Tick Bites

As we enter the Summer season, pharmacy teams may see patients presenting with tick bites and potential symptoms of Lyme disease. It is important for pharmacy teams to recognise the signs and symptoms and appropriately signpost patients for further care.
Lymington Urgent Treatment Centre have produced a one page patient advice sheet that can be shared. There is also a short video that can be watched from the QR code on the advice sheet.

This is also a good way for staff to ensure their knowledge is up to date.

Download Advice Sheet here:

• Advice Sheet

Lyme Disease UK also have resources available to raise awareness of tick bite prevention including awareness packs, and an animation.

Resources:

• Key considerations and photo examples to help diagnose the rash;
• A Wake up to Lyme awareness pack – that includes posters, leaflets, tick cards and suggested social media posts
• An animation that can be played (if you have a digital screen) in your pharmacy.

The Royal College of General Practitioners website also has a Lyme Disease e-learning toolkit which is available for other healthcare professionals to access (please note, you will need to register on the website to be able to access the e-learning).