Madison Area Lyme Support Group

A family day of berry-picking in the Swedish countryside turned into a medical ordeal when a mother discovered a tick clinging to her daughter’s eyelashes.

Alessandra Paiusco (@la.tuttologa) from Uppsala, Sweden, shared the find in a post on TikTok, with a close-up image showing the insect lodged in her 1-year-old’s lash line.

The 33-year-old told Newsweek the family had been on holiday at a farm about an hour outside Uppsala with her parents, Marco, 63, and Lea, 57, along with her children Leonidas, nearly 3, and Olympia.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Yeah – truly creepy.

Ticks have been found just about everywhere:

• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/07/30/ticks-found-on-eyeball-buttocks-and-penis/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/05/02/tick-in-boys-ear-had-to-be-surgically-removed/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/01/03/tick-bite-in-ear-gave-uk-teacher-rickettsial-typhus-infection/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/06/07/ticks-on-beaches/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2025/07/08/ticks-shut-down-beach/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/10/27/israeli-kids-get-lyme-disease-from-ticks-in-caves/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2023/12/07/must-see-video-can-ticks-fly-with-the-help-of-static-electricity-yes/
  • While ticks can’t fly on their own, I’ve seen them be blown in wind.  I’ve also heard a story of a person walking through the forest out east where tick populations are high.  They heard what sounded like rain drops falling, but it wasn’t rain.  It was ticks dropping from trees!
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/03/13/ticks-found-on-rocks/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/05/17/video-showing-questing-ticks-in-the-middle-of-the-sidewalk/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/06/15/ticks-are-in-urban-areas-too/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/08/17/of-birds-and-ticks/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/08/12/pet-owners-have-nearly-2-times-the-risk-of-finding-ticks/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/05/24/cat-ownership-and-rural-residence-are-associated-with-lyme-disease-prevalence-in-the-northeastern-united-states/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/07/13/tv-anchor-speaks-out-about-lyme-disease/  (TV news anchor got bit at a garden party on a deck with an overhanging tree)
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/05/31/no-lyme-in-the-south-guess-again/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/05/20/ticks-killed-nearly-90-of-moose-calves-maine-farmer-is-burning-her-property-to-rid-it-of-ticks/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/07/15/how-ticks-ambush-give-you-lyme-msids/

Where’s Waldo the tick?