Ticks

I dropped the tick off for testing at ESU.
Bite location no longer has a welt, but did get darker like a scab though it doesn’t feel like a scab. Looked like the tick left behind a barb of the barb of the mouth so my body may be having issues with that.
Pretty sure I’m just becoming allergic to the cement like saliva they produce.
 
SAM said:
Yes, the CDC recommends a single 200 mg dose of doycycline within 72 h of high risk tick bite as prophylaxis against Lyme, under certain conditions. I have a few 100 mg tablets of doycycline I keep on hand, in case needed. Use you own judgement, but I'm inclined to take two if I had an embedded tick.

Here is the guideline from CDC. EDIT: I noticed the jpeg attachment did not show up well, so I attached the pd file too.

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Great information didn't know about doxycycline for tick bites.
 
iman29 said:
The Lyme disease thread went quiet so I am posting this here as an FYI. I see stuff like this in my social media/news feeds because I work in the Pharma industry but I don't work for Pfizer.

Will see if the powers that be think that 70% effective is better than zero to get it approved.

www.cnbc.com

Pfizer to seek FDA approval for Lyme disease vaccine candidate despite trial miss

Lyme disease is an illness caused by bacteria most commonly spread to humans from ticks. It can cause arthritis, muscle weakness and pain.
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Makes me wonder if all my arthritis is from a tick bite. Three years ago, I went to a rheumatologist. Tested for Lymes but turned out negative.
 
mtn said:
I dropped the tick off for testing at ESU.
Bite location no longer has a welt, but did get darker like a scab though it doesn’t feel like a scab. Looked like the tick left behind a barb of the barb of the mouth so my body may be having issues with that.
Pretty sure I’m just becoming allergic to the cement like saliva they produce.
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I'm thinking I should steal a set of tweezers from MrsQ to keep in the pack. You can't really just yank them off, you need to grab them deep on the head. I do this a few times a year for my precious pooch.
 
qclabrat said:
I'm thinking I should steal a set of tweezers from MrsQ to keep in the pack. You can't really just yank them off, you need to grab them deep on the head. I do this a few times a year for my precious pooch.
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Nasty leg hair alert..

I sent mine off before I took a pic, but I highly doubt that tweezers would’ve allowed me to pull out that last barb. Only thing I’m concerned about is whether or not the squeezing (to pull off) of an attached, but not engorged tick would make it vomit. I sprayed a tick while it was attached once…not again as that was a bad idea. Hoping for the best in this scenario since I learned my lesson.

I will say that ever since pulling it off, my inner thigh has felt odd. But that would be due some other issue from the tick, not Lyme. Seriously concerned about powassan. That’s a virus so there is no direct treatment. 10%fatality rate.
 

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qclabrat said:
I'm thinking I should steal a set of tweezers from MrsQ to keep in the pack. You can't really just yank them off, you need to grab them deep on the head. I do this a few times a year for my precious pooch.
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Tweezers may be a problem if you cant grip the tick at the head. Definitely don't want to squeeze during removal. I've been using something like the below that we got ages ago for the dogs. Push down around the tick and then pull slowly front to rear to extract. Works well to get the whole tick out without squeezing.

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SAM said:
Tweezers may be a problem if you cant grip the tick at the head. Definitely don't want to squeeze during removal. I've been using something like the below that we got ages ago for the dogs. Push down around the tick and then pull slowly front to rear to extract. Works well to get the whole tick out without squeezing.

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Came here to say this. Much better than tweezers, and lots of various designs available.

Gonna keep playing this broken record but please make sure your pets are up to date on their parasite preventatives. Shit's scary out there.
 
I've never had a tick latching on me since I've been living in NJ, I just had a few over my clothing. Couple of days ago I noticed something sticking from my belly while in the shower, pulled it with my fingers and it gave way without much resistance...it was a small tick! Did not leave a mark, no redness or weird feeling whatsoever, it must have just being latching when I saw it. Checked myself obsessively and had the wife doing the same all over but no other ticks were found. What bothers me is that I most likely picked it up in my backyard.

zmartene said:
Gonna keep playing this broken record but please make sure your pets are up to date on their parasite preventatives. Shit's scary out there.
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Great advice, following our online conversation last year we switched to NextGard+ after talking to our vet and found none latching on Bailey, and I do check with a fine comb often.
 
serviceguy said:
I've never had a tick latching on me since I've been living in NJ, I just had a few over my clothing. Couple of days ago I noticed something sticking from my belly while in the shower, pulled it with my fingers and it gave way without much resistance...it was a small tick! Did not leave a mark, no redness or weird feeling whatsoever, it must have just being latching when I saw it. Checked myself obsessively and had the wife doing the same all over but no other ticks were found. What bothers me is that I most likely picked it up in my backyard.



Great advice, following our online conversation last year we switched to NextGard+ after talking to our vet and found none latching on Bailey, and I do check with a fine comb often.
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I’ve found a tick on my hand from using the vacuum at a car wash. And walking on a paved road. Really is nuts.
 
zmartene said:
Came here to say this. Much better than tweezers, and lots of various designs available.

Gonna keep playing this broken record but please make sure your pets are up to date on their parasite preventatives. Shit's scary out there.
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Our dog gets the vax but we can't use anything on him for fleas/ticks because he's prone to seizures. His 1st seizure years ago seemed triggered by Vectra. We've avoided everything since. 2 seizures a year, give or take now.
 
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