Actually, the red ring isn't due to the tick burying it's legs into us.

I've six or more such bites already this season. Red ring, itchy as heck...is part of it and subsides in about 10 days. My money is on David Johnson's Ledum. Will Taylor once wrote he uses it in 10M but as Shoshy suggested, 200 might be more appropriate for an elderly person. A 60+ year old friend took one dose 10M two days before beginning the antibiotic treatment and avoided having to go through that experience.

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