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Unfortunately how I look, I get passed off as someone that enjoys drugs.
Considering I got most of my T3 with codine from my gall bladder surgery.
Tick and Lyme Disease Awareness
- Thread starter Jay
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Unfortunately how I look, I get passed off as someone that enjoys drugs.
Considering I got most of my T3 with codine from my gall bladder surgery.
Yeap, go to family doctor, walk in or whatever and get doxy…the sooner the better, just as a precautionary measure.
If you had a tick less than 24-36 hrs the risk is extremely low even if it had started to feed, once it started to feed and get fat it takes over 36 hrs for the risk to be real…but even then only about 30% carry crap that may infect and even when you get infected only 30 % of people get sick…so I was told in a hospital emergency by my doctor.
Regardless, get doxy treatment.
I, hear ivermectin also works well for tick bites…(not a medical advice).
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- Location
- Western Canada
They're everywhere. I pulled one off me today when we were out in the bush in BC, wasn't even out of the truck for 30 mins before I found one on me.
Last fall I had one on the back of my shoulder that I didn’t notice for about 24 hrs. Paid around $60-70 to send it off to geneticks and thankfully it came back negative.
I’ve got a gallon of Martin’s 10% permethrin I got off eBay. Started to treat our clothing but it takes forever to do all the clothes for the whole family.
I’ve got a gallon of Martin’s 10% permethrin I got off eBay. Started to treat our clothing but it takes forever to do all the clothes for the whole family.
It's the fastest spreading infectious disease in North America and in no time flat has spread all over the world it seems.
You'd think science, at least publicly funded science, would be working hard on finding ways to neutralize the spirochete that causes the illness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrelia_burgdorferi
But apparently not.
You'd think science, at least publicly funded science, would be working hard on finding ways to neutralize the spirochete that causes the illness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrelia_burgdorferi
But apparently not.
Thunderhog
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- East Kootneys
Ticks remind me of Liberals, they suck the life out of you while hiding......
Trudy hid in his estranged wife's panties during the Freedom Convoy, then he freezes their bank accounts.......
Sounds an awful like a tick to me.
Who would have thought that ticks are actually Liberals in training!......
Trudy hid in his estranged wife's panties during the Freedom Convoy, then he freezes their bank accounts.......
Sounds an awful like a tick to me.
Who would have thought that ticks are actually Liberals in training!......
We haven't really cracked Malaria yet, so no surprise.It's the fastest spreading infectious disease in North America and in no time flat has spread all over the world it seems.
You'd think science, at least publicly funded science, would be working hard on finding ways to neutralize the spirochete that causes the illness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrelia_burgdorferi
But apparently not.
Totally agreed……
That’s a serious problem and I can certainly relate to it. My Dr had retired and I was at the mercy of the local clinic. After one negative test, they wanted me to go away. The mention of online research brought a strong negative response from them. Convincing them that multiple matching symptoms from the Mayo Clinic might have some credibility was even a struggle at first. Three years of upper body strength loss was the result and I’m quite fortunate that it finally went away basically on its own. Many have had it for years so I’m quite lucky in that regard.
Where I live in the near north of ontario, the ticks seem to be getting worse every year. 5 years ago we never would have heard of ticks. This year I've pulled three off of myself already! This isn't from going hiking in the woods or anything, this is just from being on my own property in a semi-rural area. on 2 occasions it was actually our dogs that brought the ticks into the house, and the ticks left the dogs and went on our furniture, and then crawled onto the next human who sat on that furniture.
Fortunately it seems that so far we have got all the ticks very promptly, when they were still very small and obviously hadn't been latched on for long. I've kept the ticks just in case, but there have been no rashes or other symptoms to raise concern.
My big question, and this is a bit off topic, is how some people manage to have the tick latch on long enough to give them Lyme disease? all my Googling tells me that the tick generally has to be bitten in for 24 to 36 hours in order to give you Lyme disease. That's a long time to have a bug stuck on you and not notice. Or more to my point, that's a long time to have a bug Stuck on You without your s ex partner noticing! I mean, if my wife had a tick stuck on her, I promise you I would see it! It makes me wonder if the solution to Lyme disease isn't just for people to have more regular s ex?!
. I'm only half joking.
When I read that Shania Twain got Lyme disease, I really was shocked. How is it possible that one of the best looking woman in Canadian history has such a Spartan s ex life that a tick was able to go undetected for 36 hours?? Something is not right with the universe there...
Fortunately it seems that so far we have got all the ticks very promptly, when they were still very small and obviously hadn't been latched on for long. I've kept the ticks just in case, but there have been no rashes or other symptoms to raise concern.
My big question, and this is a bit off topic, is how some people manage to have the tick latch on long enough to give them Lyme disease? all my Googling tells me that the tick generally has to be bitten in for 24 to 36 hours in order to give you Lyme disease. That's a long time to have a bug stuck on you and not notice. Or more to my point, that's a long time to have a bug Stuck on You without your s ex partner noticing! I mean, if my wife had a tick stuck on her, I promise you I would see it! It makes me wonder if the solution to Lyme disease isn't just for people to have more regular s ex?!
. I'm only half joking.When I read that Shania Twain got Lyme disease, I really was shocked. How is it possible that one of the best looking woman in Canadian history has such a Spartan s ex life that a tick was able to go undetected for 36 hours?? Something is not right with the universe there...
I just mix it, spray it on (always in the shade or garage) until it wets the surface, let it dry, repeat a couple times per season.
AND use ICARIDIN insect repellent. Treat your dogs however you're comfortable, but do treat them.
ok after reading this thread i am super paranoid (i have always been afraid of ticks actually)
something bit me last week and it caused an allergic reaction, mainly difficulty breathing! I took Benadryl and my asthma medicine (Ventolin and Flovent) and eventually it subsided. I didnt have other symptoms like headache, nausea or fever. The bite is located just under my belly button and i didnt see any tick. I was also wearing a long sleeve shirt at the time.
hard to get a good pic but this is what i looked like the day of the bite
and now
Does this look like a tick, spider, blackfly or something else?
RL
something bit me last week and it caused an allergic reaction, mainly difficulty breathing! I took Benadryl and my asthma medicine (Ventolin and Flovent) and eventually it subsided. I didnt have other symptoms like headache, nausea or fever. The bite is located just under my belly button and i didnt see any tick. I was also wearing a long sleeve shirt at the time.
hard to get a good pic but this is what i looked like the day of the bite
and now
Does this look like a tick, spider, blackfly or something else?
RL
Just my thinking, if you have an allergic reaction to ANYTHING, you should seek medical advice, not advice from a bunch of folks on a website. I have never heard of an allergic reaction to a tick bite, but I am NOT a medical expert!ok after reading this thread i am super paranoid (i have always been afraid of ticks actually)
something bit me last week and it caused an allergic reaction, mainly difficulty breathing! I took Benadryl and my asthma medicine (Ventolin and Flovent) and eventually it subsided. I didnt have other symptoms like headache, nausea or fever. The bite is located just under my belly button and i didnt see any tick. I was also wearing a long sleeve shirt at the time.
hard to get a good pic but this is what i looked like the day of the bite
and now
Does this look like a tick, spider, blackfly or something else?
RL
All that being said, spider bites can be pretty nasty.
Doug
come on, I am a Man, we are supposed to "walk it off" lol
yeah, i guess in retrospect i should have sought medical attention although i wonder if it is too late now as that was a few days ago and the allergic reaction is over.
That doesn't look like a tick bite to me, but if you're prone to allergic reactions, your doctor can give you better things to carry than Benadryl. Carry enough gun as it were.ok after reading this thread i am super paranoid (i have always been afraid of ticks actually)
something bit me last week and it caused an allergic reaction, mainly difficulty breathing! I took Benadryl and my asthma medicine (Ventolin and Flovent) and eventually it subsided. I didnt have other symptoms like headache, nausea or fever. The bite is located just under my belly button and i didnt see any tick. I was also wearing a long sleeve shirt at the time.
hard to get a good pic but this is what i looked like the day of the bite
and now
Does this look like a tick, spider, blackfly or something else?
RL
Oh, once you see a bug crawl on your permetherin treated fabric and just fall over, you might find some peace of mind. Fresh Icaridin repellent is similar, but apply it like deet every few hours.
Edit: I just have to add, no worries RL1, it won't wreck your shades and bling like nasty deet either.
In my case by bug I mean one scorpion, one spider and one MOAB tarantula hawk wasp. These aletherins work.
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yes i had an EPI pen at one point...my friend offered to feed me shrimp and then stab me with it but he was disappointed that it is not a heart stab like Pulp Fiction
I managed to get a "better" pic of it
Yes, ,damage to my shades and clothes is definitely a concern.
RL
