OT: latest hike -- bitten by a diseased tick

Yvsa said:
Run, don't walk to your local supermarket and buy some yogurt to eat with the antibiotic.:D
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Yeppers, I eat plain yogurt. And also a bit of coconut milk (it fights yeast that proliferate in the gut when the normal bacteria are killed by medication). But still, ahhh, I am grateful for anti-biotics but still...sigh.
 
I think it takes 48-72 hours for Lyme's disease to be transferred . sounds like you got the little blood sucker off in time.
 
Ticks are a fact of life in the turkey woods of Kaintuck. I have three red whelps on me now from being bitten. They itch like hail for a while and then puss up for it seems like weeks. Eventually they go away.

I've been tested for Lyme disease several times. Nothing yet thank the gods.

Try taping your pant legs to your boot with duck tape. Then spray your clothes with Permanone. Do not get this stuff on your skin. Bad for you and bad for the ticks!

Semp
 
tsf said:
I think it takes 48-72 hours for Lyme's disease to be transferred . sounds like you got the little blood sucker off in time.
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From what I have read the majority of tick borne illnesses are contracted after the tick has been in you for more than two days and the longer it stays in the more likely that disease will be transferred.

Apparently its pretty easy to beat lyme's disease with oral antibiotics if started early. There are also several other illnesses that these ticks carry in parts of the country where lymes disease and rocky mountain spotted fever may or may not be a problem. There is Stari and a newly "discovered" disease that has one of those acronym names that I can never remember.


ALDF
I contacted this organization last year and they sent me a large packet of info regarding the latest research and treatment regarding tick borne illnesses. Also, they sent a list of doctors in my area who are experienced in treating this kind of problem. Apparently, my experiences with doctors regarding the illness are very far from unique and many doctors will not even run the necessary tests.

For those suffering from long term illness the standard practice for treatment used to involve one to two monthes of intravenous antibiotics. From what I understand, doctors are now seeing good results from an oral antibiotic in these circumstances. I can not remember the name of the one most used right now though...

I neglected to say it in my first post. congrats cognitivefun on being wiser than me! Definetely the smart thing to do.
 
ticks are not that aggressive over here - but carry FSME sometimes (I do not know if this is "Lyme"). When fishing I wear old "Bundeswehr" pants that can be closed by tightening a strap around the ankle. As a repellent I use "Zedan" - good stuff and kind of like "Ballistol" - works for everything. It won tests of consumer companies as a repellent against mosquitos and ticks, protects skin from the sun with factor 4 and smells not as bad as other repellants do. It is non toxic and can be used for small kids also (Autan, the favourite brand around here is not recommended for this). I never had a tick, but removed some from the dog with - you guess it - Ballistol. When hiking with school kids I have tick-pliers or a tick-card with me to remove them in the whole and not leave the head in the wound

Andreas
 
Cog, might I suggest Kefir? It is actually better then yogurt as a probiotic. Of course kefir, yogurt and a good probiotic work wonders. I was on a anitbiotic's for a bit and almost ended up in the hospital from the GI distress from all the little bacteria's dying. The kefir,yogurt and probiotic combo saved me a trip to the hospital, just had to put up with the pain for awhile.

As for NJ being bad for deer ticks, yeah I think they all come here for vacation! :grumpy:
 
Cognitive?

Yes. Works very well. Still have to prohibit access to skin. Not for pets.

Deet on skin.

If you SAW the tick, it is unlikely it was a deer tick. Might be, but...unlikely.


wacherass.
 
Kismet said:
Cognitive?

Yes. Works very well. Still have to prohibit access to skin. Not for pets.

Deet on skin.

If you SAW the tick, it is unlikely it was a deer tick. Might be, but...unlikely.


wacherass.
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Yeppers. The tick was very small. About 1/5 the size of a woodtick maybe. Dunno.

And after trying to remove unsuccessfully, it I realized I was using the wrong khukuri ;)
 
We like to think that humans are at the top of the "food chain." But ticks, mosquitos, and black flies feed on US.

I bought a silly tick remover tool at a sporting goods store. It's basically a locking tweezers. The funny/silly part was that the instructions said to clamp on, then turn COUNTERCLOCKWISE to remove the tick.

Apparently, if you turn it clockwise, you'll just drive the tick in deeper.
 
I forgot to mention yesterday about the Lymes. I had been bitten by several ticks at one time during one particularly bad summer here. The Oklahoma Med Center claims that there is no Lymes in Oklahoma but still several cases are reported each year, it's all rather hush hush and not recognized formally as Lymes.
I was having several of the symptoms of Lymes and asked my Dr to do the test during a routine blood draw, seems like I've always had to do this because of some damned thing or another.
Anyway he said there's no Lymes in Oklahoma too. I asked him what the damned test cost and he said, "not much."
I told him to have the damned test done as I was paying for it not him, so he did.
He called me in a few days wanting to know what medical school I had graduated from. Seems I have Lymes antibodies.:rolleyes:
 
When I think about all the tick bites that I received during my childhood in the New England area, then think forward to some of my more painful joints today, I shudder. :) I always caught the ticks early, though. The end-of-the-day tick inspection was a ritual in my household.

I've been told that the preferred means for removal is by pulling carefully with tweezers or such; as the story goes, burning or application of chemicals can cause the tick to vomit into the wound. Pulling's always worked for me. Ultimate disposal varies with the individual; I prefer roasting the little monsters over a flame. This has the added benefit of sterilizing the tweezers for their next use.

I've been fortunate in evading the ticks for the last few years. Whether this is due to my bare scalp or a generally unpleasant taste is a question for the professionals to answer. Oscar hasn't been as lucky but tick pulling is like riding a bicycle - once you get the technique down, you never really forget it.
 
Yvsa said:
He called me in a few days wanting to know what medical school I had graduated from. Seems I have Lymes antibodies.:rolleyes:
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It's not what you don't know that hurts you; it's all those things you know that aren't so.
 
are you sure it was not a zombie tick? if you start having a desire to eat brains, let us know & we'll arrange a permanent 'cure' :D
 
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