I thought I would share this post about ticks

[wicklundrh]

I was bitten a few years back and didn't notice immediately. I was on the tractor and only remember grabbing at my pants as if something was crawling in them.

A few days later, I had the tell tale bullseye by my groin. It was Saturday. I researched all weekend and called the Dr on Monday. My dr was out and they said 2 weeks to be seen. Knowing what I knew, this was unacceptable.

The best time to get on antibiotics is in the 1st stage. Unfortunately, tests don't always indicate an issue in this time. Couple that with Dr office's who want you to wait 2 weeks and you have a recipe for disaster.

I forced my way to the Dr, asked for the blood test and asked for him to immediately put me on antibiotics. He argued with me. I simply asked if he was a professional that specialized in tick bites and Lyme disease. He was not. I also said that none of this could hurt but only help.

The initial test came back negative but I was already on antibiotics. The second test came back positive and was 6 weeks after the bite during the stage where antibiotics are not effective anymore.

Although I was tired A LOT, that was about it. I still see that guy around the office but have personally told him that I was glad he wasn't my doctor. I potentially saved my own life. Thank my medical training, internet research, and intuition. Not a doctor who knows nothing about it.

[zig zag]

good info guys - - - - THANKS

[dfar]

Thanks for sharing


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[Ketchn]

I have had more ticks on me in my life than one can imagine , I guess I have been lucky, but back when I used to get lots of them there didn't seem to be any strange illnesses humans got from them I knew of . my grandpas ranch in east texas was so loaded with them it wasn't even funny , I remember seeing hundreds of seed ticks one day on my jeans after feeling all itchy around my belt line , I was cutting thru a cow bedding area on the way to a pond . I stripped and skinny dipped for an hour I bet and them things were all over me . I really don't like ticks much to say the least .
we put Sulphur in an old sock and dusted ourselves all the time around the lower half of our body . ticks will climb up a bush and get out on the tip of a leaf on the underside of it and hold out them lil tick arms like a crab waiting for something on the path to touch them . ticks make me itch just thinking about them …..
we used to dust "belle" our old blue tick coon dog with seven dust all the time to keep them to a low number on her . man were them things in abundance down in that area of the world . I still got a scare on the back of my knee where a head came off in me and ended up leaving a hole after it festered up and finally went away a month or so later .
this read sure brought back some ugly memories for me ...