S2 Ep1153: Being Medically Prepared for Your Holiday and Tick Bites…

With many of us about to go off on our holidays whether that might be a break here in the UK or further afield for this weeks check in with Glasgow based Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick we start with what we all should be thinking about in terms of our medicines when we are about to go off on our holidays and whether it would be a good idea to take a first aid kit with us too.  Then RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey asked Elizabeth about tick bites, how do you know if you have been bitten, the importance of removing a tick bite properly and when to seek medical help for a tick bite.You will find out more about tick bites on the following pages of the NHS website -https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tick-borne-encephalitis/To get in touch with Elizabeth you can email [email protected] or for more information visit - https://elizabethroddick.com/ Image:  Picture showing Elizabeth standing in her pharmacy, dressed in her white pharmacist coat and a colourful bandana around her neck, she's smiling. Warmly at the camera with her hands slightly raised.