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tangoking
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It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease
#14608576 - 06/13/11 08:18 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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A tick latched on about a month ago. I pulled it off and saved it just in case. After a very stressful week, I felt very weak, achy, and had a massive headache on Saturday. Woke up shivering in a cold sweat four times last night.
Finally thought to look at my leg: bullseye!
So I'm off to the doc ASAP. Any advice is appreciated.

And, if that wasn't bad enough, at work today, in the process of a terrific sneeze, I smacked my forehead against a cubicle corner. I've got a nasty red welt two inches long on the left side of my forehead.
It's been a long day. Peace out, peoples.
Edited by tangoking (06/13/11 08:36 PM)
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14608611 - 06/13/11 08:24 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Damn man,I think I'm immune to tick diseases,I have at least 40 bites all over right now,and it looks like I have the chicken pox.As far as I know,I have yet to catch anything from them,except for the spots,and pretty bad itching.The ticks have to be on for at least 24 hours before you can catch the diseases,So you may not have Lyme.I got a similar bulls eye rash last year,and I had it checked at the doctor,and it was nothing.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14608645 - 06/13/11 08:29 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Three weeks of oral antibiotics, you'll be fine.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: KBG1977]
#14608647 - 06/13/11 08:29 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well I still have the tick. It was a little weird, though, because it was latched on but dead. I though that the flea and tick powder from my cat--that ends up on my hands, and often on me after I pet him--might have killed it. In addition, it was not gorged at all with blood.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: HipsterDoofus]
#14608650 - 06/13/11 08:30 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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HipsterDoofus said: Three weeks of oral antibiotics, you'll be fine.
Thanks bud.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14608713 - 06/13/11 08:42 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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HipsterDoofus said: Three weeks of oral antibiotics, you'll be fine.
Thanks bud.
I don't know much about lymes disease but if you think you may have it, get yourself checked. Lymes disease can be a horribly crippling disease capable of completely ruining your life as you know it. Like i said i don't know much about it and 3 weeks of antibiotics may be all you need, but regardless get looked at IMO.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: ehtdaedlufetarg]
#14608749 - 06/13/11 08:48 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oof don't say that =D. I hope for the best dude. And good luck.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14608763 - 06/13/11 08:50 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Damn bro i feel bad for ya Glad you seem to have toughed it out though! Your a trooper i found its common to just get some anti biotics for a bit and you shud be back to normal in no time man 
i have a deer tick bite that doesn't want to heal yet either no bullseye - its like a bad mosquito bite - kinda like a chigger bite - i think im allergic to deer tick bites - wood or dog ticks don't give me such a itchy welt
Good luck man i bet you'll pull right thru and be n no time
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: sporeRider]
#14608782 - 06/13/11 08:53 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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You might find better advice on a medical forum rather than a mushroom hunting one. 
Hope you feel better soon.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: sporeRider]
#14608785 - 06/13/11 08:54 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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yep,I'm allergic to ticks too,and all my bites are raised red itchy bumps that will not go away!
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: sporeRider]
#14608809 - 06/13/11 08:58 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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wiscokid said: Damn bro i feel bad for ya Glad you seem to have toughed it out though! Your a trooper i found its common to just get some anti biotics for a bit and you shud be back to normal in no time man 
i have a deer tick bite that doesn't want to heal yet either no bullseye - its like a bad mosquito bite - kinda like a chigger bite - i think im allergic to deer tick bites - wood or dog ticks don't give me such a itchy welt
Good luck man i bet you'll pull right thru and be n no time
I had one like that; that didn't dissapear for months. I started getting super paranoid. I declared germ genocide on my inner leg.
I soaked it in alcohol at least 2x per day. Used H202 just as often. And I would hit it with neosporin (sp?) after every treatment. I know it was over kill (especially for me, I rarely wash most cuts; unless they really bother me.) but it made me feel better heh.....
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: wire5]
#14608814 - 06/13/11 08:59 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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wire5 said: Oof don't say that =D. I hope for the best dude. And good luck.
Im not trying to be morbid, im just concerned if he sincerely thinks he could have lymes disease its important to do something sooner rather than later.
Im glad to live out west. No lymes ticks to worry bout here. Wish you the Best OP.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: ehtdaedlufetarg]
#14608833 - 06/13/11 09:02 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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wire5 said: Oof don't say that =D. I hope for the best dude. And good luck.
Im not trying to be morbid, im just concerned if he sincerely thinks he could have lymes disease its important to do something sooner rather than later.
Im glad to live out west. No lymes ticks to worry bout here. Wish you the Best OP.
Oh sorry, That was more directed at you. No need making people more worried than they have to be. I figured he clearly realized it was bad and was dealing with it post haste. No need to get too gruesome I figure. I also like to remain a very big optimist.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: ehtdaedlufetarg]
#14608839 - 06/13/11 09:03 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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ehtdaedlufetarg said:Lymes disease can be a horribly crippling disease capable of completely ruining your life as you know it.
Absolutely true, if untreated in the first stage and goes on to develop into the second and third stages. Not a disease to be trifled with, not at all. Howevever, lyme disease, caught early and treated immediately is easily cured, in most people, with a three week course of oral antibiotics, usually doxycycline.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: KBG1977]
#14608840 - 06/13/11 09:03 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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yep,I'm allergic to ticks too,and all my bites are raised red itchy bumps that will not go away!
Fucking nutz man i feel bad for ya too ( glad someone else kinda shares my dilema tho too ) buddy
sucks im not allergic to anything else i kno of - but only the fucking deer ticks give me nasty itchy bites- - -- - - -
some might give me shit - but i unscrew my latched on ticks ( counter clockwise ) i usually get to see the chunk of skin they grabbed on to too - i hear about LOTS of weird remedies - but none are as practical as unscrewing them ( specially when ur bound to just get more ) - just watch one bite you once - they circle clockwise and sort of screw their head deeper -- -- - - - - hope you may use this advice there KGB - -- sucks getting the long lasting itch bites - i think deer ticks tiny tiny heads break off even easier than common dog/wood ticks - -- -- - - -
only seen worse bites with the chiggers down south my girl had NASTY chigger bites from passing out in the tall grass
something i DON"T wanna ever get myself
i got one ONE damn deer tick bite - been itching for a good month already
BURN IN HELL DIRTY TICKS i was fucked up last weekend and thought - ticks are one of the ONLY pests that could be GONE with NO significant domino effect to other animals/people -- - they have not ONE use except to cause misery - -- BURN IN HELL TICKS
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: ehtdaedlufetarg]
#14608875 - 06/13/11 09:09 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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wire5 said: Oof don't say that =D. I hope for the best dude. And good luck.
Im not trying to be morbid, im just concerned if he sincerely thinks he could have lymes disease its important to do something sooner rather than later.
Im glad to live out west. No lymes ticks to worry bout here. Wish you the Best OP.
Nah thanks man. I'll be fine as long as I get my @$$ to the doctor ASAP. Key with this is to seek immediate treatment, and not let it go.
I'm almost certain that I have it. Not only do I have bullseye where the tick latched on, but I'm weary, tired, achy, have a massive headache, cold sweat when I sleep, stiff jaw, every injury that I've every had is throbbing--something is definitely going on.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: sporeRider]
#14608890 - 06/13/11 09:12 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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yeah,all the known deadly species live in my area,and I've been bit by them all.I really hate the lil tiny damn near microscopic size ones,they are really hard to spot! Thnaks on the advice for removal kid,I normally just scratch mine of with my fingernail until they come loose,always get the head out too.Chiggers tear me up too,as well as the mosquitoes,which by the way hit you up in swarms,which are so bad that you wanna cry,oh and the biting flies,hell,I could go one forever with what I battle nearly everyday in the Kentucky Outback
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: KBG1977]
#14608942 - 06/13/11 09:21 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thnaks on the advice for removal kid
Any time man it was advice i was given by a lady at a southdakota hotel when i was a kid on vacation - i swear she knew her shit - ive watched the latched on ones actually go CLOCKWISE to dig in - go the opposite direction and they will BURN!!!! i have been told its bullshit by others ( and it is weird to unscrew ticks on you and your buddies ) but its the only way im sure to get the whole head out
a friend of a friend is also a DNR game warden here in WI - he supposedly has had lyme disease atleast 8 times - not good - but when its your job to walk in the densest forests its bound to happen - so tantoking don't think its a rare ass problem - antibiotics can cure LOTS nowadays!!
Good luck tantoking - your all good if you get in ASAP like you said Get some meds - youll be back having fun in no time
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: sporeRider]
#14609116 - 06/13/11 09:49 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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all i can say is go get checked out...the teacher from the simpsons had lyme disease and she was ok. i think today with treatment you should be fine if you dont let it get out of hand. feel better brother!
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14609304 - 06/13/11 10:24 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's too bad, Tango. From what you describe, it really does sound like Lyme Disease. You got bit a month ago and are just noticing the bull's eye?
I too am allergic to ticks. I get a large rash (no bull's eye) a foot to a foot and a half across if I get bit good, and raised bumps that last months. At this point, I'm so sensitive to them that I can feel them within minutes of getting bit which is probably a good thing.
Last year I was feeling kinda bad with exhaustion, joint pain, stiff neck etc...I had a Lyme titer done and took antibiotics for 28 days. Not sure if I had Lyme disease, but I felt better after the antibiotics.
When I told the doctor I wanted to be tested for Lyme, he laughed and acussed me of watching too much TV. Dipshit. After I told him the situation and showed him the rash, he took me more seriously. I asked him what I could do to prevent future bites, he said to stay out of the woods. When I told him that wasn't an option, he suggested that I use a stick cause that's what they use back home in the Philippenes for cobras.
Just a warning...your pet dog can also contract Lyme. My parents dog just died after getting Lyme. Blindness, dementia, seizures...not pretty.
Anyway...definitely follow through with the treatment and good luck, Tango.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: Bobzimmer]
#14609320 - 06/13/11 10:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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At this point, I'm so sensitive to them that I can feel them within minutes of getting bit which is probably a good thing.I too am starting to master this,and last few times I only came home with a few attached my clothing.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: KBG1977]
#14609344 - 06/13/11 10:31 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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lymes is not the only thing u can get from ticks. ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia are also transferred by ticks. u might wanna check to make sure you don't have any symptoms of those.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: broken]
#14609347 - 06/13/11 10:32 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Most of which can be deadly if left untreated,or not caught in time.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: KBG1977]
#14609385 - 06/13/11 10:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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correct. nothing to play around with.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: sporeRider]
#14609390 - 06/13/11 10:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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wiscokid said:
i have a deer tick bite that doesn't want to heal yet either no bullseye - its like a bad mosquito bite - kinda like a chigger bite - i think im allergic to deer tick bites - wood or dog ticks don't give me such a itchy welt
I still have a mark from a bite I got like a month ago.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: Chaos_ultt]
#14609461 - 06/13/11 10:53 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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bites do not always get the classic "bullseye" u should really make sure you are not experiencing any symptoms of lymes. i know several ppl who have had lymes and only a few got the "bullseye"
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: broken]
#14609493 - 06/13/11 11:00 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I got it twice, actually made a thread about it recently after I pulled a deer tick off my dick 
Go to doctor or urgent care ASAP, if you get it early you could be lucky, like me, but if you do not treat it or have comprimised immunity, I wish you the best it can be really bad I hear!
Here is the thread
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: moonrockmushy]
#14609853 - 06/14/11 12:16 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Do NOT try to burn the tick with a match or other hot object. Do NOT twist the tick when pulling it out. Do NOT try to kill, smother, or lubricate the tick with oil, alcohol, vaseline, or similar material.
Instead you need to use tweezers. Pull it straight out with a slow and steady motion. Avoid squeezing or crushing the tick. Be careful not to leave the head embedded in the skin.
Also mosquito spray keeps ticks away.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: Salvia_Antics]
#14609866 - 06/14/11 12:19 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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its always fun when you look all over your body and dont find any. Then come home look in the mirror and there is a fat fucker full of blood on your face...
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: orison]
#14610606 - 06/14/11 06:21 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have gotten four on my dick this season,and I still have the damn bumps that will not go away,and talk about itching,it was the worst!!!
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: KBG1977]
#14610813 - 06/14/11 08:17 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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The EM rash, which does not occur in all cases, is considered sufficient to establish a diagnosis of Lyme disease even when serologic blood tests are negative
If you have the rash then it looks like you have it, especially since you know where a tick bit you. It's hard to test for, but it seems like you should be OK given that you have found it early, so get to the Doc.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: Feelers]
#14611572 - 06/14/11 11:34 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I possibly had it before, although the tests came back negative and the doc said it was either lyme or human parvovirus. Tests are not so reliable. I've heard that antibiotics work, but not all the time.
I've gotten in the habit of taking resveratrol on a regular basis. I extract it with alcohol/h20 from Japanese Knotweed. It's a super common invasive species which happens to co-habit the same regions where lyme is most common. It helps prevent lyme and is even active against the spirochete. I've heard that in combination with south american herb cat's paw, over a couple weeks you can pretty much kill all the lyme in your system. But you wanna do it soon since it hides away in joints and myelin etc. http://planetthrive.com/category/experts/buhner/
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14612118 - 06/14/11 01:13 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have/had lyme twice. If there is a bullseye rash it is most def lyme.. the rash is a good thing means you caught it early, like they said oral antibiotic and you will be fine. I didnt have a rash, they told me i prob had it for 1 to 2 years before my knee swelled up and i couldnt walk that was 12 years ago. I suffer from lyme arthritis now on a daily basis it effects all my joints... some days are fine, some days are hard to move... i am only 27 but it could be a lot worse.
Side note the tick has to be in you for over 24 hours to transmit the disease, so allways check yourself carefully. Taking a shower often kills the tick while it is still inside you... it will still transfer the disease if not removed.
I wish the best of luck to you and everyone who has to deal with it
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: KBG1977]
#14612772 - 06/14/11 03:24 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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KBG1977 said: I have gotten four on my dick this season,and I still have the damn bumps that will not go away,and talk about itching,it was the worst!!!
i play with my dick to much in the woods for that to happen..
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: orison]
#14612994 - 06/14/11 04:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well it's official. Doc listened to my symptoms, took one look at my rash, and said one word: "Lyme."
I'm on my way to the pharmacy with a script for doxycycline in my hot little hand
He said that I had nothing to worry about; that I'd caught it early enough to be completely cured, and that his golf partner just got it last month. Apparently it's all too commn here in NJ.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: broken]
#14613808 - 06/14/11 06:59 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Bobzimmer said: You got bit a month ago and are just noticing the bull's eye?
I'd been keeping an eye on it, and even saved the tick, but it was nothing more than a mosquito bite up until this weekend. Musta been the stressful week.
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closed veil said: lymes is not the only thing u can get from ticks. ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia are also transferred by ticks. u might wanna check to make sure you don't have any symptoms of those.
Good point. I will ask my doc about that tomorrow.
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Salvia_Antics said: Instead you need to use tweezers. Pull it straight out with a slow and steady motion. Avoid squeezing or crushing the tick. Be careful not to leave the head embedded in the skin.
IMO, the key is to prevent the tick from puking or otherwise discharging any fluid into you through its embedded mouth parts. The technique is to gently grab it as close to the skin as possible, doing your best to grab it by the mouthparts, and applying no pressure at all to the body. Then slowly pull it out. If a bit gets left in the skin, it will be nothing more that a sliver that your body should work out in a few days.
Burning, oil, paint thinner, and generally harassing the tick will only make panic and sense that its life is in danger. In response, it will puke it's guts out, and/or start secreting release juices like crazy in an attempt to free itself. Neither of these are good for you at all!
After the tick is safely removed from your body, torch the #%^#$@! immediately.
Anyway, thanks for your comments everyone. I just took pill 1 of 60 in my antibiotic schedule, so I'm feeling much better than when I posted this last night.
Edited by tangoking (06/14/11 07:21 PM)
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14613828 - 06/14/11 07:04 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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that sucks man. get well soon.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14614057 - 06/14/11 07:46 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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sucks man, however you caught it early which is good. like everyone says get on those antibiotics but also look into that japanese knotweed and cat's claw. knotweed grows everywhere in jersey. i did some more research and it turns out that astragalus is effective early on. As far as I know, all these herbs are safe to take along with antibiotics. check out stephen buhner's site for more info. good luck man.
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14614317 - 06/14/11 08:36 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Good deal, Tango...I wish you a speedy recovery!
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: Roy]
#14615684 - 06/15/11 02:45 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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closed veil said: lymes is not the only thing u can get from ticks. ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia are also transferred by ticks. u might wanna check to make sure you don't have any symptoms of those.
Good point. I will ask my doc about that tomorrow.
In New England, we mostly only have to worry about Lyme as far as ticks go, if the others exist in the area, they are much less frequent. Anyways, I'm pretty sure these are all bacterial infections, so I imagine the doxy would knock them back as well.
Anyways, good luck, and if you're researching Lyme, be careful about which sources you use, many are outdated or give unsubstantiated information I have found.
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Roy said: I have/had lyme twice. If there is a bullseye rash it is most def lyme.. the rash is a good thing means you caught it early, like they said oral antibiotic and you will be fine. I didnt have a rash, they told me i prob had it for 1 to 2 years before my knee swelled up and i couldnt walk that was 12 years ago. I suffer from lyme arthritis now on a daily basis it effects all my joints... some days are fine, some days are hard to move... i am only 27 but it could be a lot worse.
Side note the tick has to be in you for over 24 hours to transmit the disease, so allways check yourself carefully. Taking a shower often kills the tick while it is still inside you... it will still transfer the disease if not removed.
I wish the best of luck to you and everyone who has to deal with it
So you never got sick at all? I'm always amazed at the different sets of symptoms people get from Lyme, perhaps it has to do with the fact that there are three known types of Lyme bacteria, but I imagine it has to do with the person to a large degree also.
I always wonder how I can be a carrier of Lyme, and have caught it more than once. I know that antibiotics do alot of the work, I had hoped that my body also formed antibodies or w/e the bacterial eqivalent is, but I guess not, since I got it twice also. I didn't get as sick the second time, always wondered why.
I am not sure how true it is about ticks coming off in the shower, I say this because I have pulled them off myself after being in a pool for 1hr+, and they are known to be incredibly hardy insects in general. Absolutely use caution when removing them, if they haven't already infected their host, causing them to die on you, or shocking it with heat or alcohol will potentially cause it to leak your blood mixed with bacteria back into you, or at least this is something I've heard.
Anyways, you should be fine OP, consider yourself lucky to have a doctor who is well informed on this. Lyme has been misdiagnosed and left untreated for many others, it was only discovered in the 70s, and it seems like only the past 10 or 20 years that most GP doctors have begun to learn about it.
Anyways, welcome to the club
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: tangoking]
#14616110 - 06/15/11 07:26 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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what i've heard/read is that caught early it is a non-issue for most people, you should be fine!
like KBG said if removed in under 24 hours, infected ticks will not have enough time to infect.
they need a long period of time to find a spot, latch on, start withdrawing blood, regurgitate back into the host, back and forth like that for awhile.
absolutely disgusting. ticks are truly useless.
recover quickly!
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Re: It Appears That I Have Caught Lyme Disease [Re: masspan]
#14616193 - 06/15/11 07:55 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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No i was not sick at all... first symptom was the knee swelling. And true they are very hardy and weather they actually die in the shower i also do not know for sure, just from experiance.. finding them after showering and they would be dead. Maybe they died before that, maybe hot water and rubbing with soap kill them? who knows.
I find ticks on me everytime i go into the woods, I actually do not mind them... all things in nature are here for a reason, they are not useless but are quite disgusting. Still blame the deer for the over population of ticks. Where there are a lot of deer there will be a lot of ticks. It requires them to complete its life cycle, hence deer tick (it is believed that the disease itself is contracted by the tick from the white footed mouse). Since nothing but man hunts deer nowadays they are way too overpopulated.. here on the east anyway... Thin out the deer and there will be less ticks not to mention a better forest ecosystem all together. And they taste delicious!
Yes deer ticks arent the only ticks around and they are not the only that can carry lyme but they are the most common and the hardest to see, which is why there are so many cases of lyme.
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