Originally Posted By: Barkleymut
Originally Posted By: Volvo_ST1
Originally Posted By: Barkleymut
First off if you pull it off incorrectly it does not inject Lyme disease or a toxin into your body.
Don't you mean to say, "if you pull it off correctly"? No what I said and meant to say is that it does not inject Lyme disease into you. Not all deer or lonestar ticks carry Lyme disease. The OP's wife would likely be wasting time and $$ with a trip to the DR unless a bullseye appears.
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It actually reguritates some of the blood that it sucked from you.
Yup, and it "injects" its stomach content with its needlelike proboscis.
OK, I said injects Lyme disease. I guess you could say it injects. Are you 7?
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The vast majority of ticks do not have lyme disease. And only 2 in VA do.
Ticks may carry many other diseases. Borreliosis is simply the most notorious infection.
There are just two ticks with Lyme disease in VA?
2 types ticks that carry Lyme disease, are you my old boss?
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Check here
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/DEE/Vectorborne/documents/Tick Brochure.pdf , if the tick that bit her does not spread lyme disease then skip the trip to the Dr.
Not every layman is an expert at identifying Lyme disease. There is not always a tell-tale rash. Besides, the symptoms can go unnoticed for years until neurological damage has already occurred.
If he has the tick then a quick picture comparison should be easy.
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Honestly he probably cant do anything anyways...if there are none up by you then he is just going to look in some book or look it up just like you can do. My guess would be that the skin just got infected or irritated. Put some topical antibacterial on it.
I have no idea what "none up to you" means, so I can't really comment. However, Lyme disease, and other infections are of course treatable, and the earlier the better the prognosis.
I didn't say "none up to you" I typed "none up by you" referring to the OPs statement that they don't have ticks in his area. This would lead me to believe that most DRs in his area would do the same thing that he is doing and research. If you would like to pump your body full of antibiotics every time you get an itch be my guest.
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My son had a bite, I would guess the tick was on there for 12 hours and the bump was there for 2 months.
Is that supposed to be relevant circumstantial evidence for something?
Yes it was, just because there is a bump does not mean that you have Lyme disease.
For the record if you would read the link I posted earlier Lyme disease in VA is pretty rare. I have lived here (not on the other side of the US) for 25 years, worked in the woods as an occupation for over 10 years, and known many within my old industry that worked in the woods for many more years. And I have heard of one person in all of that experience that contracted Lyme disease in VA. And since you feel like dissecting my entire post, have fun with this colloquialism. "Stupid Yankee done came down here, got one tick bite and ran straight to the Dr. Then some Seattle-lite told them good job. Everyone around the campfire chuckles"
Ever wonder why medical costs are so high in the US? Got the sniffles? RUN to the Dr. Got a tick bite from a tick that doesn't even carry Lyme disease in an area not known for having Lyme disease? RUN to the Dr. (especially even before presenting any symptoms)...
Blue_Goose isn't from Vermont.
http://www.tnhonline.com/2.3548/lyme-disease-on-the-rise-in-new-hampshire-1.390405
