What should you know about tick bites, and when is medical treatment required in Europe?

Tick bites explained: tick removal, Lyme disease risk, erythema migrans rash, tick-borne infections, and prescribing criteria.

In this episode, we outline how tick bites are managed under EU medical guidance and when antibiotics may be considered.

You’ll learn:

• How to safely remove a tick (fine-tipped tweezers, steady upward pull)

• Why crushing or twisting the tick is discouraged

• Early signs of Lyme disease (expanding red rash, flu-like symptoms)

• The difference between local irritation and erythema migrans

• When blood tests are or are not useful

• When prophylactic or therapeutic antibiotics may be prescribed

• Red flag symptoms such as severe headache, joint swell ...