here.Unaware of what had caused it, Jen treated the swollen lump - which looked like a mosquito bite - with antiseptic cream and antihistamines.But over the course of a week the lump became worse and after eight days Ellie was complaining about a pain in her leg and it came up in a rash, forming a bull's eye pattern.After calling 111, Jen was advised to take her daughter to hospital and within an hour she was being treated on Wigan Hospital's Rainbow Ward for an infected tick bite."I honestly didn't know the seriousness of this type of bite and want to make other parents aware of this, especially with the increase of people's outdoor adventures," said Jen, who lives in Wigan."Ellie was kept in through the night.
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