The ER physician removed a deeply impeded wood tick Nov. 15 from my abdomen. Nothing took the red itchy hard subcutaneous "bump" away, although cortisone ointment helped cool down the itch. I saw a dermatologist March 16. He called it a granuloma and injected the area with cortisone. Within a week, it has resolved. There is just a pale purplish scar. The bump is gone and there is no itch. Sweet relief after 4 months of annoyance!!
See a dermatologist.