How do I tell if I got bitten by a tick?
Sep.30, 2011 in
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I was out in the woods earlier today with a few friends of mine. I felt something crawling up my leg, but I ignored it because sometimes I feel paranoid and I think something is crawling on me, but nothing is. So, I come home and I find a tick sitting on my stomach. It was just sitting there, and I’m not sure if it bit me because it’s head wasn’t in my skin or anything. How do I tell if it bit me anywhere else? Would I have known it bit me? And also, how do I know if I have lyme disease?
I know about the “ring rash” but how long does it take until it shows up?
September 30th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
First off you can get Rocky Mountain Spotted fever from a tick crawling across you. Not to overly alarm you,just possible.
The tick that was not attached is NOT your biggest worry. It is the one that you dont see. Inside your belly button,,inside your feminine tract,inside your hair line.
they usually crawl up until they find a perfect place to attach or tight elastic stops them etc.
Some people think taking a bath drowns them. NOT so!! They can live underwater for 2 weeks. They can go thru washers and dryers unless set on HIGH temps!! Flushing them down the stool isnt an end to them either!!
Pets that run outdoors and come in and curl up on your couch or bed is a common way for ticks to be indoors. You dont have to be outside to get them on you!!
Next time tuck your LONG pants into your socks,wear deet spray, and check for ticks when first home. Dont wear shorts,dont take shortcuts,dont take chances with your very life!! get a symptom list and post inside your kitchen cupboards door along with a pic of a bullseye rash,for ALL your family to read once in a while and refresh there knowledge.
50 % of all people with Lyme and co-infections never see a tick,know they were bit,or see a bullseye rash!!
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October 1st, 2011 at 8:35 am
After a tick bites you and feeds on you, it blows up to a much bigger size. If it’s not engorged, that tick didn’t feed on you. However, if you were in tick territory, another one could have bitten you. So it’s important to remain vigilant for signs and symptoms. Recommend you read the following websites:
Good sources of info about Lyme disease:
http://www.lymedisease.org
http://www.ilads.org
http://www.canlyme.com
http://www.lymenet.org
http://www.lymeinfo.net
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
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kansas city,mo,,,,,each of these vets with psy illnesses needs like right now to get seen,,cost the taxpayers like 800 to a thousand bucks each,,,,,,they are worth it
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October 1st, 2011 at 5:35 pm
If the tick was not attached, it had not bitten you. For a tick, biting takes a bit of time and is a complicated process. They have serrated mouthparts and have to saw a little hole in your skin. They gradually insert their little hypostomes and then secrete a kind of cement to hold them on. They stay attached and feed for several days.
The tick you found was not the problem. It’s the tick you didn’t find. Make sure you don’t have one hidden in your hair or someplace you can’t see.
Usually we find the adult ticks earlier in the process, but the tiny nymphal ticks are really hard to detect, and their bite is painless. If you are exposed in the woods or anywhere, you should check yourself every day for several days to make sure you didn’t get one on you. Even then, people can miss a nymphal tick. Many people with Lyme don’t remember a bite at all.
Check Lyme 101 on the CALDA website for more info about Lyme disease.
http://www.lymedisease.org
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