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We Have No Idea How Bad the US Tick Problem Is
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" Around the world, diseases spread by ticks are on the rise. Reported cases of Lyme, the most common US tick-borne illness, have quadrupled since the 1990s. Other life-threatening infections like anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are increasing in incidence even more quickly than Lyme. Meat allergies caused by tick bites have skyrocketed from a few dozen a decade ago to more than 5,000 in the US alone, according to experts. " https://www.wired.com/story/we-have-...daily_list1_p1 ______________________________ Here is yet another reason to be thankful that my family moved from Minnesota to the California Bay Area in 1962. _____________ _
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We Have No Idea How Bad the US Tick Problem Is
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I never even saw the one that gave me Ehrlichiosis several years ago. If I had to make a choice of getting that again or kicking a wasp nest with a bare foot I'd choose the wasp nest. Tick borne illness is no joke.
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One of my pharmacy technicians' husband is still getting over Rocky Mountain Spotted fever. He was showing some land to a client north of Atlanta at the beginning of June and saw 3 ticks on his leg. Didn't come down with any symptoms for about 4 days and then it hit. It got so bad she took him to the ER. It took them a day or so to confirm the diagnosis. He had a pretty rough time of it, was on doxycycline for almost 3 weeks and it's now July 8 and he still isn't 100%. He's the third person in our area I've heard of this season to come down with a tick borne illness as well as another patient in our pharmacy with a dog who currently has ehrlichiosis. The AJC (Atlanta Journal) did a story on this topic about 3 weeks ago, apparently it's getting more common in the SE.
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OMG! Isn’t the only way to get these out is to poke them with a hot needle so they back out? |
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I prefer prevention. During non-winter months, if I am in the woods, permethrin treated clothing is the way to go.
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- Buck
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+1 I have had the UK equivalent, supposedly less harmful, and it messed me up no end...
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From Mayo Clinic: Complications Without prompt treatment, ehrlichiosis can have serious effects on an otherwise healthy adult or child. People with weakened immune systems are at an even higher risk of more-serious and potentially life-threatening consequences. Serious complications of untreated infection include: Kidney failure Respiratory failure Heart failure Seizures Coma _
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