Everytime i leaned back in my chair today, my back would hurt in a certain spot. I thought it was just a bruise since i get them all the time. During the day i kept getting shooting pains down my lower back, but i thought nothing of it. Then when i got home today, i looked at my back and there was a tick with a red circle around it. Could this be lyme disease or should i just not worry about it?
Please answer me!
Oh im sorry to say, but yes this is lyme diesease…and you need an immediate check up.you have all the symptoms with your back hurting and all. a normal tick bite, doesnt have a huge effect, but a tick with lyme diesease has a red circle around it, just like you have. Sorry to say, but you need to see a doctor imemdieatly. trust me i know people who had it. sorry and good luck
Does the red circle look anything like this ? upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co…
If so you should probably go see a doctor.
A red ring around a tick bite is diagnostic for Lyme disease. Please go to the doctor right away and ask for doxycline. your absolute best chance of getting rid of Lyme is to hit it with antibiotics right off the bat, before it has a chance to get entrenched in your system.
Good sources of info about Lyme disease:
lymedisease.org
canlyme.com
lymenet.org
lymeinfo.net
lymediseaseassociation.org
ilads.org
betterhealthguy.com
hi Yes this is almost definitely Lyme Disease. I read the other posts re: Lyme. Please get on at lest one month of Doxycline, but do read alot of the sites about Lyme and it's co-infections. there is a good chance to beat it if you get it early, but that is no guarantee/. The bite may look like a bull"s eye or not, and you should be on the lookout for any other symptoms in the months ahead. Please look at empirestatelymediseaseassociation, and check out the symptoms. I also like lymediseasefoundation.org. since the tick was attached for so long, infection is very likely. Also look up: canlyme.com Good Luck Evelyn t
No one is going to know if its Lyme disease unless they are a trained physician AND they've seen the mark and run blood and maybe even lumbar tests (the blood tests often come back with a false negative).
If you get diagnosed and treated with Lyme you will probably be fine in no time. if you wait and put it off, then you may suffer permanent brain damage, fatigue, and other difficulties, so do not mess around – get to a doctor right away.
If your doctor says you have Lyme disease, you should still get a second opinion on the treatment because most doctors are sadly out of the loop on the disease (many don't even realize the blood tests are only 30% accurate). if the blood test comes back negative, get another one if they don't order lumbar tests.
Lastly, the circle may be small, but the way the rash develops, the circle will probably get larger and larger until it goes away. most people who are infected with Lyme never get a circle-rash at all so at least you were lucky enough to get this warning sign.
Good luck 
Have Friend carefully remove tick from your back with tweezers by grabbing near skin & s-l-o-w-l-y tugging out. place tick in small clear plastic bag. Disinfect bite site.
Immediately bring said tick to your doc's & explain how "dug in" it was & estimate time of attachment for him or her as best you can.
Let your doc decide whether antibiotic therapy is appropriate. They will consider the species of tick, how engorged (swollen with your blood) it is, how long it might have been attached & how prevalent Lyme is in your area.
If you DID get infected with Lyme [spirochettes], you're very fortunate in that you caught it very early & you can eliminate any possibility of contracting the disease with the appropriate antibiotic, typically doxycycline.
The "little red circle" is likely just a local reaction to the tick bite itself, not a Lyme ring. Don't fret. It will heal fine.
Lyme symptoms don't show themselves immediately. However, young children can very quickly develop partial paralysis from neurotoxins in the tick saliva. this paralysis spreads up from the legs. this needs to be attended to promptly at an E.R.!