preventing lyme

[murphy4trees]

I've been saying for years the way to keep the deer ticks off when in an infested area is to keep moving.. ticks will move to body heat and when you sit still for any length of time they can pick up and move to your body heat...
Now apparently there is some science to back up that idea..

http://www.mercola.com/2004/apr/28/avoid_ticks.htm

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

I saw a tv show where they dragged a white sheet through a field of tall grass. After a short distance they inspected it and found a bunch of little ticks clinging on.

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

I got vaccinated aginst it last month

 

[Husky372]

i remember when i was living in MA went out with one of my hounds one night about an hour and a half got home went through my ritual of looking for ticks. well after about 75 i quit counting i would estimate i probably had 150-200 plus ticks i pulled off me but since i moved up here in NH 5yrs ago i probably havent taken but maybe 20 ticks off of me just dont seem to have that many around here and for that i'm thankful

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the deer ticks that spread the lymes disease are really small, you can barely see them, wood ticks are big and you can pull them off, but they don't spread the disease.

 

[Husky372]

yes you are partly right the deer ticks are very small but you can still see them and pull them off.

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by Husky372
yes you are partly right the deer ticks are very small but you can still see them and pull them off.

Do it quick though; it takes much less than 24 hours for the toxin to transfer. Lyme disease can permanently debilitate; the spirochete drills into the spinal cord. Trust me, not a good thing to have.

 

[Husky372]

whenever i am where ticks are i allways check myself over real good right away. i feel for you i've known a couple people thats happened to hope i stay lucky.

 

[kf_tree]

nathan

the vaccination has not been available in the states for a few years now. it's available for pets but not humans. it was taken off the market for us 2 legged folk.

 

[dbeck]

Having been hospitalized for lyme disease when 12 yrs old, I have some experience!
Watch for the rash associated w/ their bite...red, 2+" in diameter and somewhat sore. There will often be a whitehead looking spot in the center. That is your 1st sign. Go to the hospital immediately. If the tick is still present remove and bring it along for the ride - They want to see it.
If you experience abnormal joint pain, monitor and consider the chance of lyme. I had knee pain. I would sit down (5th grade) and after a 45 min class was done, I would get up to walk to the bathroom and fall over from the pain. No swelling, no pain while sitting.
I was diagnosed w/ rheumatic fever, blastomitosis and maybe lyme. At that time they did not know much about it. In the tank for 2.5 weeks and still weren't sure.
If left untreated - Rheumatoid arthritis, mod to severe memory loss and death can occur. Make sure doc takes aggressive action - I worked w/ a fella who had a insurance sucking doc and he pittled around too long. If he was having this conversation w/ you he would not remember it 5 mins from now. That is perm anent.
just some thoughts for you guys...deer ticks are the size of a period while wood ticks are larger fyi

 

[Sylvatica]

I'm not attempting to derail this topic with controversy, but I am serious when I suggest that, at least across my region, the Whitetailed Deer is out of control, literally. And the Lyme diseased ticks which they vector are subsequently out of control as well.

Not to mention the increased road hazard and the plant damage by deer.

Here we are shipping in beef from the western US, while venison abounds in our backyards, but the emotionally over-sensitive have a hissy fit when a deer herd cull is proposed. Go figure.

Let's see how many deer ticks I'll have to pick off myself tomorrow. And the kids...

 

[Nickrosis]

No thread hijacking!

I had Lyme's disease almost two years ago, and it was no fun at all. I felt as if my body was giving up on me all over.

I took an antibiotic that gave me an allergic reaction, then I took something else and got over it after a couple of weeks. Then I went to Europe... It was a good experience, but I would recommend avoiding ticks!

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Lyme disease may also lead to worse things. 2 other guys I know who have hairy-cell Leukemia also had Lyme disease. The guy who crs should have his blood checked out by a pro.

My blood was polluted so bad by this cancer that I was a zombie for years--not until a nearfatal accident did an oncologist diagnose and treat it.

So yeah check for those ticks and pull em quick. And kill a deer or two for me next time you hunt.

 

[NYCHA FORESTER]

I am amazed that I never got Lyme. I worked in Westchester Cnty for most of my career (S.E. NYS). When going out in the field now I will spray my legs and boots with an insecticide that contains Deet.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Catch one live and before it digs in and you can watch them follow the heat of your finger. I do that with my kids to show them how it works.

As for staying moving... Lots of luck with that. They drop out of the trees around here.

 

[(WLL)]

you could always prevent limes by woking at mc donalds. in pa they dont offer us a vacc anymore, but they will treat if you get bitten by the host. i have been bitten by the dear tic but never got the bullseye. the tic looks like a spec of dirt that dont wipe off. look closely and you can see that the sucker aint no dirt. i wish this tic banished from the earth!!!