f**king ticks...i hate them

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: dmurray14

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: cyd

Originally posted by: jumpr
I got bit by a tick last summer in Northern Michigan. It was the worst itching I have EVER experienced. It was hell. I hate ticks.

Yes, so do a lot of people (who wouldn't?!). They ARE the worst itching that you can experience, atleast from my perspective.

I personally think poison Oak/Ivy/Sumac cause much greater itching than a tick. I usually don't know the tick is on me untill I see him walking or find his head embedded in my skin.

oh jeez, I have had really bad experiences with poison oak too. i got it so bad once that my whole leg swelled up with huge quarter sized bubbles and constantly sweated. Now I am insane crazy to make sure I watch out for it. I NEVER want that to happen again.

My daughter managed to get it on her face and her eylids swelled shut (she also had it on her eyeballs). Was a bad night in the ER, and nothing to do but get a steriod shot.

 

[IshmaelLeaver]

bleah

 

[dmurray14]

Originally posted by: aircooled


My daughter managed to get it on her face and her eylids swelled shut (she also had it on her eyeballs). Was a bad night in the ER, and nothing to do but get a steriod shot.

oh man...maybe mine wasn't that bad after all

 

[IshmaelLeaver]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: IshmaelLeaver

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: cyd

Originally posted by: jumpr
I got bit by a tick last summer in Northern Michigan. It was the worst itching I have EVER experienced. It was hell. I hate ticks.

Yes, so do a lot of people (who wouldn't?!). They ARE the worst itching that you can experience, atleast from my perspective.

It was almost painful to take a shower. My forearm swelled up to twice its normal size, and I got the whole bullseye thing. Luckily, my dad's a doctor so he could go to the pharmacy in that podunk town and prescribe antiboitics for me. Still though, not something I'd want to happen again.

You had Lyme disease. What kinda antibiotics did you take and for how long?

Nope, didn't have Lyme. It sets in after about a week of non-treatment. Lyme disease stays with you for the rest of your life and affects you joints and muscles. I don't have any symptoms of that.

I can't remember what type of antibiotics I took, but even after I started taking them, the swelling didn't go down for about three days.

EDIT: from the CDC:

Q. What is the incubation period for Lyme disease?
A. For the red "bull's-eye" rash (erythema migrans), usually 7 to 14 days following tick exposure. Some patients present with later manifestations without having had early signs of disease.

The rash/bite was gone within 14 days, probably even gone within 8-9 days. I started taking antibiotics on the second or third day, when I noticed the bite.

From the CDC:

The incubation period from infection to onset of erythema migrans is typically 7 to 14 days but may be as short as 3 days and as long as 30 days.

Tick bite + erythema migrans = Lyme disease. You just caught it early.

Some people never get the rash, then get misdiagnosed with lots of stuff before they figure out what's going on.

Lyme disease stays with you for the rest of your life and affects you joints and muscles.

Only true in about 10% of cases (if caught early). I've had it for a year, have been treated for 7 months so far. I expect to make a full recovery.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: EliMosquitos have anticoagulants, definately no analgesics though.

Interesting.. I still say I would've noticed an abnormal bite or something on me though.

mosquitos do as well... you only notice the bite if the mosquito is interrupted and leaves before it can finish pulling the anticoagulant out

 

Originally posted by: IshmaelLeaver

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: IshmaelLeaver

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: cyd

Originally posted by: jumpr
I got bit by a tick last summer in Northern Michigan. It was the worst itching I have EVER experienced. It was hell. I hate ticks.

Yes, so do a lot of people (who wouldn't?!). They ARE the worst itching that you can experience, atleast from my perspective.

It was almost painful to take a shower. My forearm swelled up to twice its normal size, and I got the whole bullseye thing. Luckily, my dad's a doctor so he could go to the pharmacy in that podunk town and prescribe antiboitics for me. Still though, not something I'd want to happen again.

You had Lyme disease. What kinda antibiotics did you take and for how long?

Nope, didn't have Lyme. It sets in after about a week of non-treatment. Lyme disease stays with you for the rest of your life and affects you joints and muscles. I don't have any symptoms of that.

I can't remember what type of antibiotics I took, but even after I started taking them, the swelling didn't go down for about three days.

EDIT: from the CDC:

Q. What is the incubation period for Lyme disease?
A. For the red "bull's-eye" rash (erythema migrans), usually 7 to 14 days following tick exposure. Some patients present with later manifestations without having had early signs of disease.

The rash/bite was gone within 14 days, probably even gone within 8-9 days. I started taking antibiotics on the second or third day, when I noticed the bite.

From the CDC:

The incubation period from infection to onset of erythema migrans is typically 7 to 14 days but may be as short as 3 days and as long as 30 days.

Tick bite + erythema migrans = Lyme disease. You just caught it early.

Some people never get the rash, then get misdiagnosed with lots of stuff before they figure out what's going on.

Lyme disease stays with you for the rest of your life and affects you joints and muscles.

Only true in about 10% of cases (if caught early). I've had it for a year, have been treated for 7 months so far. I expect to make a full recovery.

Oh, wow - I had no clue about that aspect of it. Thanks for clearing that up though. :beer:

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: IshmaelLeaver

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Eli
I've never had one on me.

as far as you know...

Well, wouldn't it dig in if it was on me?..

I live in Oregon, as far as I know they live around here, and I've spent a LOT of time in the woods.. but I've never even seen one in person.

You could have had one land on you, climb up your leg and plant himself in your taint for a few hours before filling up and dropping off. They like warm dark places...

:Q

I'm sure I would've felt it.

Nah, ticks have analgesics and anticoagulants in their saliva.

Mosquitos have anticoagulants, definately no analgesics though.

Interesting.. I still say I would've noticed an abnormal bite or something on me though.

Yes, they do contain analgesics. This keeps you from feeling it when they bite you, and it's what causes the allergic reaction.

I'd rather feel the bite than have to deal with an itching, ugly lump.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That's one of the many reasons I just don't go outside.

LOL

For me it's reason #104 why the desert is the best place to live on the planet. No bugs.

 

[thomsbrain]

at least it was your head. i got one in my freaking testicles, and it was good and sunk in, too. i had to pull it out with my fingers because i didn't have any tweezers, and then i had to go get tested for lyme disease and tell all the nurses where i got my tick in front of everyone in the waiting room. note to nurses: ask these things in private.

 

The tick menace has not invaded my home in a long while. They learned their lesson last time. The ants however...lets just say, we have begun a war known only as "operation recreate dresden"