well, and I did experience vertigo and other weird feelings for the first time in my life. I was in great health at the time when I got bitten. I then went to the States for 4 weeks on vacation.

2 months after I returned, I became very ill, ANA was high, muscle and bone pain all over, extreme fatigue, sharp stabbing pains randomly all over my body like someone had made a voodoo doll out of me, kept getting blood tests and other for the next 6 months, lost my job as a PE Teacher Trainer cause even packing up my sack seemed too hard, and eventually docs put me in the basket of fibromyalgia because docs here don't consider Lyme disease as an option. I didn't even get asked if I had had a tick bite, or if I had been overseas....

Anyway, the reason I came across your post was because I was searching for recurring inflammation/irritation at the original bite site (same as the other Aussie guy who said he was bitten by a roo tick and had recurring itching etc). It has been 4 years since I was bitten, and it is not often, but occasionally throughout that period (when I am really run-down) that I get a massive lump (resembling a tumor or boil) at the exact bite location - just like what I had initially. It is a little itchy sometimes, but mostly feels a bit tender. I have even thought throughout that period that I may have a small tumor/cancer growing/shrinking in that location.

However, this last time squashed all ideas of that! I was flat-out with work, not stressed, but just drained and tired, and there it was the next day - almost the size of a marble. I rested, drank ginger tea all day, piled in the garlic, and the next day the lump was completely gone. This is not a tumor or cancer coincidentally growing on the bite site - this is something related to the whole bacterial legacy of that vermin that bit me.

I didn’t post this, but I have not had my bite site flare for over 4 months now. How? I take antihistamines. This means it was an immune reaction and my body was producing histamines. I recommend you try Zyrtec or something similar and see if that takes care of it.

Hi, All.

Very interesting post.

I never saw a tick on my arm, where a bull's-eye rash appeared.

But over the years, I have found numerous ticks embedded in my scalp, near the back of my neck. And I had a constantly itchy spot on my back for at least two years. I consulted a dermatologist about the itchy spot. She saw nothing there, but I think I must have had a tick bite there and just never knew it.

I am sure the ticks came from my little black toy poodle, who sleeps with me. For years, I gave her a pill that I thought prevented or killed fleas and ticks, but it turns out that the pill did not affect ticks. She now gets a pill that takes care of both and I no longer find ticks on me.

Hi editink - welcome!

So you've had many tick bites...along with rashes...but don't have any other 'stuff' going on to indicate lyme disease?

editink said...
Thanks for the welcome. Ii have not had typical symptoms of Lyme disease, to my knowledge. I just turned 60 and have some long-standing musculoskeletal challenges (scoliosis, lumbar disc surgery in '96, fibromyalgia, and some symptoms of Sjogren's without a positive test [my mother has it]). I also am allergic to many antibiotics, so that has made my doctor reluctant to prescribe an antibiotic unless there is a firm reason. I am particularly interested in complementary natural and herbal medications that might stabilize my immune system. One complicating factor is that I take warfarin blood thinner, and my coagulation level is quite variable, so I must monitor the possible effects of any new medication or natural remedy on that parameter. I monitor this level using a meter at home, so I can check as often as weekly, if needed. One other note is that I was recently diagnosed with a moderate mammalian meat allergy to beef (alpha gal test), and I've been avoiding all meats for about 3 weeks. Presumably, this mammalian meat allergy developed in response to tick bites. Thanks for your thoughts, and those of the community.

Reading this post - I think you should look into lyme disease (musculosketal challenges, fibromyalgia, sjogren's symptom, recent meat allergy)
What prompted the warfarin ?

Those ^^^^ along with the multiple tick bites and rashes....go to a LLMD and get an evaluation.

My initial symptoms didn't include the usual: flu-like symptoms, fatigue, headaches, swollen lymph nodes ...that many people get.