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Post by USCGME2 on Jun 17, 2015 20:22:02 GMT -7
Felt a little itch on my right hip this morning. Got a big red patch the size of a Gatorade cap too. That was a surprise! Think its a tick bite maybe?? Good news is it isnt hard or purple like a spider bite. It also doesnt have a "bulls eye" ring either. Putting on drawing salve (Prid) to treat it. If it changes size, color, or texture will go up to the local doc shop for some anti bios.
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Post by ColcordMama on Jun 17, 2015 21:19:21 GMT -7
Sounds like a tick bite. Unless it's a REALLY small gator bite.
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Post by cowgirlup on Jun 18, 2015 9:00:14 GMT -7
The 2 tick bites I've had didn't have the traditional bullseye pattern but were similar to what you describe. One had a bumpy texture similar to hives. Keep an eye on it and be alert for symptoms which could take up to 30 days to show up.
I have a bite I'm currently watching that came from a wood tick. I foolishly didn't keep the tick because it wasn't a deer tick and I knew it hadn't been on me for more than an hour. Hope nothing comes of it.
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Post by solargeek1 on Jun 18, 2015 12:02:23 GMT -7
CGU and USCGME2, don't sit and wait. The docs now have a 72 hour window to give you a shot to AVOID THE 30 DAY DOXY. Go now. Right now. Get the shot. Here are the general guidelines but our doc was willing to accept that DH was likely bit by a tick with Lymes. Question19) Should I take antibiotics to prevent Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick? Answer - Prophylactic treatment of Lyme may be considered if you meet these requirements:
If the tick is identified as a deer tick that was attached for more than 24 hours If it is less than 72 hours since the original bite If more than 20% of the ticks in your area are known to be infected You do not have problems taking doxycyclinewww.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/vector-borne/lyme/lyme-faq.shtmlFROM JOHNS HOPKINS In a study by Nadelman, et.al., they compared treatment with placebo versus a single 200-mg dose of doxycycline in 482 subjects who had removed attached I. scapularis ticks from their bodies within the previous 72 hours. Erythema migrans developed at the site of the tick bite in a significantly smaller proportion of the subjects in the doxycycline group than of those in the placebo group (1 of 235 subjects [0.4 percent] vs. 8 of 247 subjects [3.2 percent], P<0.04). The efficacy of treatment was 87 percent (95 percent confidence interval, 25 to 98 percent). Objective extracutaneous signs of Lyme disease did not develop in any subject, and there were no asymptomatic seroconversions. These data suggest that a single 200-mg dose of doxycycline given within 72 hours after an I. scapularis tick bite can prevent the development of Lyme disease. In a study by Nadelman, et.al., they compared treatment with placebo versus a single 200-mg dose of doxycycline in 482 subjects who had removed attached I. scapularis ticks from their bodies within the previous 72 hours. Erythema migrans developed at the site of the tick bite in a significantly smaller proportion of the subjects in the doxycycline group than of those in the placebo group (1 of 235 subjects [0.4 percent] vs. 8 of 247 subjects [3.2 percent], P<0.04). The efficacy of treatment was 87 percent (95 percent confidence interval, 25 to 98 percent). Objective extracutaneous signs of Lyme disease did not develop in any subject, and there were no asymptomatic seroconversions. These data suggest that a single 200-mg dose of doxycycline given within 72 hours after an I. scapularis tick bite can prevent the development of Lyme disease.
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Post by solargeek1 on Jun 18, 2015 12:02:34 GMT -7
The 2 tick bites I've had didn't have the traditional bullseye pattern but were similar to what you describe. One had a bumpy texture similar to hives. Keep an eye on it and be alert for symptoms which could take up to 30 days to show up. I have a bite I'm currently watching that came from a wood tick. I foolishly didn't keep the tick because it wasn't a deer tick and I knew it hadn't been on me for more than an hour. Hope nothing comes of it. See above please.
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Post by solargeek1 on Jun 18, 2015 12:02:57 GMT -7
Felt a little itch on my right hip this morning. Got a big red patch the size of a Gatorade cap too. That was a surprise! Think its a tick bite maybe?? Good news is it isnt hard or purple like a spider bite. It also doesnt have a "bulls eye" ring either. Putting on drawing salve (Prid) to treat it. If it changes size, color, or texture will go up to the local doc shop for some anti bios. See above please
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Post by BORNTHATWAY on Jun 18, 2015 12:10:37 GMT -7
I hope your tick bites are nothing To worry about. CGU it is just normal to dispose if the tick. I hope it is nothing just keep an eye on it.
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Post by cowgirlup on Jun 18, 2015 13:10:02 GMT -7
I forgot to mention this. Some doctors here locally are giving patients a small amount of Doxy to keep at home in case of a tick bite. They are saying that if you take one double dose (200mg) when you remove the tick that it greatly reduces the chance you will get Lyme as SG posted. I keep Doxycycline on hand in the form of 100mg capsules from a fish med website so I did take a double dose when I removed the tick. This one was a regular tick with the white pattern on it's back. I took a deer tick off my leg in April and also did the double dose of ABX and was fine.
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Post by cowgirlup on Jun 18, 2015 13:16:56 GMT -7
I hope your tick bites are nothing To worry about. CGU it is just normal to dispose if the tick. I hope it is nothing just keep an eye on it. After my experience with Lyme and co-infections, I keep my ticks. I seal them live, in clear box tape and put a date on it. There is a place you can send them for testing. As of last year it was $50 for the basic test and more for a more detailed test. www.tickreport.com/
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Post by woodyz on Jun 18, 2015 13:48:50 GMT -7
got ticks?
Get Guinea fowl
Got Guinea's no ticks
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Post by woodyz on Jun 18, 2015 14:13:56 GMT -7
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Post by woodyz on Jun 18, 2015 14:16:27 GMT -7
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Post by angelhelp on Jun 18, 2015 14:55:42 GMT -7
When Airborne was bitten last time, he noticed nothing. i saw what seemed like a vague discoloration above his eyebrow. When I looked at him the following evening, the discoloration had changed to make it look vaguely like a bruise. I asked if he'd bumped into anything (he hadn't), so I went for a closer look. By that second night, I was pretty sure I saw a tiny dark speck in the center of the "bruise". Sure enough, it was a tick and the bruise was the beginning of the rash. I made him see the doc first thing in the morning. He nearly lost the window of opportunity for the doxycycline. With the funky skin tones resulting from those delightful fake light bulbs, heq's lucky I happened to notice the problem. That tick was the smallest I've ever seen, and I've removed quite a few deer ticks over the years.
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Post by woodyz on Jun 18, 2015 15:32:06 GMT -7
seed ticks
used to get them by the hundreds in the woods in KS
Got to where the ticks were eating the chiggers while they were eating me
pour a cup of bleach into a nice hot bath crawl in the ticks or chiggers don't come out
don't have them here because.......................... we got guineas
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Post by thywar on Jun 18, 2015 16:31:44 GMT -7
Z Man I'm starting to see a pattern. Lol do they free range? Cause here if they weren't penned with a cover I wouldn't keep em long.
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