After contact with nature (garden, park, forest, ...), you should inspect your whole body for ticks, since a tick can be very small. A tick gets under your clothes and moves around on your body. Ask another person to help you inspect difficult places, or use a mirror.
Check especially:
- The head
- Behind the ears
- Underarms
- Belly button
- Groin
- Between the buttocks
- Behind the knee
- Between the toes
Monitor the bite area in the following weeks for redness. Contact your GP if a growing red patch forms around the bite, or if there are signs of flu (fever, muscle or joint pain).